[CentOS] web based mail packages for CentOS

Sat Aug 19 22:50:10 UTC 2006
John Hinton <webmaster at ew3d.com>

dan1 wrote:
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I was using OpenGroupware but just hosed my system. Since I'm
>> starting from scratch I would like to know what everyone's
>> using for web based mail.
>
> Hello, James.
>
> I use SquirrelMail. Have a look, I find it very good personnally, and 
> has a lot of features. It seems to be a very mature project to me:
> http://www.squirrelmail.org
>
> It is compatible with Postfix/exim/qmail. Else, here is what they say:
>
> SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It 
> includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, 
> and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no JavaScript required) 
> for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few 
> requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail 
> has all the functionality you would want from an email client, 
> including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.
>
> And these are the features:
> http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelMailFeatures
>
> Hope this helps..
> Daniel
I'm not thrilled with the interface.. a little old fashioned these days, 
but it is functional and if you want ease of operation, it is a standard 
package within CentOS. Just yum install it and it works. You can get to 
it via any virtualhost by using the included apache alias which allows

http://www.example.com/webmail

Easy for customers to remember. It does have different skins/themes. 
Some make it look better than others. And, yes, there are tons of add-ons.

Second to this, I would look at Horde. I think it looks better and has a 
few other nice features. I think Johnny is maintaining a CentOS install 
for this in extras. I have considered switching many times.. but 
Squirrelmail is just so easy...

Best,
John Hinton