Thursday, December 6, 2012, 9:35:08 PM, Eric wrote: ES> Why wouldn't you use the native mail program on an Ipad?
Our staff can only reach their email from within our externally hosted Intranet. A link from there goes through a pass-through authentication proxy (which we run anyway for patron access to subscription databases) to reach our LAN and thence to Squirrelmail. That puts most of the burden of security on the outsourced Intranet rather than on our webmail server. Our firewall blocks outside SMTP and POP access to the Qmail server (as well as HTTP requests heading for anything other than the EZProxy server); incoming mail passes through the firewall to a Barracuda anti-spam device which then passes it off to the Qmail server. So, native mail programs on mobile devices aren't an option. Thus, the need for a solid webmail offering that works reasonably well on mobile devices. Most of our library staff only receive a handful of messages at their work address in a week - mostly shifts available and the occasional HR-related inquiry. Staff can access their mail adequately through webmail; there's no overwhelming *need* for them to have direct POP/IMAP/SMTP access, therefore it's highly unlikely that we'd open up the firewall to give that to them. The situation would most likely change if we were dealing with a high volume of messages per staff member. -- Best regards, Diana mailto:dcal...@essexcountylibrary.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
