squirrelmail-1.4.0-1.7.x (Web Mail)

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8/Apri/2003 tested by Redhat 8.0

SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has a all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.

Install

  1. Download squirrelmail-1.4.0-1.noarch.rpm from http://www.squirrelmail.org/

    # rpm -ihv squirrelmail-1.4.0-1.noarch.rpm
    warning: squirrelmail-1.4.0-1.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1eb393
    ea
    Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
       1:squirrelmail           ########################################### [100%]
  2. Open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add following lines

    ...
    # Squirrel Mail
    Alias /webmail/ "/usr/share/squirrelmail/"

    <Directory "/usr/share/squirrelmail">
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
  3. Open http://www.yourdomain.bt/webmail/

Change password plug-in

  1. Download change_pass-2.0-1.4.x.tar.gz from http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins.php

    # cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/
    # tar zxvf change_pass-2.0-1.4.x.tar.gz
    # cd change_pass/poppassd-1.8.2/
    # make install
    # /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl
    choose option 8 and add the plugin. Save and exit
  2. Create a file /etc/xinetd.d/poppassd

    service poppassd
    {
            disable = no
            socket_type             = stream
            protocol                = tcp
            wait                    = no
            user                    = root
            server                  = /usr/sbin/poppassd
    }
  3. Restart xinetd

    # /etc/init.d/xinetd

Customize

  1. Run Configuration Script (/usr/share/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl)

    SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    Main Menu --
    1.  Organization Preferences
    2.  Server Settings
    3.  Folder Defaults
    4.  General Options
    5.  Themes
    6.  Address Books (LDAP)
    7.  Message of the Day (MOTD)
    8.  Plugins
    9.  Database

    D.  Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

    C.  Turn color off
    S   Save data
    Q   Quit

    Command >> 1

    SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    Organization Preferences
    1.  Organization Name      : Hoge Web Mail
    2.  Organization Logo      : ../images/sm_logo.png
    3.  Org. Logo Width/Height : (308/111)
    4.  Organization Title     : Hoge Web Mail
    5.  Signout Page           :
    6.  Default Language       : en_US
    7.  Top Frame              : _top
    8.  Provider link          : http://www.hoge.com/
    9.  Provider name          : Hoge Mail

    R   Return to Main Menu
    C.  Turn color off
    S   Save data
    Q   Quit

    Command >> S

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