[NTLUG:Discuss] Webmail suggestion

[Stuart Johnston]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:57:49 -0500, Stuart Johnston wrote:
> 
> 
>>I need a suggestion for a free Webmail package that supports POP.  I've looked 
>>around the web at several and nothing really stands out.  Small and simple would 
>>be nice - easy to setup, low disk space used.  Anyone have one that they 
>>particularly like?
>>
> 
> 
> As far as web mail goes....
> I like squirrelmail (SM). There are dozens and dozens of add on packages that
> you can add to add things like graphical quota display, personal weather 
> info, spam assassin configuration, calendar, etc. Things get added 
> seamlessly so it looks like it's part of the mail system. 
> 
> As for POP... you want the web mail thing to do what? You can 
> configure things like fetchmail or a SM plugin to get mail from 
> a pop server and send it to an IMAP server but if you want to use 
> web mail, your most likely going to be using IMAP and the web 
> client is just a front end to the IMAP Mail system. The web mail 
> interface isn't going to maintain it's own mail spool to keep 
> mail for different users. It's just going to be a front end to a 
> mail server. 

Unfortunately, I am stuck with POP-only until I can get a job or find a better 
super-cheap host.  There are many webmail solutions that directly access a POP 
server and use the 'leave messages on server' feature.  I ended up going with 
IlohaMail (http://ilohamail.org) but not for any particularly good reasons.  It 
defintely fits my 'small and simple' requirements though.

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Stuart Johnston