[Kolab-devel] Re: Kolab / Horde LDAP missmatch?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Sunday 07 August 2005 01:56, Martin Konold wrote:
> Am Sonntag 07 August 2005 00:43 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> > > before any Horde support can be integrated into an official Kolab
> > > release the severe Horde security issues (e.g. connecting as manager to
> > > LDAP) need to be solved.
> >
> > agreed. but right now Horde is the only web mail solution (AFAIK?)
>
> No, Kolab works with any IMAP web mail solution for plain email but has
> incomplete and insecure/unstable support for groupware functionality from
> horde.

yes, only groupware solution available. without calendaring, webmail is vastly 
less interesting / useful.

> > there's no need to ship horde due to this patch. this patch simply makes
> > kolab admin still work when using horde.
>
> I prefer to document how to use horde with kolab in our wiki. I addition we
> can offer your valuable patches on a kolab.org server for people who have
> read the wiki.

fair 'nuff

> In general I currently don't feel confident about horde as the future web
> based kolab client. There are serious issues (e.g. security/design) not
> beeing solved for a very long time. I have the impression that maybe a new
> start with a new design is required.

i would totally support this as horde has been the biggest liability and 
headache with kolab2 for me, and the interface is overly complex for many 
users.

do you have any ideas / premonitions as to what direction might be realistic / 
feasible / to be expected?

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