Re: Was GoDaddy using SquirrelMail Circa 2006

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Author: Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
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CC: Ryan Petris, PLUG-discuss
Subject: Re: Was GoDaddy using SquirrelMail Circa 2006
I've never really used ISPconfig however just looking at the website it looks like SquirrelMail is an external plugin for it, not something that's built-in. Even the link on the add-ons page is broken for it.

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, at 1:39 PM, wrote:
> Thanks Ryan,
>
> I wonder why ISPConfig is using SquirrelMail? I recall being very fond
> of SquirrelMail . Not sure why. I need to do some discovery so I can
> figure out why.
>
> Thanks!!
> Keith
>
>
> < On 2025-01-12 13:31, Ryan Petris wrote:
> > It looks like it got updated in 2021 for PHP 8 support, but it's a
> > "snapshot" release; the latest stable is still from 2011, which is
> > still super old especially with web software.
> >
> > There are plenty of other newer, better, and maintained webmail
> > software, even if you're looking for something you can just chuck onto
> > a PHP host. Roundcube [1], for instance, is a very capable modern
> > webmail client that just needs to be plopped onto a PHP host, with the
> > latest release being in September, 4 months ago.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, at 1:01 PM, wrote:
> >
> >> On 2025-01-12 07:50, Ryan Petris wrote:
> >>
> >>> The last stable release of SquirrelMail was July 12, 2011
> >> according to
> >>
> >>> wikipedia, which was nearly 14 years ago. I hope you're not still
> >>
> >>> using it or considering using it.
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Ryan,
> >>
> >> Interesting point. ChatGPT say it is no longer supported. The
> >> website
> >>
> >> shows something is taking place. Says it is compatible with PHP
> >> 8.3....
> >>
> >> ISPConfig is using it.
> >>
> >> I think this is reason to dig a bit deeper.
> >>
> >> Thanks!!
> >>
> >> Keith
> >>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025, at 7:45 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> Around 2006 or 2007 I had a business website hosted at GoDaddy.
> >> I
> >>
> >>>> used
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> the cheapest web hosting. I think it was around $3.00/mo. I
> >>
> >>>> exclusively
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> used the GoDaddy webmail which I thought was really good.
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> AI tells me GoDaddy was using SquirrelMail at the time, I think
> >> it
> >>
> >>>> was
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> highly modified by GoDaddy.
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> Does anyone know if GoDaddy was using SquirrelMail 18-20 years
> >> ago?
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> Thanks!!
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>>> Keith
> >>
> >>>>
> >>
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> >>
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> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] https://roundcube.net/
>

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