Re: [cobalt-users] IMAP & Webmail

[Hendrik Runte <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi all,
> Looking at installing Squirrelmail for webmail services, but I know the
> RAQ4r I have supports IMAP4 (through documentation) but how do I enable an
> email account to be IMAP4 instead of POP3? Do I even need to do that?
> 
> Any comments on Squirrelmail and installation issues? Sorry to revisit but I
> am new to Linux and sys admin.
> 
> Wish I only had to just develop the damned webpages again ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Todd Kirk
> 
> 
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Hi Todd,

please have a look at the control panel in admin's GUI section. Here your
RaQ4r will probably tell you that the IMAP server is running.

If so, you do not really have to switch something on, thus the IMAP server
takes the same mailbox (some /var/spool/mail/<username>) as the POP3 server
does.

All you need is the following to run squirrelmail:

PHP (latest: 4.0.5) --> http://www.php.net
MySQL (latest: 3.23.37) --> http://www.mysql.com

uhm, well and the latest squirrelmail from sourceforge.net. Following the
installation guide, you'll see, it's easy.
PHP needs to be compiled at least with imap and mysql support.

If you'd like to test your IMAP server, simply add a new email-account and
configure your mail client to work with IMAP not POP.



Regards,

Hendrik
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