How to Install and Configure Webmail Squirrelmail in CentOS
[root@www ~]# yum -y install squirrelmail
[root@www ~]# cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/
[root@www plugins]# wget http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins/compatibility-2.0.14-1.0.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# wget http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins/empty_trash-1.4-1.2.2.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# wget http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins/secure_login-1.4-1.2.8.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# tar zxvf compatibility-2.0.14-1.0.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# tar zxvf empty_trash-1.4-1.2.2.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# tar zxvf secure_login-1.4-1.2.8.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# rm -f *.tar.gz
[root@www plugins]# cd
[root@www ~]# /usr/share/squirrelmail/config/conf.pl # run config script
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Main Menu —
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages
D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>1
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Organization Preferences
1. Organization Name : SquirrelMail
2. Organization Logo : ../images/sm_logo.png
3. Org. Logo Width/Height : (308/111)
4. Organization Title : SquirrelMail $version
5. Signout Page :
6. Top Frame : _top
7. Provider link : http://www.squirrelmail.org/
8. Provider name : SquirrelMail
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>5
# select
When users click the Sign Out button they will be logged out and
then sent to signout_page. If signout_page is left empty,
(hit space and then return) they will be taken, as normal,
to the default and rather sparse SquirrelMail signout page.
[]:/webmail
# change
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Organization Preferences
1. Organization Name : SquirrelMail
2. Organization Logo : ../images/sm_logo.png
3. Org. Logo Width/Height : (308/111)
4. Organization Title : SquirrelMail $version
5. Signout Page : /webmail
6. Top Frame : _top
7. Provider link : http://www.squirrelmail.org/
8. Provider name : SquirrelMail
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>r
# back
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Main Menu —
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages
D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>2
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : localhost
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : Sendmail
A. Update IMAP Settings : localhost:143 (uw)
B. Change Sendmail Config : /usr/sbin/sendmail
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>1
# change domain name
The domain name is the suffix at the end of all email addresses. If
for example, your email address is jdoe@example.com, then your domain
would be example.com.
[localhost]:sourcecodebd.net # input domain name
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : server-linux.info
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : Sendmail
A. Update IMAP Settings : localhost:143 (uw)
B. Change Sendmail Config : /usr/sbin/sendmail
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>3
# select
You now need to choose the method that you will use for sending
messages in SquirrelMail. You can either connect to an SMTP server
or use sendmail directly.
1. Sendmail
2. SMTP
Your choice [1/2] [1]:2
# change to SMTP
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : sourcecodebd.net
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
A. Update IMAP Settings : localhost:143 (uw)
B. Change Sendmail Config : localhost:25
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>A
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : server-linux.info
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
IMAP Settings
————–
4. IMAP Server : localhost
5. IMAP Port : 143
6. Authentication type : login
7. Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
8. Server software : uw
9. Delimiter : /
B. Update SMTP Settings : localhost:25
H. Hide IMAP Server Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>4
# select
This is the hostname where your IMAP server can be contacted.
[localhost]:mail.sourcecodebd.net
# specify your IMAP server
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : server-linux.info
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
IMAP Settings
————–
4. IMAP Server : mail.sourcecodebd.net
5. IMAP Port : 143
6. Authentication type : login
7. Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
8. Server software : uw
9. Delimiter : /
B. Update SMTP Settings : localhost:25
H. Hide IMAP Server Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>8
# select
Each IMAP server has its own quirks. As much as we tried to stick
to standards, it doesn’t help much if the IMAP server doesn’t follow
the same principles. We have made some work-arounds for some of
these servers. If you would like to use them, please select your
IMAP server. If you do not wish to use these work-arounds, you can
set this to “other”, and none will be used.
bincimap = Binc IMAP server
courier = Courier IMAP server
cyrus = Cyrus IMAP server
dovecot = Dovecot Secure IMAP server
exchange = Microsoft Exchange IMAP server
hmailserver = hMailServer
macosx = Mac OS X Mailserver
mercury32 = Mercury/32
uw = University of Washington’s IMAP server
other = Not one of the above servers
[uw]: dovecot
# select dovecot
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : sourcecodebd.net
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
IMAP Settings
————–
4. IMAP Server : mail.sourcecodebd.net
5. IMAP Port : 143
6. Authentication type : login
7. Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
8. Server software : other
9. Delimiter : /
B. Update SMTP Settings : localhost:25
H. Hide IMAP Server Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>9
# select
This is the delimiter that your IMAP server uses to distinguish between
folders. For example, Cyrus uses ‘.’ as the delimiter and a complete
folder would look like ‘INBOX.Friends.Bob’, while UW uses ‘/’ and would
look like ‘INBOX/Friends/Bob’. Normally this should be left at ‘detect’
but if you are sure you know what delimiter your server uses, you can
specify it here.
To have it autodetect the delimiter, set it to ‘detect’.
[/]:detect
# detect
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : server-linux.info
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
IMAP Settings
————–
4. IMAP Server : mail.sourcecodebd.net
5. IMAP Port : 143
6. Authentication type : login
7. Secure IMAP (TLS) : false
8. Server software : other
9. Delimiter : detect
B. Update SMTP Settings : localhost:25
H. Hide IMAP Server Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>B
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : sourcecodebd.net
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
SMTP Settings
————-
4. SMTP Server : localhost
5. SMTP Port : 25
6. POP before SMTP : false
7. SMTP Authentication : none
8. Secure SMTP (TLS) : false
9. Header encryption key :
A. Update IMAP Settings : mail.server-linux.info:143 (other)
H. Hide SMTP Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>4
# select
This is the hostname of your SMTP server.
