[lug] webmail recommendations

[Ben Luey]

I've been happy with SOGo (http://www.sogo.nu <http://www.sogo.nu/>) as 
both an admin and a user. It provides webmail, but also shared calendar 
and addressbooks that are accessible via web frontend, carddav/caldav 
(iOS, android, etc), and Thunderbird via SOGo extensions. Full feature 
list at http://www.sogo.nu/english/about/features.html

Admin:
Integrates nicely with 'normal' stuff -- cyrus, dovecot and other IMAP 
servers, postfix, exim for SMTP, etc
Flexible db backend: mysql, postgres
Authenticate via db tables or ldap or kerberos
Standards compliant: carddav, caldav,
Support for ACL for mail and calendars & addressbooks (thunderbird 
doesn't do ACL, so its only way for users to share folders, etc)
Repos for deb/rpm -- easy install / upgrade for me on debian
(Haven't personally used, but supports single sign-on / CAS and sync-ml 
via Funambol)
T-bird plugins for Window, Linux (32 & 64bit), Mac

User:
Provides calendar with ability to invite people, see their free/busy 
schedule
Clean AJAX webmail with drag and drop, etc that mostly looks / feels 
like thunderbird. Not as fast as squirrelmail, but much prettier and 
looks like it wasn't written in 1995 :)
I can use T-bird at home and at work and webmail when on the road and I 
have synced contacts / addressbook. Same with mobile phone (although not 
with my below-average phone).

Cons:
Thunderbird plugins only work with 3.1. Should have new plugins for 
TB10, which is a long-term release of T-bird
Honestly, I personally don't know much about its security, but you can 
put it behind an external CAS login, so I think security is less 
important then (as long as you trust your users).
Written with GNUstep causes some weird admin-related bugs won't be 
fixed. (If syntax error in config file, file gets deleted for example -- 
use the command-line tool for editing the config)

Ben

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