Actually - thanks for starting the furor..... I, for one, had become enamored enough of Squirrelmail's UI that I had *forgotten* that SQWebmail is cleaner and more efficient underneath.
Maybe we ought to hack on the UI a bit and get that end-user barrier reduced. My priorities would be: - a cleaner display space with better default fonts & workspace width - text menu selections instead of/as alternate to somewhat obtuse icons - more available options for display parameters. - less risk of losing a 'reply' draft if you are a slow typist or take a phone call only to have your connection timed out (link it to the system editor for composition instead of using the built-in?, OR automatically do 'keep alive' in certain modes, OR ... suggestions that keep security up and aggravation down??). With Squrrelmail we just set update to 2 minutes on the client and disconnect at 5 minutes on the server, BUT - we are a special case of very low end-user count, and that will certainly *not* suit most folks deploying the product, either as a security model or w/r server loading. And - presuming the core is left alone, this isn't something that need fall on Sam's plate. Bill Hacker In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/20/03 at 06:03 PM, "Chris Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>From: "Michael Bellears" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >My suggestion would be to install/use them all. >> > >> > Why the heck would I want to do that? Sounds like alot of extra work. >> >>At the end of the day, you are the person responsible for the >>support/maintenance of the system - We can give you advice based on >>personal experience, but you are the one that must be comfortable with >>the system you use. >> >>Therefore, I can't see how you can make a decision without _actually_ >>using/installing each one. >That's good advice, but not what I thought he meant. I have enough work >setting up and running one of them, I thought he was recommending running > all three simultaneously, which sounds like asking for trouble to me. >Although my preliminary research shows that they all "work" which is the >most important issue, if there were some obvious technical benefit or >disadvantage, I wouldn't have needed to ask for opinions. For example, >when choosing MTA's I went with qmail, while courier and postfix would >also have been workable, for me the emphasis on paranoid security was >the telling factor. So far I've the main response I've gotten is "use >sqwebmail, it's ugly, but everything else about it is great!" Had a few >responsdees who liked horde/imp or squirrelmail but definitely the >minority. I'll know more in a day or two as the rest of the results >trickle in and I take another look at sqwebmail, thanks for all the >advice. >Chris Berry >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Systems Administrator >JM Associates ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Tablet PC. Does your code think in ink? You could win a Tablet PC. Get a free Tablet PC hat just for playing. What are you waiting for? http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr5043en _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
