Re: [cobalt-security] neomail on RAQ02

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jeff Lasman" <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Steve Werby wrote:
>
> > Before anyone asks, I'm not volunteering to hack neomail.  I once was a
Perl
> > hacker (up to early 1999), but I rarely touch it these days, preferring
PHP
> > (and a little C/C++) for web development.  You're more likely to catch
me
> > modifying Squirrelmail (written in PHP), which BTW is a webmail program
I
> > recommend for anyone looking at other webmail alternatives.
>
> Thanks for all the neat stuff I cut out of my reply from your original,
> Steve; I appreciate it.  Can you tell me why you'd recommend
> Squirrelmail instead of Neomail?

Personal preference.  :-)  They're both nice programs and each has its pros
and cons.  IMO, the areas where Squirrelmail excels over Neomail are
reliability, functionality, usability and ease of maintenance.  Neomail
appears to have problems with date sorting and has reported errors to me.
To be fair, I haven't spent any amount of time investigating.  Squirrelmail
allows the user web-based control of many preferences and options that
Neomail doesn't offer.  There are also over 50 plugins available via the
Squirrelmail site which are easy to install and allow for some interesting
and useful functionality.  The spell checker and opening messages in a new
window are my favorites.  The design and layout of Squirrelmail give it the
usability edge over Neomail and when appropriate plugins are selected the
scale is tipped even further in its favor.  Since Squirrelmail is written in
PHP it's much easier for me to make changes to the underlying code.

> I installed Neomail because it was easy to do <smile>.

Squirrelmail isn't that difficult to install.  It should be a breeze for
someone with your Cobalt admin experience.

> If Squirrelmail is a better solution, I'd like to
> know now, while I'm still in alpha test.

Only you can answer that question.  ;-)

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Steve Werby
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