OEone HomeBase ANYWHERE Now Includes Server-Side Spam FilteringTuesday May 20th, 2003Mike Potter writes: "OEone has updated its online HomeBase ANYWHERE service, to include the most requested feature after our last release: server side spam filtering. When combined with Mozilla's client side spam filtering, this means practically no spam for end users. As well, this new version brings with it improved address book performance, improved bookmarks and other small changes. Mozilla users who would like an easy way to setup OEone HomeBase, which includes an IMAP email account, LDAP access to your contacts and a WebDAV server to publish Mozilla Calendar files and Mozilla Composer files, can install the XPI that I wrote, after going to OEone's site to register." OEone is for Linux users only, right? I've been tempted to play with it in the past, but the Linux requirement has always been a barrier to me. No, the Homebase Anywhere service is available for anyone on any platform that can run a current browser (Mozilla renders everything really nicely). Since the service is based on servers that support open standards there are many native clients for most operating systems that can be used along with the web interface. Hum, Some features provided by this service are listed among the most requested feature by .Mac Service subscribers. On september, when I'll have to renew my .Mac for US$100 I'll think twice and will check this alternative again. Thanks to Mozilla, OEOne Homebase has also the potential to be truly cross-platform, but the Calendar module still doesn't work on my mac. Another interesting feature to implement could be Server-side IMAP Mail filtering (with SIEVE for example) If we have our mail directories and contents, addresbook on server side, why are we needed to store filters on client-side ? Of course, this feature should be implemented in Mozilla first. May be it's worth a bug report The service sounds intersting, but lacks a few features that are essential for me: 1. e-mail address should be whoever@MyDomain.com (e.g., Peter@Lairo.com) 2. Need multiple "users" for @MyDomain.com (e.g., MyWife@Lairo.com, etc.). Needs a more detailed pricing model. 3. Main user should receive ALL e-mails addressed to *RandomText*@MyDomain.com (anything that is not one of the "users"). 4. Webpage should be www.MyDomain.com 5. The price is not clear whether it is per month or per year (i'm "pretty sure" it's per year, but clarity is important here). The first 4 suggestions are excellent, and something that has been mentioned elsewhere as well. We'll be looking into this at some point in the near future. The price is indeed per year, not per month. We think its an excellent value. Mike Well, I'd be very interested to hear when you've implemented the first 4 suggestions. :-) > The price is indeed per year, not per month. This should be clearly reflected on your webpage. ;-) BTW. The navigation at http://homebase.oeone.net/ and https://homebase.oeone.net/homebase/account lacks a "home" link or, even better, a navigation menu. I checked, and I think it is pretty clear on the sign-up page ( https://homebase.oeone.net/homebase/account ) since the paid option says "1-year subscription" and "One year subscription": OEone HomeBase ANYWHERE 1-year subscription # 100MB internet file storage # One year subscription # @oeone.net email address # Your own internet suite: Personal portal, calendar, File Manager and more # Only $35.95 US, or $47.95 Canadian plus tax for orders within Canada Is there another spot where it isn't clear? We will happily fix it if so. :) Thanks, Jesse Wouldn't your suggestion #3 lead to /more/ spam? For instance, if your domain ever were dictionary attacked, you'd either get plenty of spam from that, or from other sources when all those "valid" email addresses got sold onto the lists of others. I imagine that you either want to create temporary throw away accounts, or to catch misspellings of your mail addresses... Perhaps there are better ways to accomplish both or either. For a mail admin, RCPT time verification of local accounts is very useful in fighting spam; your suggestion would eliminate that. (As well as making your site useless for those who practice callout verification [where a mail server will try to send mail from <> to your account to see whether you accept bounces or not, and to verify the existence of a given email address]). But does LDAP access to my address book also mean that I can setup the Address Book through Mozilla and SAVE contac ts to it DIRECTLY from within Mozilla or do I have to use some snazzy web interface ??? The Mozilla address book does not allow entering contacts into an LDAP directory. It has been developed to do read-only operations on the LDAP server. But does LDAP access to my address book also mean that I can setup the Address Book through Mozilla and SAVE contac ts to it DIRECTLY from within Mozilla or do I have to use some snazzy web interface ??? But does LDAP access to my address book also mean that I can setup the Address Book through Mozilla and SAVE contac ts to it DIRECTLY from within Mozilla or do I have to use some snazzy web interface ??? I hit reload on the page http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3192 and it posted my response again .. and again ... Hmmm, do I blame the browser ? :) |