Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:20:05 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Roelof Osinga" <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: "Chuck Sumner" <csumner@omnisky.com>, "'Peter Kok'" <cckok00@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: free webmail Message-ID: <002501c0bc59$f121a880$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <3AC9C297.C759AAD5@nisser.com>
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>I haven't looked at IMP in great detail, but even so... what has >a SQL DBMS got to do with an IMAP front-end? If it's used to drive IMP is written in php and php requires a database backend. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Roelof Osinga [mailto:roelof@nisser.com] >Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:31 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Chuck Sumner; 'Peter Kok'; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: free webmail > > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >> One thing I will say about IMP is that while it's complicated to >> configure, the combination of mySQL+PHP is rapidly becoming the >> de-facto standard for scripted websites. Most of the effort getting >> IMP running is spent on the bottom end, on getting PHP and mySQL >> properly set up. Thus, you can leverage this effort elsewhere. >> >> PS I have explicit IMP setup instructions for FBSD 4.2 if anyone cares > >I haven't looked at IMP in great detail, but even so... what has >a SQL DBMS got to do with an IMAP front-end? If it's used to drive >the UI dynamically than that would account for both its flexibility >as well as its hardness to setup. > >Besides SquirrelMail I've been meaning also to take a look at >TWIG. Where SquirrelMail does what's needed, TWIG adds things >like scheduling, contact management, USENET, To Do lists,etc. > >There's also http://www.firstpr.com.au/web-mail/ which gives a nice >overview of things IMAP. > >Roelof > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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