From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 17:16:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1CA616A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:16:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.bosquedeniebla.com (72-12-2-214.wan.networktel.net [72.12.2.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F1443D1D for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:16:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from dsl-200-78-46-123.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-200-78-46-123.prod-infinitum.com.mx [200.78.46.123]) by mail.bosquedeniebla.com with esmtp; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:16:20 -0500 id 00095CA3.42556AE4.00016C5D Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by dsl-200-78-46-123.prod-infinitum.com.mx with local; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:16:18 -0500 Received: from localhost.encontacto.net (localhost.encontacto.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.encontacto.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP for ; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:16:18 -0500 Message-ID: <20050407121618.jtbojyx34004ggg8@mail.encontacto.net> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:16:18 -0500 From: "Edwin L. Culp" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.1-cvs Subject: Re: Webmail Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:16:23 -0000 Quoting Matt Ruzicka : > I've seen this has gone back and forth in the past, but I didn't see much > jumping out at me since 2003 in the searchable archives. I'm wondering > what the current temperature of webmail software was. > > We are currently using SquirrelMail and although we are largely quite > happy there are a number of minor oddities that are causing our more > sensitive customers no end of frustration. Seeing as it appears about 25% > of our customers use our webmail at least occasionally we're looking at > potentially shifting gears in the not too distant future. > > What are other using and how happy are they with them? Looks like Horde > and Open WebMail are still running reasonably strong, though I have never > interacted with either of them. Are there new or recently re-emerged > packages out there? > > Unfortunately we are looking for something with a reasonably slick > interface (SquirrelMail is maybe lacking in this department a bit), as > well as a solid backend. As we all know people only care if they notice > the backend causes them problems, but almost everyone seems to care how > something looks. You might want to test drive the latest horde. I can't imagine anything much slicker ;) You will notice a speed difference. SquirrelMail is faster. I use both but prefer horde because of the other apps. and the quality of the framework and integration. ed