Open-source alternatives to GMail

I've tried roundcube & squirrel mail, and wasn't able to maintain the switch. I support open source anything, but I need gmail level service for my e-mail.

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by thehooker » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:42 PM UTC

Why almost all of them look like they were made in the 90's?

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by jlgaddis » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:49 PM UTC

jdhawk wrote: post #2

No mention of iRedMail (Roundcube included)?

TFA was simply a look at webmail clients. Since, as you pointed out, the webmail client installed as part of iRedMail is Roundcube, there wasn't any point in explicitly highlighting iRedMail.

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by astazangasta » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

x5n1 wrote: post #3

The problem is never the mail client and always delivering the actual mail.

I used nmh + sendmail on a Dell sitting in my upstairs bar for years and never had much issue with delivery or receipt.

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by ChrisArgyle » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

Unfortunately this article neglects one of Gmail's strongest features: superb turnkey spam filtering.

Anyone with an email address older than 5 years is going to be buried in spam thus will need spam filtering with a super low false positive rate.

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by leejoramo » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

The are not real comparisons with Gmail with is a web-based client, an email server and a managed service.

On this list, I believe at only Zimbra provides all of these options, but the article really only looks at the client.

Having run my own email server for about 10 years (1996-2006), I eventually gave up due to the huge amount of work it took to stay secure, current with email server "policy" and deal with spam.

I have always either run my own server or paid for the service. I have never used Gmail beyond a use as a testing and backup email account.

Re: Open-source alternatives to GMail

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Post by x5n1 » Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:59 PM UTC

astazangasta wrote: post #7

x5n1 wrote: post #3

The problem is never the mail client and always delivering the actual mail.

I used nmh + sendmail on a Dell sitting in my upstairs bar for years and never had much issue with delivery or receipt.

Well you must have a magical IP because I ran my own mail for 10 years and always have had delivery problems. Especially with Microsoft domains.