New free Webmail application

[xprex]

I would like to know if anyone tried with hmailserver or took a look at this free Webmail application: Claros inTouch

The product page is: http://www.claros.org

Stay happy!

[Pieter]

It looks like a more mature version of roundcube (although written in Java). I would definitely like to hear if anyone has tried this mailclient.

[Kaan1983]

I would use it if I would know java more then that coffee cup

And it's too late for me that I already started coding my own webclient which is harder then I thought... One of the biggest mistakes All because of Martin's great hMailServer

[xprex]

Indeed Kaan1983. hMail is a great server and it seems it boosted up ppl creativity in finding mail client solutions. Shame I'm not a programmer myself or I would start doing something too. I'm a designer.

I'll try to keep informed in case you release your work. I bet it must be a hard task.

For now I'll keep working with hMail and roundcube. Claros seems promissing. I'll wait for their version 2 to go beyond Beta stage to test it.

Stay happy!

[Kaan1983]

It is hard man harder then I thought I'm not a programmer neither, maybe thats why:)

Roundcube on the other hand is a great piece of work too for my opinion; I used to like that but it was in PHP though.. I can't PHP just like I can't do any other thing

U2

[danny6167]

I think I will give it a go.
Nothing better to do.

[Slug]

Let me know how you go Danny

Michael

[xprex]

Hi Danny!

Could you please keep us informed?

Stay happy!

[danny6167]

Well after a lot of stuffing around installing tomcat i got it working in only pop3 mode. IMAP (still in beta) would not work.
In IMAP Mode i get this error in the inbox message frame.

Code: Select all

org.claros.commons.exception.SystemException
	at org.claros.commons.mail.protocols.ImapProtocolImpl.connect(ImapProtocolImpl.java:121)
	at org.claros.commons.auth.MailAuth.authenticate(MailAuth.java:26)
	at org.claros.groupware.profiling.actions.LoginEndAction.myExecute(LoginEndAction.java:44)
	at org.claros.groupware.common.actions.BaseClarosAction.execute(BaseClarosAction.java:35)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:419)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:224)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1194)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.claros.groupware.common.filters.CharacterFilter.doFilter(CharacterFilter.java:35)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:261)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:852)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:584)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1508)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Running in pop mode it looks very nice.
pop mode can emulate imap folders by creating entry's in a database but its still not the same.

if I could get IMAP working i would be using this as my primary webmail.

I would also recomend running this on a "good server" the one i have it on now is a 900Mhz and ran a bit sluggish.

The version i tried was the "stable" 1.7 with full features.
they are currently in the making on version 2 witch is in beta now i will try this and let you know how i go.

[xprex]

WoW... that was fast!
Thanks Danny!

[danny6167]

Fast? i spent all morning on it.
Do you considered that to be fast?

I got version 2 (beta) working on IMAP and it is great.
I think i have found my new web mail interface.

It lacks a few features like address book and the such. but looks really good. address book and many other feature are being implemented in the near future.

[xprex]

LOL.... timezones. You live 11 hours away from me.

I'm curious. How do you compare it to roundcube? You think Claros version 2 Beta a better choice?

[danny6167]

I think the finished Claros 2 will be better than round cube.
At the moment it still looks better than round cube but missing features that are needed (addressbook, ect).
When they finish the extra features Claros will rule the world.

[umutgokbayrak]

Hi,
I am the lead developer for the claros.org project. Thank you people for giving a try to the new Claros inTouch user interface. Let me tell some news from the Claros inTouch development.

Claros inTouch 2.0 is finally ready. It will be supporting 12 languages from the first release. It has been well tested and is almost re-written from stratch. Beta1 was an unfinished version, it was just for showing what is going on the development process, and it was full of bugs, but it is 2.0 stable is surely ready for the enterprise and more compatible with many more IMAP Server implementations.

You can have a demo of the product with the following credentials if you like:

URL: http://demo.claros.org/intouch2
username: demo.account@claros.org
password: hebelek

Claros inTouch will be released before 8th of June with the new web site and many more features. I hope you'll like it.

