On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:00:53 +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: >On 2009/07/04 20:05, Rod Whitworth wrote: >> So which imap? Dovecot looked like a candidate. It can use sqlite as >> does Roundcube and I know it can do authentication for Postfix so it >> looked like a suitable candidate. > >I haven't found any "perfect" webmail but Roundcube looks nice, is >easy to get running and works _reasonably_ well. ;)
I agree on the looks. Non-techy customers tend to be very "itchy" if they find a mild snag in an "ugly" product. Not so harsh on eye candy. maybe that's why lots of 'em like windows.. > >You might also want to look at squirrelmail and hastymail (not in >ports but fairly straightforward to setup - lots of squirrelmail >users add plugins, so making a port of it would only be partially >useful). I have an account on a squirelmail server. It's clunky AND ugly. I think its keeper doesn't update it because he is scared of creating more problems. ;)) > >IMP is quite nice, it does a lot of things and seems more robust >than Roundcube, but setup is a real pain. It doesn't look as flashy >which is either an advantage or disadvantage depending on your point >of view. See above. > >> Then I found out that Roundcube uses sqlite and Dovecot uses sqlite3. I >> don't think I want to have to synch two databases all the time. > >Roundcube's database is for user prefs (timezone, colours, address >book etc), it doesn't really overlap anything Dovecot needs, so there's >nothing to keep in sync there. I haven't needed to touch the Roundcube >db at all after setting up. That makes me happier. 8-) > >I've run servers with Cyrus and Dovecot, and tried out UW and Courier, >at various times over the last ~10 years. Cyrus has some nice features >that Dovecot doesn't have yet, but Dovecot's auth setup is much simpler >especially with Postfix, and I find the whole thing a bit more admin- >friendly, so I'm using Dovecot for all my new setups. > Sounds like I'll be in good company then. Thanx, *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ /earth: write failed, file system is full cp: /earth/creatures: No space left on device
