With the recent announcement of Novell dropping Hula it got me thinking in a round-about way: What am I missing in the FOSS web mail world? Currently I'm using SquirrelMail. I don't *hate* SquirrelMail, but I don't *love* it either. It is certainly sufficient to handle the 3000 e-mails or so I get a month. However, I'm wondering what else might be out there.
What do you use for your webmail solution? Here is what I get from SquirrelMail that I like. I don't need it all, and could live without a few options: - RPMs available for quick installation and upgrading. - IMAP integrated. - Large number of extensions or modules. - Server side spell checking. - Default sort type for all folders, but remembers individual settings. - Includes a thread sort type that sorts mailing lists nicely. - Message highlighting (changes color on messages from certain addresses). - Lots of options to customize the layout and UI (change header field location, tab orders, etc., etc.). - Works with Linux Opera & Firefox. What I don't like: - It's a bit harsh on the eyes. - My current setup uses frames that I have to refresh separately. - It is difficult for some of my users to use (too complex). - HTML based e-mail is more of a hack than really usable. Some of my users live on HTML e-mail so they have mostly given up using my system. - Compose window doesn't auto-re-size. "Killer" or Must Have features would be: - More intuitive server side e-mail checking. - HTML editor options (similar to gmail). - Auto draft saving. - Must work with Opera. - Must support IMAP. Any ideas? -Ryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
