Good webmail client software for cyrus?

[Valentin Bud]

Hello Charles,

On 3/10/13 10:08 PM, Charles Bradshaw wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After much pain I have my cyrus-imap server up and working with
> sendmail. I have penetrated the configuration subtleties of serving
> virtual domains and  persuading cyrus and sendmail to co-operate using
> today's security protocols.(MD5 and TLS/SSL).
>
> I am now researching how to provide a HTTP (webmail style) MAU as an
> alternative to a bunch of IMAP feature lacking, or otherwise broken,
> desktop user agents.
Have a look over SOGo [1]. It might be too complex for what you're trying to
achieve but it's worth taking a look over. It's open source.

>
> I also need to source a GUI mailbox/password server management tool.
> Currently I'm using MySql Workbench for password management and cyradm
> command line for mailbox configuration.
>
> I'm hoping to combine the above management features in one web enabled
> system.
>
> I see Zimbra and roundcube. The former commercial, the latter open
> source, appear to provide the required technical solutions. Although it
> is slightly unclear that either provide configurable password management
> capable of interfacing to MySql.
>
> Neither of the above are ideal. The first because it isn't open source.
> The latter because it is written in PHP. A paradigm I am too old to
> become proficient in.
>
> I would much prefer an open source GPL modperl approach. I attempted to
> install WING: http://sourceforge.net/projects/web-imap/,. but the
> project appears dead. My request to the mailing list:
> wing-admin-subscribe at maillist.ox.ac.uk bounced immediately. Also I
> suspect that it has some embedded UW IMAP server dependency.
>
> I have started looking at Cyrus::IMAP::Admin with some preliminary
> success. This not easy because of the stunning lack of documentation and
> the particularly obscure 'perlish' coding style!
>
> I have two questions therefore:
>
> First has anybody got any insight into any other good open source
> solutions?
>
> Alternatively is there a modperl webmail like project out there I could
> contribute to?
>
> Charles Bradshaw
[1]: http://www.sogo.nu/

Valentin Bud