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-SquirrelMail version 0.1.1
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-December 18, 1999
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+Last revised: December 26, 1999
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-For information on installing, see INSTALL
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+Contents
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+--------
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+General Information ................................................. 1.0
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+ About SquirrelMail ................................................ 1.1
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+ History ........................................................... 1.2
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+ Contact Information ............................................... 1.3
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-SquirrelMail's goal is to be an easy-to-configure web-based email
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-client. For more information about SquirrelMail, please visit our
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-web site: http://squirrelmail.sourceforge.net
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+Installation ........................................................ 2.0
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-If you have questions, please direct them to the mailing list
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-specified on the web site. Please do not email us directly unless
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-absolutely necessary.
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+Liscensing .......................................................... 3.0
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-This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read
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-COPYING for more information.
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+FAQ ................................................................. 4.0
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+ Can SquirrelMail run with PHP3? ................................... 4.1
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+ Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA? .................................. 4.2
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+ Where did you get the name "SquirrelMail?" ........................ 4.3
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-Thanks,
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-Luke and Nathan
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+-- Section 1.0 --
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+ General Information
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+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ 1.1 - About SquirrelMail
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+ So what exactly is SquirrelMail? It's a web interface to email that's
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+ written in PHP4. It was designed to allow email access through your
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+ server from anywhere in the world via the Web.
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+ 1.2 - History
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+ The need arose in our organization for the access of email and address
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+ books from anywhere in the world. Obviously a web interface is ideal
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+ for this, given that the user has access to the Internet. After
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+ reviewing several open source projects we realized that we were going
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+ to need to do some fairly major customizations to get things to be a
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+ nice fit for our needs. So the decision was made to create our own for
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+ some of these reasons, and for fun (we really like PHP4). We decided
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+ to open source the project to contribute to the community that has
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+ contributed so much to us.
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+ 1.3 - Contact Information
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+ If you need to contact the developers of SquirrelMail for some reason,
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+ please email the mailing list. Bug reports and ideas should be sent
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+ to the mailing list also.
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+ Mailing List: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net
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+ If for some reason, you need to contact us directly, you can also
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+ email us at:
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+ Luke Ehresman: luke@usa.om.org
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+ Nathan Ehresman: nathan@usa.om.org
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+ Web Page: squirrelmail.sourceforge.net
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+-- Section 2.0 --
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+ Installation
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+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ Please view the INSTALL document that was included in this package.
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+-- Section 3.0 --
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+ Liscensing
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+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+ This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read
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+ COPYING for more information.
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+-- Section 4.0 --
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+ Frequently Asked Questions
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+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ Q: Can SquirrelMail be run with PHP3?
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+ Yes, and No. It is fully developed under PHP4 BETA3, however PHP is
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+ pretty good about backwards compatability. Theoretically, it
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+ shouldn't be too hard to port it to PHP3, but you definately would
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+ have to do some code tweaking. Let us know of any success or horror
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+ stories if you attempt it.
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+
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+ Q: Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA?
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+
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+ PHP4 is significantly faster than PHP3. When we were viewing
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+ mailboxes with 500-1000 messages in them, it would take about 15-30
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+ seconds to sort them. With PHP4, that time has been cut down to 5-10
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+ seconds for large boxes.
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+
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+ Q: Where did you get the name, "SquirrelMail"?
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+
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+ It's derived from the over-abundant squirrel population in Georgia
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+ this year. We were playing volleyball one day, and saw a squirrel
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+ try to jump between trees. He failed miserably and fell 40 feet to
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+ the ground. So, we had squirrels on our mind the next day when we
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+ were coming up with a name.
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