From: Paul L. <pa...@sq...> - 2008-03-14 20:56:49
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Hauke, > as you certainly may have noticed some SM plugins were packaged for the > Debian GNU/Linux distribution. I started that because I needed the > avelsieve plugin myself but then I saw that none of your plugins were > added to the Debian pool at all and so I started to pick up some of them > and made .debs of them. Sounds great. Thanks. However, you'll want to be careful about plugins whose authors abandon them, of course, and there are a lot of those sometimes that gradually become incompatible with SM's newest version. > Now, I'd like to say hello on this list I subscribed recently. I'll try > to follow your discussions to have the plugins always at good states > within Debian. We don't discuss plugins on this list very much - we do have a separate plugins mailing list, although it is most often used for helping those who are trying to install them. > At the same time I need to apologize to Paul because I > didn't contact him although he's one of the authors of the plugins I've > been working on. I'm sorry for that, Paul! I hope we can work together > productively nonetheless. No worries. I think I heard once that a couple of my plugins made their way into some of the RedHat/Fedora stuff, but you're the first person who's ever actually contacted me in any way. I'm just glad that they are useful. > Since I'm just a "more interested" user but not a developer of > SquirrelMail you probably know better which plugins are used and/or > needed most. I already created Debian packages for > * Compatibility, > * Quick Save, > * Spam-Buttons, > * GPG (which is not uploaded yet). I thought I'd heard that this is currently buggy and broken in the most up-to-date SM code. > I thought I could take html_mail as well next time but beyond that I That plugin "works" I think, but is in sore need of a face lift. > don't know which plugins are worth to get into Debian at all. So, if you > have any suggestions which plugins I should concentrate on feel free to > mail me! It could be my contribution to your great work! To me, that really depends on the target system and the desired level of customization, etc. In a multi-domain environment, Login Manager and possibly Multilogin are indispensable, but are complex enough that they should probably be left for the end user to install if they need. The Message Flags & Icons plugin makes the UI a lot more pretty and lets users flag messages. The View as HTML plugin is another of the most commonly installed and highly useful plugins. Having a change password plugin is also a nice add-on, but which one depends on the mail system, which may or may not be something you can work with (but that's the same for Spam Buttons I think). Same goes for having a Vacation plugin, although that usually implies that the user has also a working autoresponder in the mail server (in that realm, if you use a local user-based plugin, I'd recommend "Local User Autoresponder and Mail Forwarder" over "Autorespond" because it is coded better, although I may be biased being the author of the former). Preview pane gives SM a third message view frame, similar to many desktop mail apps. I have a huge upgrade to this plugin in the offing, but not sure when I will have time to finish it up (it's mostly done). I personally like Sent Confirmation. This is another of mine that I have an upcoming upgrade for. Check Quota is another nice add-on, but requires QUOTA support elsewhere in the mail system. Squirrel Logger is an invaluable tool for serious admins who want to monitor various webmail events. Secure Login or Show SSL Link can encourage users to secure the login page, but this requires the availability of SSL/HTTPS in the web server. Lockout, Restrict Senders and CAPTCHA are all tools to help thwart attacks by outsiders in one way or another. Serversidefilters is the non-Cyrus (procmail/maildrop) analog to a filter editor. It needs some updating I think. I am planning to overhaul all the (mostly outdated) spam system front end plugins in the near future. Shared Calendars offers vastly more functional (iCal-compliant) calendaring. There are a couple semi-useful address book plugins in that category, like for export/import of abook data... > PS: It's not just my work but Thijs did a lot for it, too. He is my > Debian mentor and does a great job! Thank you! Multi-talented, he is! |