On 09/02/2010 10:19, Thijssen wrote:
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 16:52, K bharathan<kbhara...@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
