On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:28, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> As a lightweight webmail client, to be used as an infrequent alternative to > a desktop client (eg, for collecting your mail when out and about with only > web access), Squirrelmail is perfectly adequate for most users. I use it for huge amounts of mail, huge attachments, even for viewing flashy HTML bullshit mail and sorting mail by sender string etc. How it handles larger folders depends on the IMAP server you use. Try dovecot on servers with SSD, configure it wisely and you'll never need more than Squirrelmail. > But for day-to-day use as a long-term replacement for a desktop client, or > for any > user who gets a much larger than normal volume of mail, What do you mean by that? > it's too lacking in functionality. That's what more full-featured webmail > clients, such as Horde > and Roundcube, are trying to address, albeit at the cost of additional > complexity from a sysadmin perspective. Plus at the cost of speed and responsiveness for the majority of users who don't require fancy features. I suspect you're not aware of the Plugins that are available for squirrelmail; http://squirrelmail.org/plugins.php > webmail client to provide them. And it isn't just about "flashy GUI > bullshit", it's about real features that make a practical difference for > people with different requirements. What appears to be the most important complaint I get from users is summed up by this; "I don't care about nice looking buttons or 3D Windows and all that crap, I just want a working and reliable e-mail client. One that doesn't reformat messages. No HTML and no annoying popups." and they all detest Outlook and Outlook Express (and Exchange webmail) as well, so that might illustrate the types of users that prefer Squirrelmail. But saying they don't handle large volumes of mail is a weird assumption to say the least. I'd say the average user box I maintain squirrelmail-thunderbird for recieves about 80 emails daily, and their Mail folders are around 6 GB in size per user. Julius
