[techtalk] Re: Web-based e-mail for Linux?

[jennyw]

Thanks Barbara! And also everyone else who responded!

The suggestions are helpful, but I was wondering if there are any programs
that people especially like?  For example, I now realize realize there are
actually hundreds of Web-based e-mail programs out there (about 200 at
hotscripts.com alone).  Does anyone have any that they particularly like?

Ideally, I'd like one that would let users have folders, addressbooks,
saving drafts, a sent mail folder, and rules.  I'm hoping to setup something
as easy to use as Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail.  It won't be for a lot of users --
just me and some friends (most of whom are non-technical, hence the desire
for easy to use Web e-mail).

So far, IMP looks pretty promising because it supports IMAP (including
managing folders), contacts, and attachments. Pretty much the only things
lacking are rules and drafts and sent mail folders (I suppose all of these
could be done manually, but if there's something out there that does these
things, that'd be great!).

Thanks!

Jen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Schelkle" <schelkle at informatik.hu-berlin.de>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: [techtalk] Re: Web-based e-mail for Linux?


> Hi,
>
> > I'm finally going to put together a mail server.  I'm used to using
> > IMAP4/POP3 and Web-based e-mail from my current provider, so I would
like to
> > build a mail server that has the same functionality. Does anyone have
> > suggestions on what software packages I could use to accomplish this,
and
>
> You have a lot of options here.
>
> what you need is basically this:
>
> 1. smtp server, choose one of the list:
> http://www.qmail.org
> http://www.exim.org
> http://www.postfix.org
> http://www.sendmail.org
> 2. imap server, choose between:
> http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
> http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/
> 3. webmail interface to the imapserver, there are more than these:
> http://www.horde.org/imp/
> http://webmail.omnis.ch/omail.pl?action=about
> http://www.inter7.com/sqwebmail/
>
> If you will have a lot of users, I strongly recommend LDAP.
>
> best, Barbara
>
> --
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> Barbara Schelkle / virtual ifu                        schelkle at vifu.de
> international women's university (ifu)              http://www.vifu.de
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