For one we could add a reasonable spell checker instead of that java
crap that Imail has now. Also, I could much more easily integrate it
into my existing ASP based portal, possibly integrate my existing
userbase into the address book. Try to query a SQL table and display an
address book of people based on group membership with the existing Imail
templates....
Since Imail is a Windows product IIS is not propriety... Every version
of Windows that Imail can run on comes with IIS for free.
This way Ipswitch could concentrate on an email client instead of
trying to write a web server.
And as far as the current webmail, how many people complain about it
being slow or taking 100% CPU? I have never had that happen on any of my
IIS servers. That is because IIS is a proven reliable web server that
many of the busiest sites on the net use.
I suppose the same security/patch issue could be made about Windows
itself but that is what Ipswitch wrote Imail for and is exactly why I
use it. Sure Linux/unix may be more secure and requires less maintenance
and patches but Windows is far easier to live with.
I just think that overall many people could benefit from the change.
Just last week I had a problem with webmail in that it incorrectly makes
hyperlinks in email message bodies when a "-" character is in the
message body. Ipswitch support noted the bug and said they would work on
it but had no timeframe to tell me. Had it been ASP I would have fixed
it myself in minutes.
I could go on for days with my issues with how Webmail handles
things... I have written my own templates that are very good and deal
with many of these issues but there are still hard limitations.
Eric
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/11/2004 7:46:56 AM >>>
>Does anyone else have interest in having the Webmail in ASP to make
it
>easier to integrate with an existing site, or to simply customize?
Just
>curious of the interest level so that Ipswitch may take notice.
It's also important to remember that ASP is a proprietary product.
That
means that all of a sudden anyone using web messaging will be required
to
run IIS. And, that is a major security problem (properly patched, it's
fine, but you have to be *MUCH* more careful about keeping patches
up-to-date than if you just run IMail). Plus, it would probably take
Ipswitch a lot of time (and money) to create, and someone has to pay
for that.
Given that you can do just about anything with web messaging the way it
is
now (except hook into IMail), how much benefit would there really be by
using ASP? It sounds like it would mostly just be a time saver.
-Scott
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