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>The Horde/IMP framework seems to be ok, although, there 
>was some software in the PHPGroupware framework that I 
>ound friendly, such as project management/invoicing 
>software, and the inventory component.

Yes, PHPGroupware does have a great many more modules than Horde.

>I've thought about checking out the Cyrus/IMAP product, 
>and will probably do so. 


>However, (And my familiarity with 
>cyrus is nil), all of the services that you're speaking 
>of, I would think, would be handled in a similar fashion 
>by another IMAP product, no? 

Yes. Exchange :)  No reason other IMAP servers couldn't do it,  they just don't.

>The reason why they are 
>accessible from the IMAP clients mentioned, is because 
>they are following the IMAP standards. 

Exactomundo!

>I would have to 
>assume that you could create any bulletin boards, etc, as 
>shared folders in another IMAP server, as long as it 
>supports an ACL, to allow administration to limit access. 

There is the rub!  ACL support.  Certainly not present in UofW IMAP (the
"default" IMAP server) or Courier (last I checked).  UofW, Courier and Cyrus
make up the big three of the open source IMAP universe.  They're might be some
othe smaller ones floating about that do this.  Also the mbox (/var/spool/mail)
mechanism really just can't handle multiple users in the same folder,  so one
basically has to build a beckend to truly support shared folders.  That is no
small task, in fact, it is bigger than a large task.  Ever told a user that
their mail is gone?  Fortunately the Cyrus backend (at least parts of it) is
almost as old as I am,  rather like sendmail;  so finding bugs usually requires
very exotic conditions.

>I haven't tested the 45 applications, or so, in the 
>interface, and I also haven't been around the project long 
>enough to know if the project runs hot/cold.
>Thanks for the insight on the product. You've given me 
>some things to watch for, some products to try, and some 
>choices to make, as far as how to maximize the 
>functionality and usability of mail related services.

No problem.

Does PHPgroupware/squirrelmail support subscriptions?