Per the docs, the nextcloud back end is required: https://github.com/nextcloud/mail#readme On 3/1/2021 9:19 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Has anyone tried the NextCloud Mail client? The UI looks pretty nice, >> but I have not played with it: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/mail >> >> Chris > Hi Chris, I have bit tried it but I'm wondering if the mail app can we > used standalone without the nextcloud backend? And since it's based on > Horde, I'm wondering if it's so easy to run on EL8. > > What IS interesting is that nextcloud itself is in EPEL8! > > Simon > >> On 3/1/2021 8:47 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>> Hi Simon, we used to use Squirrelmail also, but have since migrated to >>>> RoundCube. It's easy enough to install on a CentOS 7 server (we don't >>>> use EL8) by downloading directly from the Roundcube website and >>>> following the installation instructions. The interface is clean, >>>> modern, >>>> and the project gets frequent updates. Updates have been mostly >>>> painless, but they can overwrite some of the customizations one might >>>> have made so that is a pain (mostly any CSS customizations or changes >>>> to >>>> the default .htaccess file which relates to PHP upload size). >>>> >>>> I don't recall needing any hard to find RPMs - we generally don't stray >>>> further than what is available via the CentOS repositories or EPEL. >>> Well, I know it's not a problem on EL7 but I'd like to upgrade to >>> something which is a bit more future proof. There's even a roundcube >>> package in EPEL7 but none in EPEL8, and I guess I know why :-) >>> >>> Seems quite difficult to do this on EL8: >>> https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Install-Requirements >>> >>> Simon >>> >>>> --Blake >>>> >>>> On 3/1/2021 7:57 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm still trying to find solutions to replace some aging EL6 and EL7 >>>>> systems. >>>>> >>>>> This time I'm looking at email. Postfix and Cyrus-IMAPd are not a >>>>> problem >>>>> and also additional things like DKIM are fine. However, I'm wondering >>>>> what >>>>> to use to replace good old squirrelmail with. >>>>> >>>>> We had a heavily patched squirrelmail with lots of nice things like >>>>> avelsieve plugin. Since squirrelmail is dead and unable to run on >>>>> newer >>>>> PHP, I'd like to use some other tool instead. >>>>> >>>>> I was looking at Roundcube but it seems difficult on EL8 because a lot >>>>> of >>>>> PHP stuff is missing and not available as RPMs. I guess the same is >>>>> true >>>>> for the python things needed for Mailpile. In the end my list only >>>>> contains Cypht, Rainloop and Afterlogic Webmail lite. >>>>> >>>>> Is there anybody running webmail on EL8? Can you make a recommendation >>>>> on >>>>> a certain tool? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Simon >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> -- >> Christopher Wensink >> IS Administrator >> Five Star Plastics, Inc >> 1339 Continental Drive >> Eau Claire, WI 54701 >> Office: 715-831-1682 >> Mobile: 715-563-3112 >> Fax: 715-831-6075 >> cwensink at five-star-plastics.com >> www.five-star-plastics.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Christopher Wensink IS Administrator Five Star Plastics, Inc 1339 Continental Drive Eau Claire, WI 54701 Office: 715-831-1682 Mobile: 715-563-3112 Fax: 715-831-6075 cwensink at five-star-plastics.com www.five-star-plastics.com