Re: [SM-PLUGINS] CardDAV Addressbook plugin

[Alexey S. <al...@sh...>]

On Sat, May 29, 2021 18:26, Alan in Toronto wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2021 6:26 am, Alexey Shpakovsky via squirrelmail-plugins
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm developing a plugin which lets SquirrelMail use CardDAV server as an
>> addressbook backend. It's based on
>
> At one time I might have been interested. I've worked with others on
> development of
> a couple of plugins "back in the day".
>
> Nowadays, SquirrelMail is virtually dead. Its user base is almost gone as
> large
> installations have moved on to newer mail clients that are in active
> development.
> There hasn't been an official stable release in ten years, raising
> questions about
> security. Most people don't want such an old client, especially given
> potential
> security issues.

While I agree with you, to be completely fair to Paul it worth noting that
there were almost 50 commits this year, according to
https://sourceforge.net/p/squirrelmail/code/commit_browser

And yes, for some (at least for me) it feels much faster/snappier than
other webmail clients that I looked into, and almost as fast as desktop
mail clients (except synchronization phase when you just need to wait
until Thunderbird crunches through all your emails).


> It was a terrific tool at one time, but its time has passed,
> unfortunately. Still,
> if it serves your needs, then that's great. Just don't be surprised if you
> end up
> coding this plugin just for yourself. Good luck.

Thanks for the warm words, Alan! And no problem, it's not the first plugin
I'm coding for myself only :)

Alexey.