Not true Visual studio has a web packager that will not hose any existing configurations. It will also setup the host header if it is scripted into it, and it works great for basic installs. So I would be willing to bet there are more sophisticated install builders out there that can do the installation with minimal effort on the administrator.
Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dev > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Survery responses - PHP > > > For years, Imail's raison d'�tre was their simple > 10-minute install that would simply work out of the box > with minimal effort. > > People here have correctly noted that if you try to > blindly piggyback webmail onto an existing and already > configured webserver, the Imail install risks > accidentally hosing existing sites with potential > catastrophic results. > > So how many ways are there to prevent that and still > guarantee that webmail will work out of the box? > > An open-source-based webserver for Imail's exclusive > use could and should be maintained primarily by regular > Ipswitch patches and upgrades. > > Hypothetical: If a vulnerability is announced in Apache > or PHP, Ipswitch should quickly release a patch for its > webserver. If they don't, users know that Ipswitch has > reverted back to its bad old ways. And users would > STILL be able to update the vulnerable code. > > It keeps Ipswitch honest and responsive, and protects > users against egregious unpatched security > vulnerabilities. Sounds like a win/win to me. It's a > darn sight better than what they have now--ancient > obsolete code with unknown vulnerabilities, and no way > for customers to do anything about it. > > We'll have to see what Ipswitch decides. Regardless of > the direction they decide to pursue, I'm heartened that > Ipswitch is at least asking the question and soliciting > our feedback FIRST. It seems to me they have learned > the important lesson from the ICS debacle. :-) > > Dev > > > Monday, April 25, 2005, 11:46:33 AM, you wrote: > > M> Dev wrote: > > >>Ipswitch installer could setup a customized > >>pre-configured open-source webserver INSIDE the IMAIL > >>installation directory. This config would have no > >>effect on any existing webserver installations. (Other > >>than to make sure they are not listening on the same > >>port.) > >> > M> It's thinking like this that got us to where we are now. > > M> Matt > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
