RE: [cobalt-users] Server wide Webmail for RaQ4, suggestions please

["Si Watts" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Si wrote:
>
> > is that the user does not need to know anything about their
> > individual mailbox settings ie mail server. All they need
> to log in is
> > their server username and password, then once they have
> set up their
> > personal settings in the web gui they are ready to roll.
> This is the
> > big advantage over the potentially more complicated user
> login for the
> > alternative (UebiMiau) where to log in they are forced to
> name their
> > mail server name, login username and password, email addy etc.
>
> The Mask then replied;
> Hi,
> with UebiMiau you can change the config.php file and
> specify the POP server
> (this can be your server name) - then when they login they only have
> username and password to enter. By default the reply to
> address is then set
> at username@servername - but you can change this in
> preferences by setting
> reply to address. I really like this package - it can be
> setup so that it
> can only work for your server or you can have a wider
> version that will look
> to any POP server - good system
>
> cheers
>
> Jim Carey

I did notice the ability to change the domain defaults in config.php
and had  quite a play around with the script set. What I felt was that
SquirrelMail better suited my requirements. I'm not an ISP with
hundreds of users on my domain, I simply host my clients sites, each
with their own domain and the need to send email from those domain
names. Similarly I needed it to be extremely easy to understand and
use (come on, we all know how thick some clients are!!!) To this end,
SquirrelMail, with it's simple login and easy gui interface was by far
better suited to my requirements than UebiMiau was. I would agree that
in the right circumstances, then UebiMiau would be a highly
commendable solution, but just not for what I wanted.

Kind Regards

Si Watts
SiWIS http://www.siwis.co.uk

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