I’ve been using the Horde Framework for a long time, mostly for the IMP webmail application. It has always been a great experience, albeit a little slow with POP3. So around the new year I scrapped my Windows setup and replaced it with a postfix + courier-imap combination. This is a really nice setup and rather easy to configure decent antivirus, antispam and blacklisting.
The problem with Horde is trying to keep up with the frequest security releases and trying to patch it is tedius and not fun. Usually I’ve upgraded the database and replace all of the php files. But this is really no good, since I have to redo the configuration each time.
This time around I decided to do it differently and give the Horde packages in Debian a go. Installation was as always a breeze, but configuration was a little harder than ususal, since Debian moves files around to make them match the FHS. But as always – there is nothing a little hacking can’t fix and Horde is running again in all its glory.
Now I’ll just keep my fingers crossed and hope future upgrades will be piece of cake 🙂