[Search-l] "open source alternative to Gmail"

[Nathan Braun]

We've about to "relaunch" our website, in case that interests anybody here:

Litepost 0.1alpha - Unveiled!
"an open source alternative to Gmail"
http://www.litepost.com

It is much more detailed and expansive, and you can even (!) download the
source code. SVN repositories etc aren't fully ready and open yet.. this
will be done ASAP.
We're considering this a "very soft launch" for now, as we're still ironing
out a few bugs and entertaining the alpha testers.

I'd definitely be interested in any feedback, suggestions, ideas,
criticism--you know, the usual!  We want to make this product as open and
free as email can get!

As mentioned previously, we are interested in explicitly working with Wikia
and/or other interested "open source" communities to help enable Litepost as
a true, light, versatile email "platform" (similar to Zimbra but much more
focused, less 'all-encompassing' alternative to Outlook/Exchange, Gmail..)

Cheers,
NB

On 5/7/07, Jonathan Roberts <jonathan.roberts.uk at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I'd been thinking about this recently; had in mind a "co-operative"
> business model: owned and run by the users.
>
> My thoughts would have been to go with roundcube, especially because
> of the advantages imap has over pop (in my view) but I'd be interested
> to see what your app was like.
>
> Problem with a co-operative is that it needs people to begin with!
> Maybe we could set up a list for this or something and see if we could
> generate some interest?
>
> Thoughts,
>
> Jon
>
> On 07/05/07, EVANS, KENNETH (WOODY) <KENNETH.EVANS at tccd.edu> wrote:
> >
> > "An email hosting hosting service is in a state of perpetual
> > siege by spammers. To the point where it sometimes seems like the
> > Internet has achieved sentience - and hates you."
> >
> > Sounds like a tasty challenge for the 'radical trust' set, to me...
> >
> >
> > Woody Evans
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: search-l-bounces at wikia.com [mailto:search-l-bounces at wikia.com] On
> > Behalf Of Seth Finkelstein
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 2:40 PM
> > To: Nathan Braun
> > Cc: search-l at wikia.com
> > Subject: Re: [Search-l] "open source alternative to Gmail"
> >
> > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:06:31PM -0700, Nathan Braun wrote:
> > > That's what I'm sort of wondering, if it is even a possibility - or
> >
> >         My off-the-cuff, Eeyorish, opinion: You don't want to run an
> > email hosting service. You really don't. You might want to warm up by
> > trying something easier, like drug-smuggling in Columbia, or being a
> > bicycle messenger in Iraq.
> >
> >         An email hosting hosting service is in a state of perpetual
> > siege by spammers. To the point where it sometimes seems like the
> > Internet has achieved sentience - and hates you. Entire regions of the
> > Earth will have no contact with your server other than an unending
> > attempt to reduce all mailboxes to collections of pump-and-dump frauds
> > and "419" scams.
> >
> >         I know you're not going to believe me. I know it's so easy to
> > think it's not such a big stumbling block. But you should talk to some
> > of the people who run commercial ISP's and deal with this, before
> > proceeding. It might be enlightening as to the extent of the problem.
>
>
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