Thanks for you interest.

Umut Gökbayrak
claros.org

[xprex]

WoW....umutgokbayrak that's good news! I'm glad i brought this topic here.

I will give it a try for sure. As Danny said "When they finish the extra features Claros will rule the world" (btw, thanks for your inputs)

Stay happy!

[umutgokbayrak]

Hi again,
inTouch 2.0 offers all the extra features that roundcube does with a lot of extras such as integrated instant messenger, post-it notes etc... This IM client can connect to any jabber server including the google talk servers. Besides it allows you to use your own jabber server installation and connect to msn, yahoo im, aim and icq with appopriate gateways.

Claros inTouch 2.0 features :

Ajax Webmail
Instant Messenger
Contacts
RSS Reader
Post-it Notes

and many more. Please try the demo and see for yourself.

Regards
Umut Gökbayrak
claros.org

[GlenC]

Just tried the demo and I'm really impressed! Looking forward to your release.

I really like the notes idea too... would be really nice if those could be shared somehow.

[umutgokbayrak]

In the following releases groupware facilities such as shared calendars, post-it notes will be added from time to time. To accomplish this task Claros must be bundled with a groupware backend system. We are investigating this issue, please keep an eye on this project.

[Kaan1983]

Around 100 times better then what I'm doing

Congratss..!

[umutgokbayrak]

Thanks Kaan for your kind compliments. I am very happy to hear those.

[micomputers]

I just had a play with the demo, and other than the fact that my server isn't really set up to run Java pages it looks superb! - Keep up the great work. If I can get a copy working, I'll most definitely be switching over from Roundcube!

[Conzi]

Hi umutgokbayrak,
at http://www.claros.org I've only found the 2.0b1 (webmail beta) without post-it notes, chat and with only eng and turkish language...
It's possible to download the complete final version?

I've successfully installed the beta version with hmailserver (xampp + tomcat add + jdk 1.5.012)

Hi,
Claros inTouch 2.0 is finally ready. It will be supporting 12 languages from the first release. It has been well tested and is almost re-written from stratch. Beta1 was an unfinished version, it was just for showing what is going on the development process, and it was full of bugs, but it is 2.0 stable is surely ready for the enterprise and more compatible with many more IMAP Server implementations.

claros.org

[Conzi]

Thank you,
umutgokbayrak has answered to me on his web site...

Claros inTouch 2.0(Stable) is releasing on 6th of June 2007!

Hi umutgokbayrak,
at http://www.claros.org I've only found the 2.0b1 (webmail beta) without post-it notes, chat and with only eng and turkish language...
It's possible to download the complete final version?

I've successfully installed the beta version with hmailserver (xampp + tomcat add + jdk 1.5.012)

[dzekas]

* Unsanitized folder names with html tags

* Unsanitized html objects and remote images in emails. Not sure if javascript and ie scripting are sanitized. They do not look sanitized in html source.

* Can't view message source

* If folder actions bar is minimized, it is half off screen in Firefox.

* "An unkown error occured. Please try again later." when folder test<b>test and Russian folder is deleted.

Edit: fixed some typos

[Slug]

dzekas, I have to ask. Do you have anything to do with the development of SM ?

Michael

[danny6167]

Or another webmail client?

[dzekas]

dzekas, I have to ask. Do you have anything to do with the development of SM ?

Michael

Not any more.

[dzekas]

Or another webmail client?

I am former SquirrelMail developer working on own webmail package based on SquirrelMail. I don't advertise my package or SquirrelMail. My feedback on issues in other webmail packages is based on my experience. It does not try to discredit those packages and does not claim that my package is better.

[Kaan1983]

Or another webmail client?

I am former SquirrelMail developer working on own webmail package based on SquirrelMail. I don't advertise my package or SquirrelMail. My feedback on issues in other webmail packages is based on my experience. It does not try to discredit those packages and does not claim that my package is better.

