RoundCube Webmail, an Up and Coming Mail Client
Do you host your own domain(s)? Do you host your own email, too? If so, this might be of interest to you.
I have been long searching for a clean, efficient, functional, and pleasant open-source solution to a webmail front-end for my email. My particular hosting provider has SquirrelMail and Horde options built in. However, I have never been thrilled with either. They work (and Horde has many features), but in my opinion, they are old and not user friendly.
Recently, my provider gave its users access to SimpleScripts, which automates the install of various web solutions, such as RoundCube. I stumbled upon this and decided to do an install, not really expecting to be impressed. The install was really simple, proving the SimpleScripts approach worked great. I immediately went to the location where I installed, and logged in.
Wow, the interface was nice and clean, and very user friendly. By far the most impressive first look at such a project. They are off to a great start with this. Definitely stable for me, and works as advertised. Very nice and easy to use; an all around pleasant experience. Check out the screenshots:
RoundCube has very solid functionality (amazing for a v0.1.1), but it is not quite ready for prime time. Here are the released features, and things to come:
Released features
- Multilingual capabilities
- Full support for MIME and HTML messages
- Compose messages with attachments
- Multiple sender identities
- Basic address book
- Find-as-you-type address book integration
- Forwarding messages with attachments
- Create or remove custom message folders
- Built-in caching for fast mailbox access
- Support for external SMTP server
- Searching messages and contacts
- Spell checking
- Advanced user interface
- Unlimited users and messages
- Complete customization with skins
Planned features
- Richtext/HTML composing
- Message filters and rules
- Full featured address book based on VCard standard
- Import/export functions
- Support for GPG/PGP encryption
- Threaded message listing
- Plug-in API for flexible exensions
If you are looking for such a solution, I encourage you to try it. Better yet, if you have the skills to help, let them know.
