On 2022-02-23 at 17:49 +0100, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > Why are you looking for a webmail close to Gmail? Gmail's webmail > interface is one of the worst possible. It is very inefficient to > operate, > counter-intuitive, hides many important information from the user > etc., not mentioning that it is simply ugly. There are many much > nicer and more user-friendly webmails, like for example already > mentioned Roundcube.
Probably because that's the client they are currently using. IMHO this was the most interesting part of the query. Choosing the right MTA is interesting for the sysadmin, but an implementation detail. There are many good options, and I'm sure John would do fine with pretty much any of them (add / remove some amount of initial sweating). However, the UI… the interface is a completely different matter. You could completely change the backend and your users won't even notice. But change slightly the position of a button and Aunt Tillie will start complaining how you broke everything and she is now unable to work with the 'new system' And here we are talking about a major migration to a completely different interface. It won't be a problem if the users are reasonable and a bit savvy, but the "for the family" bit makes me think that he may have some users of that breed. I would be interested in how it turns out. Personally, I don't think Gmail it's *that* ugly. It has its shortcomings, particularly it doesn't have full threading, and I have found it doesn't let me insert/attach files with the "Modern" interface. I would happily provide a Gmail-like webmail look to my users. Some users really like having their in gmail, and I have not received a clear answer showing that it is objectively better than the webmail they have at their disposal. There is a commercial roundcube skin which claims to make it look like Gmail, but I haven't tested it. I suspect it might change some parts to look more like gmail, but only partially, which could be worse than actually making it look like a separate products. John, I would explore as well the option of them installing a local client, such as Thunderbid, instead of using a webmail. If they always use the same client machine)s), that setup should work fine, and a local client will be more potent. Maybe I will test some of the clients on that list. A portion of them simply connect to the IMAP server, so you could switch webmails (or even provide different ones at the same time) with no consequences. But I think some do require that you use *their* MTA. Finally, another point you may want to take into account when evaluating the software are the security fixes. If the programs you install are packaged by your distribution, you may update them with a simple upgrade of the systems. However, with separate apps will be more complicated. And nowadays some servers/webmails aren't really supported in upstream. Best regards _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
