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Horde, SquirrelMail, and RoundCube

1 May, 2009 (16:43) | Mail, cPanel/Linux Hosting | By: Noah S

The 3 choices

The 3 choices

With a cpanel account there are 3 different mail choices offered: Horde, SquirrelMail, and RoundCube. I am going to explain the major differences between the 3 of them and hopefully that will allow you to pick the best for your own use.

All the programs come with a basic array of features: Forwarding, Replying, Address Book, Folders, Junk mail, etc… I will not be explaining these features as these are a base for all types of e-mail programs and are irrelevant to the topic.

SquirrelMail

The most basic of these choices is SquirrelMail. It has the most basic of all interfaces.

As you can see in the photo above, it is a very basic and just lists your mail. There isn’t much to be said about this save for its simplicity.

ROUNDCUBE

The next is Roundcube. This has a more jazzed up interface using Ajax, this allows smoother selection of e-mail. There is no box checking, you can just click on the e-mail and use the options above the box to deal with the mail. As with SqurrielMail this is a simple interface just used for checking mail.

The is a good choice if you want a cleaner / smoother looking webmail program.

HORDE

Horde is different than the other 2 webmail programs. This is a full featured e-mail program, it has similar features to Outlook.

It has a list of options (in the upper right hand corner and on the left hand side) for you to choose from: Mail, News, Calendar, Notes, Tasks. It also has the feature Layout where you can change how the home page is displayed for you when you log in to your mail.

News-  Setup Subscriptions to receive mail from different sources (Sports news, Electronics, Religion, etc…)

Calendar- Allows you to setup important dates and meetings (These can be imported from other programs)

Notes- Write notes or other information down and store it for later.

Tasks- You can schedule tasks that need to be completed and keep track of their progress.

Options- Customize how the time is displayed, how the color scheme of Horde appears, along with many other settings.

In the end it really comes down to what you need: SquirrelMail for simplicity, Horde for the large amount of features, and RoundCube for the aesthetic appearance.

Comments

Comment from ferdous
Time June 15, 2009 at 1:44 am

Yes, it is very useful.

Comment from AL-Hadi Juma
Time June 21, 2009 at 3:37 am

I love RounCube as it is easy and the look wise it is pretty clean :)

Comment from Company Formation
Time October 29, 2009 at 1:00 am

I have not tried using Rouncube besides Horde and SqurrelMail. Is better than the two?

Comment from tim
Time November 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Thanks – perfect!

Comment from Dubai IT
Time November 10, 2009 at 11:06 pm

I chose to use Horde as it is what I am used to.

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