Rod Whitworth wrote:
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,
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I lightly use squirrelmail. I haven't updated lately however, so what I
say may or may not apply.
The version (1.4.17) I use, uses frames, which won't work with many
browsers.
I really just need webmail for using my cell phone to check mail.
My phone won't render frames.
There is an EASY fix for this problem by adding a small static addition
to the HTML code put out.
Now my phone jumps around in single pages that render just fine.
Let me know if you need a patch for this.
Chris Bennett
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