[localhost]:mail.sourcecodebd.net
# specify your SMTP server
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : sourcecodebd.net
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
SMTP Settings
————-
4. SMTP Server : mail.sourcecodebd.net
5. SMTP Port : 25
6. POP before SMTP : false
7. SMTP Authentication : none
8. Secure SMTP (TLS) : false
9. Header encryption key :
A. Update IMAP Settings : mail.sourcecodebd.net:143 (other)
H. Hide SMTP Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>7
# select
If you have already set the hostname and port number, I can try to
automatically detect the mechanisms your SMTP server supports.
Auto-detection is *optional* – you can safely say “n” here.
Try to detect auth mechanisms? [y/N]:y
# yes
Trying to detect supported methods (SMTP)…
Testing none: SUPPORTED
Testing login: SUPPORTED
Testing CRAM-MD5: NOT SUPPORTED
Testing DIGEST-MD5: NOT SUPPORTED
What authentication mechanism do you want to use for SMTP connections?
none – Your SMTP server does not require authorization.
login – Plaintext. If you can do better, you probably should.
cram-md5 – Slightly better than plaintext.
digest-md5 – Privacy protection – better than cram-md5.
*** YOUR SMTP SERVER MUST SUPPORT THE MECHANISM YOU CHOOSE HERE ***
If you don’t understand or are unsure, you probably want “none”
none, login, cram-md5, or digest-md5 [none]:login
# login
Would you like to use other login and password for all SquirrelMail
SMTP connections? [y/N]:n
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Server Settings
General
——-
1. Domain : sourcecodebd.net
2. Invert Time : false
3. Sendmail or SMTP : SMTP
SMTP Settings
————-
4. SMTP Server : mail.sourcecodebd.net
5. SMTP Port : 25
6. POP before SMTP : false
7. SMTP Authentication : login
8. Secure SMTP (TLS) : false
9. Header encryption key :
A. Update IMAP Settings : mail.sourcecodebd.net:143 (other)
H. Hide SMTP Settings
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>r
# back
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
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages
D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>4
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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General Options
1. Data Directory : /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/
2. Attachment Directory : /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/
3. Directory Hash Level : 0
4. Default Left Size : 150
5. Usernames in Lowercase : false
6. Allow use of priority : true
7. Hide SM attributions : false
8. Allow use of receipts : true
9. Allow editing of identity : true
Allow editing of name : true
Remove username from header : false
10. Allow server thread sort : true
11. Allow server-side sorting : true
12. Allow server charset search : true
13. Enable UID support : true
14. PHP session name : SQMSESSID
15. Location base :
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>7
# select
Hide SM attributions (y/n) [n]:y
# Yes
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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General Options
1. Data Directory : /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/
2. Attachment Directory : /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach/
3. Directory Hash Level : 0
4. Default Left Size : 150
5. Usernames in Lowercase : false
6. Allow use of priority : true
7. Hide SM attributions : true
8. Allow use of receipts : true
9. Allow editing of identity : true
Allow editing of name : true
Remove username from header : false
10. Allow server thread sort : true
11. Allow server-side sorting : true
12. Allow server charset search : true
13. Enable UID support : true
14. PHP session name : SQMSESSID
15. Location base :
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>r
# back
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
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages
D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>8
# select
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Plugins
Installed Plugins
1. delete_move_next
2. squirrelspell
3. newmail
Available Plugins:
4. listcommands
5. filters
6. fortune
7. mail_fetch
8. message_details
9. compatibility
10. calendar
11. translate
12. sent_subfolders
13. empty_trash
14. spamcop
15. bug_report
16. abook_take
17. info
18. secure_login
19. administrator
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>9
# add plugin ( compatibility )
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Plugins
Installed Plugins
1. delete_move_next
2. squirrelspell
3. newmail
4. compatibility
Available Plugins:
5. listcommands
6. filters
7. fortune
8. mail_fetch
9. message_details
10. calendar
11. translate
12. sent_subfolders
13. empty_trash
14. spamcop
15. bug_report
16. abook_take
17. info
18. secure_login
19. administrator
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>13
# add plugin ( empty_trash )
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Plugins
Installed Plugins
1. delete_move_next
2. squirrelspell
3. newmail
4. compatibility
5. empty_trash
Available Plugins:
6. listcommands
7. filters
8. fortune
9. mail_fetch
10. message_details
11. calendar
12. translate
13. sent_subfolders
14. spamcop
15. bug_report
16. abook_take
17. info
18. secure_login
19. administrator
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>18
# add plugin ( secure_login )
SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
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Plugins
Installed Plugins
1. delete_move_next
2. squirrelspell
3. newmail
4. compatibility
5. empty_trash
6. secure_login
Available Plugins:
7. listcommands
8. filters
9. fortune
10. mail_fetch
11. message_details
12. calendar
13. translate
14. sent_subfolders
15. spamcop
16. bug_report
17. abook_take
18. info
19. administrator
R Return to Main Menu
C Turn color off
S Save data
Q Quit
Command >>q
# quit
You have not saved your data.
Save? [Y/n]:y
# save
Data saved in config.php
Exiting conf.pl.
You might want to test your configuration by browsing to
http://your-squirrelmail-location/src/configtest.php
Happy SquirrelMailing!
[root@www ~]# cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/secure_login
[root@www secure_login]# cp config.sample.php config.php
[root@www secure_login]# vi config.php
# line 24: change
$change_back_to_http_after_login =0;
[root@www secure_login]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd reload