Webmail Recommendations

[Edwin L. Culp]

Quoting Matt Ruzicka <matt at frii.com>:

> 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.

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