On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 08:51:51AM +0100, Michael Baierl wrote: > BUT why should a PHP app take care of sending mails if you have Sendmail > on the computer? That's why it is usually installed there - to send > mails and as far as I know sending mails using Sendmail works perfectly > fine.
Sendmail is hell to configure. Other MTAs can be better, but it's still too
much to configure if you just want to get the mail out to some smarthost.
> The Linux approach is that each app does one thing and it does it
> perfect with a lot of options. To me it seems Roundcube is moving to a
> direction where it tries to do everything on its own, becoming like...
> uh.... Word?
>
> IMHO Roundcube should focus on the User Interface, becoming the
> Thunderbird for the Web, and not try to become a full mail suite like
> i.e. Zimbra.
Mutt has had this stubborn approach for years, but I believe they have mended
their ways by including SMTP support. This philosophy worked in the old days,
but it's dated. You can no longer count on there being a mainframe in your
building!
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