- #Squirrelmail server configuration step by step how to#
- #Squirrelmail server configuration step by step download#
Important: the picture dimensions in pixels must be the same as defined in menu item 3. If you like to add a organisation logo (menu item 2), you can upload another picture to your webspace via FTP using the user account as defined in STEP 2. You can configure a lot of items around here, I will only mention the most important ones: Now it is time to configure Squirrelmail.įirst navigate to Squirrelmails configuration directory: The data and attachments directory must be writable for Apache.Ĭhown -R www-data:www-data sqmattachments The data directory is already there, we only need to create a directory for the attachments: Squirrelmail requires a directory for data and attachments. Step 5 – Create a attachments directory for Squirrelmail:
Step 4 – Move the extracted files to your web and remove the empty directory:
#Squirrelmail server configuration step by step download#
(At Sourceforge, choose your nearest download location). Logon to your server as root and give the commands:ĭownload the latest stable version of Squirrelmail: Step 3 – Download and extract the package, delete the tar.gz files: Give this user administrator rights and press “Save”. Press “new” and define a new user and its email address. In the main menu select “ISP Manager”, select your new website called in the structure tree and press the tab “User and Email”. In ISPConfig, create a Administrator user, so you can upload the website later via FTP: Step 2 – Create a Administator user for the website: (Enabling MySQL for the site can be necessary for future plugins you might need). Enable MySQL and PHP scripts for this website but disable PHP Safe Mode. On the tab called “Basis” use webmail for the hostname and myhostingcompany.tld for the domain name. In ISPConfig, create a website via “New site” in the main menu. webmail.myhostingcompany as a domain name
sqmattachments as a name for the required Squirrelmail attachments directory If required, create the MySQL database first. Note some plugins require a MySQL database. When you’re finished with this basic setup for Squirrelmail and if you like to extend it with the plugins of your needs I recommend to visit: SquirrelMail - Webmail for Nuts! Squirrelmail comes with a lot of plugins, but I will not mention these plugins in this how to. It is a nice alternative for the Squirrelmail package which you can download at ISPConfig - OpenSource ISP management and Hosting Control Panel and which will run on port 81 after installing it. With this how to, you can run Squirrelmail in the webspace of your choice and it will run on port 80.
#Squirrelmail server configuration step by step how to#
My how to is only a basic setup for Squirrelmail. This how to will help you to setup Squirrelmail on your ISPConfig server.
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