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Poll: Which webmail provider do you use?

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Re: Poll: Which webmail provider do you use?

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Why aren't there any self-hosted options? There is a rich selection of webmail programs that can be installed on one's own server. For example, many people here have probably used Squirrelmail and Horde (shudder) at some time in their lives.

Zarafa and Atmail also look pretty good and I'd love to hear from anyone who is using either of them.

I use Roundcube when I'm away from my own computer. Usermin is also very useful when testing accounts on my server, but I can't imagine using it as a primary webmail client.

Re: Poll: Which webmail provider do you use?

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Why aren't there any self-hosted options? There is a rich selection of webmail programs that can be installed on one's own server. For example, many people here have probably used Squirrelmail and Horde (shudder) at some time in their lives. Zarafa and Atmail also look pretty good and I'd love to hear from anyone who is using either of them. I use Roundcube when I'm away from my own computer. Usermin is also very use…

I've found Claros InTouch to be better than (better interface than) Squirrelmail and (less buggy than) Roundcube.

Re: Poll: Which webmail provider do you use?

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I use Gmail because of the refined and intuitive UI, and because it has eliminated spam almost entirely.

However, I feel uneasy about handing over to Google large helpings personal information, even though most of it is mundane.

Re: Poll: Which webmail provider do you use?

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Why aren't there any self-hosted options? There is a rich selection of webmail programs that can be installed on one's own server. For example, many people here have probably used Squirrelmail and Horde (shudder) at some time in their lives. Zarafa and Atmail also look pretty good and I'd love to hear from anyone who is using either of them. I use Roundcube when I'm away from my own computer. Usermin is also very use…

I also have a 1 user setup of Roundcube. It's a little slow because of the server it's on, but I'm happy that Google doesn't have my email.

That said, Gmail is so much better. If I trusted them, I'd immediately switch.

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