[Kroupware] Web interface frontend

[Brad Hards]

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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:58, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> this concept with super scalability (via dns names,
> everything in ldap, create config files via templates)
> is not necessary for 99% of all configurations,
> but adds to complexity.
Discussion of scalability completely and totally misses the original point 
that I was trying to make.

The goal was that it was _easy_ to configure. This means - the user starts 
their email client for the first time, and it all just works.

No grotting through the Settings menu to set different hosts for sending and 
receiving. No men in white coats to set it up for you. No need to understand 
sendmail vs SMTP, IMAP vs POP.

Scenario: you create a new user account (or a fresh windows install, if you'd 
prefer). You take a normal person (not a networking expert) - imagine one of 
your parents, or a pointy-haired-boss. Tell them that they need to send an 
email. What are the chances that they can make it work (with any mail user 
agent)?

The advantage of the DNS method has nothing to do with speed or distribution 
or anything like that. The _only_ advantage is that you can put DNS CNAMEs 
into outlook, and you can't put in an LDAP server name or a DNS SRV entry, or 
an SLP DA name. 

Other than that, any method that a client can use to get IMAP server and SMTP 
server information is OK.

Brad


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