Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 13:34:19 -0500 From: Mark Johnston <mjohnston@skyweb.ca> To: Matt Ruzicka <matt@frii.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Webmail Recommendations Message-ID: <1112898859.7918.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0504070957110.57690@elara.frii.com>
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On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 10:19 -0600, Matt Ruzicka wrote: > 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. After much deliberation and poking at different webmail systems, we shelled out for the @Mail (http://www.atmail.com) webmail component - about $800 IIRC, which buys you the full source. It's all perl and runs under mod_perl, so it goes really fast. We run it mainly with IMAP, but some customers are using it for off-site POP3 servers, which it seems to handle well too. I haven't needed tech support, so I can't judge that. As far as the interface, it's very slick-looking; under IE it puts up a simulation of MS Outlook, and in Firefox and other browsers it has a nice-looking lightweight feel. They have an online demo linked from their site, and a downloadable (obfuscated source) demo as well. Caveats: the interface is pretty static - if you want to make changes to it, you can expect to invest some significant time in that. Also, we haven't put it under serious load yet, so I can't be sure about hardware requirements. Horde was my second choice, and I do actually run it on a personal server. It's pretty tricky to get going, and the interface is less polished, but it's served its purpose well for me. HTH, Markhome | help
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