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Re: Minimalistic IMAP web client...



nimrod wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> I set up Dovecot as an IMAP server just for local users on a server: so
> no database, no LDAP, just local users with Maildir in their own home
> directory.
> 
> SMTP in this scenario is unrelevant, because my users just have to
> access archived email. The server doesn't send nor receive mail. Don't
> try to understand why.
> 
> But my users are very "primitive" and I don't have time to waste with
> their Thunderbird configuration, so I would just point them to a web
> site where they can access the same mail. What I need is just a web
> interface for the IMAP access. This web site should allow users to
> login with their local credentials on the server (remember, they are
> local Unix users).
> 
> It seems very simple, but I didn't find anything just like that.
> Roundcube, for instance, seems a good choice, but installing it on
> Debian forces me to configure a database for the users, which I really
> don't need and don't even want to use. Squirrelmail is another good
> choice, I thought it was a typical PHP application that you just drop
> in /var/www/html, making just some changes on some config.php, but it's
> not exactly like that.

It's not packaged in Debian, but it is AGPL, and it is exactly as you describe:i
 rainloop. 

http://www.rainloop.net/

-dsr-


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