[lug] webmail recommendations

[karl horlen]

i was mostly looking for basic webmail with decent contacts and maybe some drag n drop to folder features.  i didn't realize so many full featured options existed out there.

probably not going to want to go with zimbra though it sounds feature packed.  really wanting to add a "frontend" on top of an existing basic low volume postfix configuration.  sorry if i wasn't clear about that in the original post.

thanks for the info




>________________________________
> From: Crawford Rainwater <crawford.rainwater at linux-etc.com>
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us 
>Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 3:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [lug] webmail recommendations
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>Are you looking for just email with perhaps some contacts or address book feature or are you wanting a whole webmail suite?
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>On the "whole webmail suite" there is Zimbra, Horde Webmail, and Virtualmin as initial thoughts.  The latter two one can pick and choose the MTA backends along with the desired "extras" such as spam, antivirus/malware filter, etc.  I concur that Zimbra can be a "black box" since it will try to run itself from its own container on a server, plus do run Zimbra on a dedicated "Zimbra only" server as also suggested.  The Zimbra Open Source Edition has some third party Zimlets (aka mashups for Zimbra) that can handle the missing Mobility and Backup/Archiving if those are desired but also on a per user annual fee (lower priced than the Zimbra Network Edition or Zimbra Appliance though).  Zimbra also has issues with multiple SSL certificate virtual hosting (i.e., only one SSL cert for the entire server) as another concern and thought if you needed to host multiple domain names with SSL certs included.
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>On the "front end" or "end user" side there is SquirrelMail, Roundcube, and Usermin.  All three can be installed as front ends to Virtualmin (GPL and Pro versions) as well for reference if you to "test drive" all at once.  Depends on preferences and taste.  For those wanting that "Windows Mail" (aka "Microsoft Outlook Express") look and feel, Roundcube parallels this to some degree from my perspective.
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>Minus the Horde Webmail Suite, Linux ETC can offer all of the above for test driving as well on a limited basis.  Zimbra would be the Network Edition version which I can discuss the differences between the various versions as needed another time.
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>HTH and FWIW.
>
>--- Crawford
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