Migrating to dovecot from gmail apps
Hi,
I'm considering migrating away from gmail for my (one-man) company, and I'm trying to decide if dovecot is the right option (I'm committed to self-hosting). I'm a developer, so happy to do my own tooling if needed.
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot, or work-in progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope for dovecot? I want to use SAML for authentication, so a solution that relies on POP/IMAP doesn't meet my needs - unless I add Kerberos into the mix, which is an additional learning curve, and possibly not widely supported.
*Is there currently a good web admin interface to dovecot, or work-in-progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope? Since I prefer using password-protected SSH keys for shell access, and don't want to tie myself to a laptop (and would hate to use vim on a 3G/4G tablet), I'd like to be able to add/remove aliases and play with SIEVE and ACLs through any available browser.
*How's the work on sharing messages between folders progressing?*
Finally, and I hope you don't mind me asking, are you aware of a good JAVA based alternative to dovecot? I quite like the idea of using lucene indexing on mailboxes, so reducing the number of dependencies has a certain appeal.
Best wishes,
Phil Lello
On March 28, 2016 at 5:43 PM Phil Lello phil@dunlop-lello.uk wrote:
Hi,
I'm considering migrating away from gmail for my (one-man) company, and I'm trying to decide if dovecot is the right option (I'm committed to self-hosting). I'm a developer, so happy to do my own tooling if needed.
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot, or work-in progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope for dovecot? I want to use SAML for authentication, so a solution that relies on POP/IMAP doesn't meet my needs - unless I add Kerberos into the mix, which is an additional learning curve, and possibly not widely supported.
Open-Xchage appsuite might fit your needs.
*Is there currently a good web admin interface to dovecot, or work-in-progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope? Since I prefer using password-protected SSH keys for shell access, and don't want to tie myself to a laptop (and would hate to use vim on a 3G/4G tablet), I'd like to be able to add/remove aliases and play with SIEVE and ACLs through any available browser.
There is an HTTP API for doveadm in v2.2.22 which might suite your needs. Sieve is supported via ManageSieve. Appsuite has plugin for Managesieve.
*How's the work on sharing messages between folders progressing?*
Finally, and I hope you don't mind me asking, are you aware of a good JAVA based alternative to dovecot? I quite like the idea of using lucene indexing on mailboxes, so reducing the number of dependencies has a certain appeal.
Dovecot has Lucene support, if it's not compiled in you can enable it yourself.
Best wishes,
Phil Lello
Aki Tuomi Dovecot Oy
On 03/28/2016 05:05 PM, aki.tuomi@dovecot.fi wrote:
On March 28, 2016 at 5:43 PM Phil Lello phil@dunlop-lello.uk wrote:
Hi,
I'm considering migrating away from gmail for my (one-man) company, and I'm trying to decide if dovecot is the right option (I'm committed to self-hosting). I'm a developer, so happy to do my own tooling if needed.
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot, or work-in progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope for dovecot? I want to use SAML for authentication, so a solution that relies on POP/IMAP doesn't meet my needs - unless I add Kerberos into the mix, which is an additional learning curve, and possibly not widely supported.
Open-Xchage appsuite might fit your needs.
Or you could take a look at SOGo: http://sogo.nu/
MJ
Phil,
Try https://roundcube.net/ - really nice web app if all you need is email with sieve filtering and address book. I would recommend OX if you want support for mobile devices or other great stuff it has. RC doesn't play well with phones.
Best regards, Sergey Schwartz
Senior System Administrator Biblio Globus Tour Operator www.bgoperator.ru
T: +7 495 5042500 ext 1532 E: sergey.schwartz@bgoperator.com
28.03.2016 18:13, mj пишет:
On 03/28/2016 05:05 PM, aki.tuomi@dovecot.fi wrote:
On March 28, 2016 at 5:43 PM Phil Lello phil@dunlop-lello.uk wrote:
Hi,
I'm considering migrating away from gmail for my (one-man) company, and I'm trying to decide if dovecot is the right option (I'm committed to self-hosting). I'm a developer, so happy to do my own tooling if needed.
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot, or work-in progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope for dovecot? I want to use SAML for authentication, so a solution that relies on POP/IMAP doesn't meet my needs - unless I add Kerberos into the mix, which is an additional learning curve, and possibly not widely supported.
Open-Xchage appsuite might fit your needs.
Or you could take a look at SOGo: http://sogo.nu/
MJ
Many thanks for the replies, I'm going to take a look at OX.
Out of curiousity, does anyone know if Open-Xchange is primarily German or American? I'm trying to favour European projects/products as I've realised too much the tech I use is reliant on the US.
Phil
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Sven Hartge sven@svenhartge.de wrote:
mick.crane mick.crane@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, March 28, 2016 4:13 pm, mj wrote:
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot,
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On 28.03.2016 17:43, Phil Lello wrote:
*Is there currently a good webmail interface to dovecot, or work-in progress?* If not, would a web interface be out-of-scope for dovecot? I want to use SAML for authentication, so a solution that relies on POP/IMAP doesn't meet my needs - unless I add Kerberos into the mix, which is an additional learning curve, and possibly not widely supported. roundcube is nice and lightweight, with "perosnal" featureset (but they add PGP support in latest beta, including client-side one with browser extension!). Horde is more "professional" and more like big groupware, and works better on mobile devices, but needs more effort to setup & configure.
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participants (7)
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aki.tuomi＠dovecot.fi
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Lev Serebryakov
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mick.crane
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mj
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Phil Lello
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Sergey Schwartz
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Sven Hartge