After months of work again, on and off, I’ve got the new server online. For all that I wish I hadn’t lost it all earlier, I actually did learn some new things rebuilding it from scratch once more.

In the process, I also had a look at the latest Horde / Imp for a Web-based email alternative to SquirrelMail (which I’ve liked using, but I thought it was time for a change). I was surprised that the interface was still not tightly integrated and that a changing message count was not properly reflected in the UI elements. A curt and non-helpful response told me to use Dimp for that instead. I took at a look at it, but it had its own problems. I’d used it once before, had a problem, and, back then, had also run into non-helpful responses from the developer and its membership. I finally gave up with it, and that’s what led me to SquirrelMail.

I finally scrapped Imp – again. This time, I decided to try RoundCube. It’s still in early development stages (although I gather it’s been around for a while) – but they’re doing it right. While it’s basic at the moment, the interface seems spot on from the beginning. It seems to me as if that’s the correct approach – don’t throw all sorts of things together until you can get the basic framework looking good and working well.