A method and system that provide an accessibility gateway to Internet
e-mail through the use of a web intermediary server. The web intermediary
server preferably includes server-generated applications for modifying
accessibility settings for supported client devices, registering the user
for authority to use the intermediary server services, and generating
mail web pages capable of allowing access and use of the Internet mail
server. A request for e-mail from any mail server is sent from the client
device to the intermediary server. The intermediary server retrieves the
requested e-mail from a mail server, transcodes the server-based e-mail
into a web-based e-mail, and applies user-defined transformations to the
e-mail for accessibility, which is then sent back to the client device.
If the e-mail is from a secure mail server, the intermediary server
functions as a proxy for the user device to establish the requisite
secure connection with the mail server.