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On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:14:10 +0000 Neil Winchurst wrote: > On 09/03/11 15:55, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2011, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > >> I do want to see lots of people move over to Linux. The choice of > >> packages is important. I suspect that some will be looking for a > >> reason to move back to that other system. An email client that > >> seems unnecessarily complicated could be enough. > >> > >> Comments > > > > Why burden them with an email client? Get them setup with a decent > > webmail system and forget it. Then they have no local emails > > that'll get lost, can access it from anywhere, and when they're > > ready, transparently use a smartphone/tablet, etc with imap client > > to access the same email & folders, etc. > > > > Most webmails see to have the "outlook disease" - folders down one > > side, big window in the middle, options/headers at the top... > > > > I use squirrelmail for my clients (& friends & family), but there > > are a few others out there which other ISPs use. > > > > Gordon > > > Thanks for the quick response. I have not yet considered webmail, > although I do have it available myself But then, I have my own > website. I will have a more considered look at it. Re losing the > local email, I use IMAP so do not lose any emails. I suppose I would > need to explain a bit about that. > > I have used squirrel mail myself but cannot get it to show the extra > folders into which I filter some of my emails, eg the dclug ones. I > have also looked at Roundcube and Horde. Again, I cannot see the > extra folders. This may be because I am working through my control > panel. More research needed. > > Thanks > > Neil IIRC both Squirrel and RoundCube had an option hidden somewhere to show all folders. Annoying that it wasn't enabled by default. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq