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From: Thijssen on 9 Feb 2010 05:19 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 16:52, K bharathan <kbharatan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > of course this is a non postfix topic; but i'd like to know from the > experienced which webmail is best for a postfix pop server It mostly depends on the type of users you have; - If they like flashy GUI bullshit like HTML-mail and WYSIWYG formatted emails and spam and commerce, then don't use Squirrelmail. - If they focuss on actual text content and plaintext emails (the way it should be), then squirrelmail is your Number One choice, far outweighing all others. It's rock stable and top-secure. I use it together with dovecot, postfix, clamav, clamsmtdp, php and apache on debian x64, and it's just splendid. Been using Squirrelmail ever since it appeared in 2000 and won't be going away anytime soon. When it appeared I was really glad it did. Was exactly what I was looking for. My users complained the hell out of me each time I let them test a different webmail engine, and they were right everytime. Squirrelmail is lightweight, loads faster, has no useless plugins nobody really needs and gets the job done. Plus the sqm userbase is huge, solutions to problems are always up for grabs in wikis and mailinglists. Developers are responsive and active too. I'd recommend Squirrelmail. http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelMailFeatures Good luck! Julius
From: K bharathan on 9 Feb 2010 05:43 yes i've used and know it's too good; but all those for small number of users; i want to use it at an ISP level; at ISP level i require some addons like quota/autorespond etc..i'll give a try to squirrelmail thanks On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Thijssen <jultus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 16:52, K bharathan <kbharatan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > of course this is a non postfix topic; but i'd like to know from the > > experienced which webmail is best for a postfix pop server > > It mostly depends on the type of users you have; > > - If they like flashy GUI bullshit like HTML-mail and WYSIWYG > formatted emails and spam and commerce, then don't use Squirrelmail. > - If they focuss on actual text content and plaintext emails (the way > it should be), then squirrelmail is your Number One choice, far > outweighing all others. > > It's rock stable and top-secure. I use it together with dovecot, > postfix, clamav, clamsmtdp, php and apache on debian x64, and it's > just splendid. > Been using Squirrelmail ever since it appeared in 2000 and won't be > going away anytime soon. When it appeared I was really glad it did. > Was exactly what I was looking for. My users complained the hell out > of me each time I let them test a different webmail engine, and they > were right everytime. Squirrelmail is lightweight, loads faster, has > no useless plugins nobody really needs and gets the job done. Plus the > sqm userbase is huge, solutions to problems are always up for grabs in > wikis and mailinglists. Developers are responsive and active too. > > I'd recommend Squirrelmail. > http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelMailFeatures > > Good luck! > > Julius >
From: Thijssen on 9 Feb 2010 06:11 On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:43, K bharathan <kbharatan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > yes i've used and know it's too good; but all those for small number of > users; i want to use it at an ISP level; at ISP level i require some addons > like quota/autorespond etc..i'll give a try to squirrelmail XS4ALL, the largest Dutch ISP, uses Squirrelmail code for their webmail (https://webmail.xs4all.nl/). You can access and use the existing Quota and Autorespond systems that are out there using squirrelmail.
From: Mark Goodge on 9 Feb 2010 06:28 On 09/02/2010 10:19, Thijssen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 16:52, K bharathan<kbharatan(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> of course this is a non postfix topic; but i'd like to know from the >> experienced which webmail is best for a postfix pop server > > It mostly depends on the type of users you have; > > - If they like flashy GUI bullshit like HTML-mail and WYSIWYG > formatted emails and spam and commerce, then don't use Squirrelmail. > - If they focuss on actual text content and plaintext emails (the way > it should be), then squirrelmail is your Number One choice, far > outweighing all others. That's not really true. Or, at least, it is true if the only thing that matters about email is the content of each individual message, but it's a false dichotomy to call other functionality "flashy GUI bullshit". The biggest weakness of Squirrelmail is that it doesn't support common desktop mail client functions such as drag-and-drop, threading, column sorting, indexed search, spam filtering and preview panes. That makes it considerably less user-friendly than a decent desktop client such as Thunderbird, particularly for high-volume mail users. As a lightweight webmail client, to be used as an infrequent alternative to a desktop client (eg, for collecting your mail when out and about with only web access), Squirrelmail is perfectly adequate for most users. But for day-to-day use as a long-term replacement for a desktop client, or for any user who gets a much larger than normal volume of mail, it's too lacking in functionality. That's what more full-featured webmail clients, such as Horde and Roundcube, are trying to address, albeit at the cost of additional complexity from a sysadmin perspective. As an administrator, therefore, you need to find out what your users actually need before deciding on what webmail client to provide them. And it isn't just about "flashy GUI bullshit", it's about real features that make a practical difference for people with different requirements. Mark
From: "Rob Sterenborg" on 9 Feb 2010 06:33
On 2010-02-09, Thijssen wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:43, K bharathan <kbharatan(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> yes i've used and know it's too good; but all those for small number of >> users; i want to use it at an ISP level; at ISP level i require some >> addons like quota/autorespond etc..i'll give a try to squirrelmail > > XS4ALL, the largest Dutch ISP, uses Squirrelmail code for their webmail > (https://webmail.xs4all.nl/). You can access and use the existing Quota > and Autorespond systems that are out there using squirrelmail. However, their new (but perhaps still experimental) webmail server uses roundcube: https://roundcube.xs4all.nl/ |