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@  Dave Hunt <
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From: Dave Hunt < @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

and html mail need not be synonymous.  A good web front-end can
generate plain text messages, as, I'm sure, Gregg's does:-).

-Dave



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* RE: Web Mail
@  Dawes, Stephen
   ` Raul A. Gallegos
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From: Dawes, Stephen @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Speakup@Braille. Uwo. Ca (E-mail)

Hi All,

Here is the results of my looking for a Web Mail package. That is of course, if you are in the least bit interested.

I have settled on a package called "squirrelmail". This package was not mentioned in the short discussion about Web Mail, but a search using google.com found this package for me amongst others.

Squirrelmail is quite easy to install, and is accessible with speakup. It is easy to configure, not that much to do unless you want to get really fancy with it. The web side client is viewable through lynx with little or no difficulty. (My problem is that I am not over familiar with lynx as I am with other browsers. you lynxperts would find it a breeze.) Now when I am away from home, I am able to use a Web browser to read my mail. This means, that I will be able to use any computer that has access to the Web, with the capability of speech, to check in and read the mail. 

So if you have ever wanted to or ever want to check your email when you are not at home, then I recommend squirrelmail as an excellent solution.

To install squirrelmail:
Debian users can do the good old 
apt-get install squirrelmail 
and sit back and enjoy the beverage close to hand.
RedHat users will first need to get the rpms, of which there are 3, and then do a 
rpm -U ...
I do not believe that squirrelmail is available to the apt4rpm users.

Note: Squirrelmail requires you to have imap and php installed and running on your machine.

Squirrelmail can be found at
squirrelmail.org

Thanks to Keith Watson for testing with me last night. We both installed squirrelmail, Keith on a Debian box and myself on a RedHat box, and we tested each others setup using both lynx and that other operating systems browser, Windows Exploder. I think that I can speak for Keith when I say that we are both happy with how accessible and easy squirrelmail is to use.


Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dawes, Stephen 
> Sent: 2002 March 28 3:09 PM
> To: 'speakup@braille.uwo.ca'
> Subject: RE: Web Mail
> 
> 
> Hi Ann & all
> 
> It is not for reading Web mail from other locations, but 
> instead it is for hosting web mail. What I want to be able to 
> do, is to connect to my linux box when away from the house 
> and check the mail. My reasoning for the Web Based Email 
> approach is that that if at work or anywhere else, I can 
> connect to my web server, and check the mail. This solution 
> seems like the simplest so that I don't have to worry about 
> being behind any firewalls. If I have Web access through the 
> firewall, then I will be able to check my mail.
> 
> If there any flaws in my thinking, I would be glad to hear 
> about them. But so far, it seems like the best way to go.
> 
> 
> Steve Dawes
> PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
> Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ann Parsons [mailto:akp@eznet.net]
> > Sent: 2002 March 28 2:58 PM
> > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Web Mail
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Steve, why would you want a webmail program when mailman or l-soft
> > work just fine, unless you're trying to sub to topic or yahoogroups.
> > 
> > Ann P.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 			Ann K. Parsons  
> > email:  akp@eznet.net 			ICQ Number:  33006854
> > WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> > "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander 
> > are lost."  JRRT
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 


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* RE: Web Mail
@  Dawes, Stephen
   ` Raul A. Gallegos
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread
From: Dawes, Stephen @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

What do you use as the host program for Web mail?


Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:raul@asmodean.net]
> Sent: 2002 March 31 8:26 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Web Mail
> 
> 
> Just to add to this with mailreader I do what you are saying below.
> Check it out at http://www.asmodean.net.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
> 
> Dawes, Stephen said the following on Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 
> 03:09:04PM -0700:
> > Hi Ann & all
> > 
> > It is not for reading Web mail from other locations, but 
> instead it is for hosting web mail. What I want to be able to 
> do, is to connect to my linux box when away from the house 
> and check the mail. My reasoning for the Web Based Email 
> approach is that that if at work or anywhere else, I can 
> connect to my web server, and check the mail. This solution 
> seems like the simplest so that I don't have to worry about 
> being behind any firewalls. If I have Web access through the 
> firewall, then I will be able to check my mail.
> > 
> > If there any flaws in my thinking, I would be glad to hear 
> about them. But so far, it seems like the best way to go.
> > 
> > 
> > Steve Dawes
> > PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
> > Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ann Parsons [mailto:akp@eznet.net]
> > > Sent: 2002 March 28 2:58 PM
> > > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > Subject: Web Mail
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Steve, why would you want a webmail program when mailman or l-soft
> > > work just fine, unless you're trying to sub to topic or 
> yahoogroups.
> > > 
> > > Ann P.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 			Ann K. Parsons  
> > > email:  akp@eznet.net 			ICQ Number:  33006854
> > > WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> > > "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander 
> > > are lost."  JRRT
> > > 
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> -- 
> If you are good, you will be assigned all the work.  If you are real
> good, you will get out of it.
> Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 


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* RE: Web Mail
@  Dawes, Stephen
   ` Gregory Nowak
                   ` (4 more replies)
  0 siblings, 5 replies; 22+ messages in thread
From: Dawes, Stephen @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi Ann & all

It is not for reading Web mail from other locations, but instead it is for hosting web mail. What I want to be able to do, is to connect to my linux box when away from the house and check the mail. My reasoning for the Web Based Email approach is that that if at work or anywhere else, I can connect to my web server, and check the mail. This solution seems like the simplest so that I don't have to worry about being behind any firewalls. If I have Web access through the firewall, then I will be able to check my mail.

If there any flaws in my thinking, I would be glad to hear about them. But so far, it seems like the best way to go.


Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Parsons [mailto:akp@eznet.net]
> Sent: 2002 March 28 2:58 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Web Mail
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Steve, why would you want a webmail program when mailman or l-soft
> work just fine, unless you're trying to sub to topic or yahoogroups.
> 
> Ann P.
> 
> -- 
> 			Ann K. Parsons  
> email:  akp@eznet.net 			ICQ Number:  33006854
> WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander 
> are lost."  JRRT
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 


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* RE: Web Mail
@  Dawes, Stephen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread
From: Dawes, Stephen @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Thanks Greg,
I am not to familiar with freshmeet.

Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:gnowak1@uic.edu]
> Sent: 2002 March 28 2:03 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Web Mail
> 
> 
> I typed in webmail on freshmeat, and found at least 6 of 
> them. As for how good they are, I don't know.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 01:43:32PM -0700, Dawes, Stephen wrote:
> > Does anyone know of, or is using, a web mail hosting package?
> > 
> > Steve Dawes
> > PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
> > Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 


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* Web Mail
@  Dawes, Stephen
   ` Gregory Nowak
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 22+ messages in thread
From: Dawes, Stephen @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Speakup@Braille. Uwo. Ca (E-mail)

Does anyone know of, or is using, a web mail hosting package?

Steve Dawes
PH:  (403) 268-5527. 
Mailto:  sdawes@gov.calgary.ab.ca 



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