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Revision as of 13:50, 2 March 2007
Squirrelmail requires an IMAP server to be installed. 1) Dovecot seems to be the easiest package. Instructions to set up dovecot: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/275 The main changes in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf protocols = imap imaps imap_listen = localhost (only localhost because only squirrelmail will be using imap) imaps_listen = localhost default_mail_env = (leave empty due to using the /var/spool/mail/userid structure) then restart dovecot. To test: mutt -f imap://username@localhost 2) Squirrelmail http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/200 apt-get the package and install. It has an installer which is pretty easy to configure. If you need to reconfigure it /var/www/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl Use sendmail to send the mail, not smtp. Under 4, General Options, you can make some tweaks. Be sure to set option 11, allow server-side sorting. This greatly improves SquirrelMail performance and works with nearly all IMAP servers Then set up a virtual host in apache to go to /var/www/squirrelmail. (Debian does the following: ------------------ Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail <Directory /usr/share/squirrelmail> php_flag register_globals off php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 28800 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.php </IfModule> # access to configtest is limited by default to prevent information leak <Files configtest.php> order deny,allow deny from all allow from 127.0.0.1 </Files> </Directory> # users will prefer a simple URL like http://webmail.example.com <VirtualHost webmail.euhost.nl> DocumentRoot /usr/share/squirrelmail ServerName webmail.euhost.nl </VirtualHost> # redirect to https when available (thanks omen@descolada.dartmouth.edu) # # Note: There are multiple ways to do this, and which one is suitable for # your site's configuration depends. Consult the apache documentation if # you're unsure, as this example might not work everywhere. # <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> <IfModule mod_ssl.c> <Location /squirrelmail> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !^on$ [NC] RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L] </Location> </IfModule> </IfModule> ------------------------------- to which I added php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 28800 to stop the system from chucking you out all the time If using suphp chown userid:groupid /var/www/squirrelmail/ -R (both user and group > 100) make sure the attachments dir is rw for www-data / httpd in /etc/squirrelmail/default_pref add left_refresh=600 to stop the system from throwing you out too quickly.