A messaging system can be a very complex topic as there are many facets to be covered. The basic system, though, should be able to manage messages, senders and recipients, folders to contain the messages, and email notifications. In our case, we are going to try and keep things simple where it makes sense to do so. But in one area, we will do things in a more complicated approach simply because it will result in less wear and tear on the overall system.

Rather than follow a standard email messaging system where each person gets a physical copy of a message, we are going to build our system in the same way that the MS Exchange server works. We are going to make one copy of a message and subscribe users to that message. So rather than have 50 messages for 50 recipients, we will have one message and 50 recipient subscriptions.

The next complexity (although not that complex) lies in building a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) messaging editor. For this feature, there are many...