Webmail -- What's recommended?

[Michael J Barber]

I don't want to get into a lengthy discussion of features but Imp has
spellchecking as well.  It is one package and one line in the config.  The
package ispell (I think) is on most systems I believe.

They both are very nice and work very well.

Horde/Imp/... has a very nice self contained structure.  Very little exists
outside the main directory tree.

Squirrel mail has more plugins but is spread out over the system more and needs
a bit of tweaking to ensure good security.  I've used both and like both. 

In the end you cannot lose choosing either one, but choose the one that fits
your abilities and needs the best.

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Michael J Barber
SUNY Plattsburgh
CMS Computer Labs Technician
116D Feinberg Library
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
518.564.2319
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Quoting Richard Houston <rhouston at rlhc.net>:

^^ I agree and lets not forget the huge list of plug-ins that can be
^^ installed to further extend the already feature rich system.
^^ 
^^ The spell checker plug in was a huge + for my users.
^^ 
^^ Thanks
^^ 
^^ Rich
^^ 
^^ On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 12:22, scott at ruralnetwork.net wrote:
^^ > I used to think that IMP was the best choice, but now I think SquirrelMail
^^ 
^^ > has surpassed it - or if not, it soon will.  Tracking the two projects
^^ over 
^^ > time, SquirrelMail seems to have a much faster development model by being
^^ 
^^ > very open to code contributions and suggestions from outside developers. 
^^ 
^^ > Now that it's included in the Redhat and Mandrake Linux distributions, I
^^ 
^^ > expect that SquirrelMail will gather even more developer mindshare. 
^^ > 
^^ >  --
^^ > Scott Langley
^^ > scott at ruralnetwork.net
^^ > Systems Administrator
^^ > Rural Network Services 
^^ > 
^^ >  
^^ > 
^^ > Ronen Amity writes: 
^^ > 
^^ > > Horde IMP is the best choise. 
^^ > > 
^^ > > At 05:48 PM 7/15/2003, David A Powicki wrote: 
^^ > > 
^^ > > 
^^ > >> I also recommend IMP.  It does have a steep learning curve, but once
^^ you
^^ > >> figure out what is going on it is very powerful. It has a number of
^^ great
^^ > >> features for a web-based mail client and with the additional
^^ applications
^^ > >> in  the Horde framework you have the potential for a Portal
^^ application. 
^^ > >> 
^^ > >> We support ~7K users logged in per day two on dual PIII systems. 
^^ > >> 
^^ > >> 
^^ > >> --
^^ > >> David Powicki           Network Analyst      OIT Network Services
^^ > >> Voice: 413.545.1605  Fax: 413.545.3203    University of Massachusetts
^^ > >> email: dpowicki at nic.umass.edu               Amherst, MA 01003-4640 
^^ > >> 
^^ > >> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Etienne Goyer wrote: 
^^ > >> 
^^ > >> > I love IMP.  It's very flexible and have a ton of features.  But,
^^ as
^^ > >> > somebody else mentioned, it's a pain to configure.
^^ > >> >
^^ > >> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 03:57:07PM -0700, James Satterfield wrote:
^^ > >> > > What webmail frontend would you all recommend?
^^ > >> > >
^^ > >> > > James.
^^ > >> >
^^ > >> > --
^^ > >> > Etienne Goyer                    Linux Québec Technologies Inc.
^^ > >> > http://www.LinuxQuebec.com       etienne.goyer at linuxquebec.com
^^ > >> >
^^ -- 
^^ 
^^ 
^^ Richard Houston
^^ 
^^ R.L.H. Consulting
^^ 204-255-5135
^^ www.rlhc.net
^^ 
^^ 
^^ 

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