Tomas => * Tomas Kuliavas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004:05:09:18:53:55+0300] scribed: > > No, this not a `which is better' troll. > > > > Rather, I am installing both, trying to determine which is better for > > our situation. <snip />
> just use http://www.inter7.com/sqwebmail.html and check if squirrelmail > provides same feature. > > sqwebmail is minimal email client. It is written in C and accesses > Maildirs directly. It provides: > a) personal and global ldap address books > b) pgp support when keyrings are stored under user privileges > c) receipt on delivery support (if server allows it) > d) spell checking support > e) calendaring support if courier-pcp is used. > f) maildrop filtering support > g) multiple identities can be entered during email composition. > > squirrelmail is modular email client. It is written in php and accesses > mailboxes through IMAP server. It provides: > a) personal and global address books stored in csv, sql or ldap. > b) pgp support when keyrings are stored under webserver privileges or on > user's station (by third party plugin) > c) receipt on delivery and receipt on read support. Receipt on delivery > works only when server supports it. > d) spell checking support > e) calendaring support in own calendar format > f) filtering support with own functions or external programs (there are at > least three different plugins) > g) multiple identities can be stored in user prefs. > h) different themes controlled by end user. > i) http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins_category.php?category_id=all > > sqwebmail uses template based translations. Support of translation has to > be added during program compilation. Program detects translation by > browser language prefs. squirrelmail uses gettext based translations. New > translation is added by editing one php script and adding appropriate > gettext message files. User controls translation in interface preferences. > > sqwebmail before 3.6.2 used SUID based CGI scripts. From 3.6.2 it uses > unprivileged CGI and special service accessed through unix socket. Before > 3.6.2 it was possible to use this email client on older machines for > occasional email checking. From 3.6.2 it is not that easy. > > squirrelmail needs cookie support in browser. Frames support is required > for full interface operations. sqwebmail works in cookie less and frame > less browsers. > > sqwebmail is a small email client that can be run on older machines. It is > good when you only need to check your email sometimes and use other > program for main email operations. squirrelmail is full featured behemoth > that requires good machine. > > P.S. You shouldn't compare squirrelmail vs sqwebmail. These are two > different programs. If you need all functions of email program, you don't > use sqwebmail. If you need lightweight webmail program, you don't use > squirrelmail. Thank you. That is a lot of food for thought; but, it clearly points me in the right direction. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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