So far this thread has focused on the various IMAP based solutions and

the merits of the many alternate components to such. Keying off some

comments in the OP (below) I would  like to point out that there _is_

an OpenBSD package openwebmail-2.51p1.tgz for a non-IMAP webmail. A few

of the things that I like about this solution are:

 - it is written entirely in perl (no php or other non-base prereqs)

 - it works well when deployed on the mail server or over POP3

 - its interface is very clean yet fairly feature rich

 - it is browser agnostic and renders decently even on mobiles
Again, I bring this up only because it seems to me that the original

goal was a simple non-IMAP solution and this suggestion should be taken

completely independent of the rest of this thread -- IMAP adds

capabilities and complexities that make any comparison of solutions

with and without it mostly invalid.
On 4 Jul 2009 at 20:05, Rod Whitworth wrote:
> I have been running email for a couple of small domains for a few years

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> using Postfix and Teapop on OpenBSD. No complaints.

>

> I have scripted user addition with passwords etc etc.

>

> Now somebody (important of course) wants webmail.

>

> I went hunting. About the only webmail server I found that did not need

> an imapd was sqwebmail and we don't have a port for that. Yes, I could

> have a crack at making a port but that, given a loooong absence from C

> for me and also that it doesn't look really modern, sounded like it

> would be loading myself with a pressure job.

>

> So looking at others needing imap showed me RoundCube. Pretty snazzy

> looks, renders all that fancy junk that seems to be all the go now and

> we have a package for it.

>

> So which imap? Dovecot looked like a candidate. It can use sqlite as

> does Roundcube and I know it can do authentication for Postfix so it

> looked like a suitable candidate.

>

> Then I found out that Roundcube uses sqlite and Dovecot uses sqlite3. I

> don't think I want to have to synch two databases all the time.

>

> Does anybody know what combination works well with nothing as silly as

> mismatched db versions? Maybe there is a way to get Roundcube (the

> component I'd like to keep) to compile with sqlite3 but I haven't seen

> a hint that that is supported, and whilst I do more research I'd like

> to hear from someone who has invented the wheel I'm working on.

>

> Thanks,

>

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