New Webmail Interface

[asmithjr]

I created a cpaddon for the roundcube and all is well except for the fact that when the DB is created the user is not added to the privileges to the DB thus I need to manually add the user to the DB for privileges.

The package installs and the config files are ready.

Not sure why the user is not getting added to the DB, it is creating the user however.

[asmithjr]

If you want to try a cpaddon installer for ROUNDCUBE I've created one.

Use this URL in the WHM Main >> cPAddon Scripts Installer/Updater
http://www.virtualvideousa.com/cpaddons/mycpaddons.pl.

I also have a Joomla 1.5.1 you will see at the same time.

[rligg]

Does the spell check work? How do you get around cpanel php not being configured with SSL?

[rligg]

There is a free outlook skin for squirrelmail here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/scree...383&ssid=47764

I have not used it, but it does look nice. Maybe someone could test it out and see if that's better then the default "ugly" skin for squirrelmail?

This is not a skin you can just drop in. This is the full program and is outdated for that matter. It's a shame.

[Roy@ENHOST]

I will post some facts about Mailbee and let you decide for yourself if you wanna put your customers through it.
Take note Im on a broadband connection and had my firefox tweaked to download at a faster rate.

Load time: 20.07 secs
Javascripts downloaded: 41
Total transfer: 733KB

[cpanelkenneth]

In builds 23019+, RoundCube is provided along with Horde and Squirrelmail in our Webmail interface. This build is EDGE only at this time.

[l00ph0le]

Sounds Great Kenneth..

Just a question though.. what is the normal release schedule transitioning things from edge to other cpanel branches.

[Kent Brockman]

In builds 23019+, RoundCube is provided along with Horde and Squirrelmail in our Webmail interface. This build is EDGE only at this time.

Cool. I'll wait till the Stable branch include it. I don't feel very comfortable using Roundcube since it is at version 0.1.1 which says it still needs a really long way to walk in order to work properly. Although, I like what I see at their website, and comments from people that have tested Roundcube will be welcomed too.

If Roundcube will be activable from the WHM the same way actually you can do with Horde or other services, I'll be glad to give it a try and promote its use as alternative to Horde for those customers who want a newer look and wish to test it.

[cpanelkenneth]

Cool. I'll wait till the Stable branch include it. I don't feel very comfortable using Roundcube since it is at version 0.1.1 which says it still needs a really long way to walk in order to work properly. Although, I like what I see at their website, and comments from people that have tested Roundcube will be welcomed too.

If Roundcube will be activable from the WHM the same way actually you can do with Horde or other services, I'll be glad to give it a try and promote its use as alternative to Horde for those customers who want a newer look and wish to test it.

Open Source projects tend to use weird version number schemes (OK, OK, all Software project use weird schemes). The RoundCube project considers 0.1 to be their 'stable' version.

Just a question though.. what is the normal release schedule transitioning things from edge to other cpanel branches.

All new features are developed in internal builds, then released for general public testing in EDGE. Usually within 10-14 days of EDGE, CURRENT is built with some or all of the features of EDGE. 10-14 days after CURRENT, RELEASE is rebuilt. STABLE follows 1-2 days after RELEASE.

The above are generalities. Sometimes things take longer, sometimes it happens quicker.

[Kent Brockman]

Open Source projects tend to use weird version number schemes (OK, OK, all Software project use weird schemes). The RoundCube project considers 0.1 to be their 'stable' version.

As weird as 11.18.3? ok, we'll give it a try when Stable upgrade of cPanel bring it to world.

[chae]

The only complaints we have from customers regarding Horde is the cumbersome, long winded way of logging in. Roundcube looks nice & a bit more "modern" so will also try it out when it hits the Stable build.

[Kent Brockman]

yep, for firstimers the Horde is a bit annoying. Without mention that the default config is not always the better for a webmail, i.e. there's no Trash folders from the start and deleted mails are marked as deleted when you should see them moved to a Trash folder. The needing for a complete reconfig at start is annoying. I don't know if a default config for Horde may be presetted for new accounts.

[cpanelkenneth]

As weird as 11.18.3? ok, we'll give it a try when Stable upgrade of cPanel bring it to world.

Hence my remark about all Software projects

yep, for firstimers the Horde is a bit annoying. Without mention that the default config is not always the better for a webmail, i.e. there's no Trash folders from the start and deleted mails are marked as deleted when you should see them moved to a Trash folder. The needing for a complete reconfig at start is annoying. I don't know if a default config for Horde may be presetted for new accounts

You can alter Horde's configuration to your liking, for example performing an expunge upon delete, by modifying the files in /usr/local/cpanel/base/horde/config and the Horde applications config directories. These settings will be preserved across updates by following the documentation in /usr/local/cpanel/src/3rdparty/gpl/README-horde

The only complaints we have from customers regarding Horde is the cumbersome, long winded way of logging in.

There is a fix for that in http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4666

[Kent Brockman]

You can alter Horde's configuration to your liking, for example performing an expunge upon delete, by modifying the files in /usr/local/cpanel/base/horde/config and the Horde applications config directories. These settings will be preserved across updates by following the documentation in /usr/local/cpanel/src/3rdparty/gpl/README-horde

Cool, but I don't find documentation to guide me thru the conf checking of this files. The file /usr/local/cpanel/src/3rdparty/gpl/README-horde don't add enough data to help me in this quest Is there any doc online that may help me? (I didn't find anything of value - http://www.horde.org/imp/docs/?f=README.html)

There is a fix for that in http://bugzilla.cpanel.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4666

Very interesting. Although, one of the latest upgrades included the functionality of Autoload in the cPanel webmail first screen, which allow the user to autoload the Horde welcome screen. If only this patch at bugzilla could be modified to autoload the "second" Horde screen and bypass its (useless) language selection, that would be really cool. I realize, however, that doing such a patch may produce errors (I suppose, but really don't know!) if you need to select another defaulted webmail app (for the case you also allow use of Squirrelmail or Roundcube). May this be done without problems in that scenarios?

[cpanelkenneth]

Cool, but I don't find documentation to guide me thru the conf checking of this files. The file /usr/local/cpanel/src/3rdparty/gpl/README-horde don't add enough data to help me in this quest Is there any doc online that may help me? (I didn't find anything of value - http://www.horde.org/imp/docs/?f=README.html)

THe README-horde document explains how to preserve your configuration when cPanel updates Horde. As for configuring Horde, that's something that is poorly documented by Horde. You can find some info by scouring all the documentation on Horde's website and searching their mailing lists.

Very interesting. Although, one of the latest upgrades included the functionality of Autoload in the cPanel webmail first screen, which allow the user to autoload the Horde welcome screen. If only this patch at bugzilla could be modified to autoload the "second" Horde screen and bypass its (useless) language selection, that would be really cool. I realize, however, that doing such a patch may produce errors (I suppose, but really don't know!) if you need to select another defaulted webmail app (for the case you also allow use of Squirrelmail or Roundcube). May this be done without problems in that scenarios?

The patch in bugzilla is supposed to take you directly to the main Horde interface after clicking the Horde icon, thus bypassing the language selection screen. I haven't tested it with the newest version of Horde that we distribute so it likely needs some fine tuning.