Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 00:09:31 -0400 (EDT) From: paz <paz@apriori.net> To: Blake Freeburg <blakef@mrdata.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web-based mail software Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907292356330.11954-100000@gw.apriori.net> In-Reply-To: <199907291915.OAA98829@mrdata.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Blake Freeburg wrote: : Let me know if you find some? Clients here would like it... Okay - First, thanks to all who replied! Earlier today I was afraid I'd be spending some pretty serious bucks to get this functionality on my server. Now it looks like that may not be true. Second: Here's what I found. -- A review of some of the software available: http://www.cru.fr/http-mail/ -- Imp looks quite complete! See: http://web.horde.org/imp/ -- Yet another product called "mailman"! (I use the mail list software by the same name.) This particular page boasts a comparison of some available products, mostly commercial. See: http://endymion.com/products/mailman/licensing.htm -- From that comparison, here's one which looked promising, though commercial: http://netwinsite.com/dmailweb/ (I couldn't figure out which I should try, though - CWMail or Dmail. Clarification of docs would have helped.) A friend's commercial service provider uses mailman, but it had erratic behavior while he demonstrated it to me. He indicated that it was not uncommon for that to happen with mailman. In closing, it would be nice it some one of the FreeBSD Ports persons would create a FreeBSD port of IMP, if it hasn't been done already. It looks like it has a degree of polish. BTW, I'm aware of some of the issues regarding security and web-mail interface software. I'm willing to risk it for the convenience of accessing my mail remotely. I doubt that I would be able to telnet back into my server while I'm at work or away from home that much longer, considering the trend for employers to install more and more stiff firewalls - often barring telnet entirely. It would be wise for a FreeBSD port of IMP (for example) to include a rudimentary warning to the unwary. cheers - -- Philip. philip zimmermann paz@apriori.net www.apriori.net ayer, ma usa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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