I'll do a better one

[Thomas Parvais]

Hello,

Is it possible to install it with IIS instead of Apache ?

[xprex]

Hi Thomas,

As far as I know you can install it with IIS. You'll only need to install Tomcat 5x and Java 2 SDK, version 1.4 or newer.

Take a look at the instalation info at http://www.claros.org/products/intouch2 ... ation.html

Stay happy!

[danny6167]

As far as i know it can only be installed on a "java application server" e.g. tomcat witch, by default run on a non default port (8080)

[danny6167]

I wonder what time zone they are in.
its 7:58 Wednesday the 6th and i couldn't find a release.
I have been waiting all week.

[xprex]

Yep.... same here.... 2.15 PM here... must be 4.15 PM there and still nothing. Got tomcat waiting since 3 days ago.

[gorkem]

Yep.... same here.... 2.15 PM here... must be 4.15 PM there and still nothing. Got tomcat waiting since 3 days ago.

It'll be out in a few hours, not exceeding 00:00 (GMT) today

Just a few issues/cosmetics here and there.

[xprex]

Wake up Danny! They released it! Without the calendar thought. Gonna try it.

Görkem - Thanks for your info (btw - you have a very impressive curriculum)

[danny6167]

I feel likes its Christmas.

[gorkem]

Wake up Danny! They released it! Without the calendar thought. Gonna try it.

Danny: "Mutta, don't wanna go to school today"

Görkem - Thanks for your info (btw - you have a very impressive curriculum)

Many thanks

[xprex]

hmmmm..... I've been wondering if someone already tried this Claros mail and have some feedback to post.

[danny6167]

its very nice but i have only to problems.
1. if you have a large amount if folders the "folder actions" menu over laps the folder list but is only a problem with people that are folder crazy (me) and have over 20 folders.
2. i have yet to find a way of overriding the default folder layout.
I am currently using thunderbird layout and claros is set for outlook or similar.
One feature i really like is the ability to veiw headers easly.

[xprex]

Hey hey! there you are! Isn't something like 12 PM there?
Thanks for the info.... I found the same problem with the folders but I have to confess that I still didn't have the time to play with it. Still using roundcube. Going to install a new server this weekend and then will give Claros more attention.

[danny6167]

Hey hey! there you are! Isn't something like 12 PM there?

...Yeh something like that. Some how I didn't even notice.

[[PT]Cableguy]

WOW !!!!!

umutgokbayrak, this is AMAZING !!! What a wonderfull webmail client you've done.CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Many,many thanks to you and you're development team.I LOVE IT !!!

I've also, installed OpenFire Server to take advantage of the "chat thingy".


How can i change the settings of the "chat thingy" ???

I want the "default", to be: "jabber" with localhost server.

btw: If it's possible to "auto-add" the user, since it's the same that logged-in the webmail ????

[matty]

This product looks awesome, but before I start installing things, have people been running this with hmail? Does it have a way of changing your password or setting up an auto-responder? I doubt their developers created these features for hmail but has anyone played with coding that?

[[PT]Cableguy]

I'm not a programmer, so i don't dare to "play with the code".
I can tell, that i have installed HmailServer and ClarOS has a webmail client.
It doesn't have the possibility to change password or to setup an auto-responder.
The major advantadge (for me) is the chat feature...wich involves a JABBER server, if you want.

[matty]

thanks for the info... I am a programmer - but not a java programmer and I believe this webmail is java based.

[[PT]Cableguy]

Yes, its java based and needs Apache Tomcat also.

[prayathana]

Can anyone help me how to implement web mail using imap and php

[matty]

prayathana, that really has nothing to do with this thread.... but anyway, did you try searching these forums? there are tons of threads on Squirrelmail which seems to be the most popular one used with hmailServer. hMailServer has plugins for squirrelmail to allow users to set up their auto-responders and change their passwords as well.

[evb]

Does anyone know if this project is still alive?
There is no much activity on their forum.

[claros_user]

Same question:

Is claros intouch project still alive?

Thanks.