What is SquirrelMail?

SquirrelMail is a webmail written in PHP 4. It is written using PHP supporting IMAP and SMTP protocols. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an e-mail client, including address books, folder manipulation and strong MIME support. For more information visit SquirrelMail.

You can download SquirrelMail from SquirrelMail Download.


How do I install SquirrelMail?

The following will show you how to obtain and configure SquirrelMail.

1. Access your account via SSH. Follow FAQ How to connect using SSH?

2. Once in type in the following: wget http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/squirrelmail/squirrelmail-1.4.10a.tar.gz

Note: There are latest versions of phpMyAdmin available. Please check website
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This will start downloading SquirrelMail into your home directory. Depending on network speed, this should not take long.

3. Once the download is complete, decompress "squirrelmail-1.4.10a.tar.gz" file. To do this type the following command: tar xvfz squirrelmail-1.4.10a.tar.gz

4. You have to configure SquirrelMail to recognize 1&1 Mail server settings. To do so, change to the squirrelmail-1.4.10a/config directory.

myShell:~>cd squirrelmail-1.4.10a/config

5. Make a copy of the file config_default.php and name it config.php by issuing the following command:

myShell:~>cp config_default.php config.php

6. You have to edit the settings in config.php by using an editor (vi or joe).

myShell:~>vi config.php
After the file is open click "Insert" key on the keyboard.

The following changes need to be made:

$domain = 'justonedomain.com';
Enter the domain name with which you will access SquirrelMail.

$smtpServerAddress = 'smtp.1and1.com';
Enter 1&1 SMTP Server name.

$imapServerAddress = 'imap.1and1.com';
Enter the IMAP Server name.

$smtp_auth_mech = 'login'

$data_dir = '/homepages/x/dxxxxxxxxx/htdocs/squirrelmail-1.4.11/data/';
Enter the absolute path of data directory

To save the changes, click the "Esc" key on the keyboard. Type ":x"

7. To access SquirrelMail, just visit http://yourdomain.com/squirrelmail-1.4.10a
Please use your e-mail address as the Name. (Can be found in your Control Panel under Administration -> E-mail.)


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