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-Last revised: December 26, 1999
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+SquirrelMail
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+http://www.squirrelmail.org
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+Introduction:
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+SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It includes
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+built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render
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+in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility across
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+browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and
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+install. SquirrelMail has a all the functionality you would want from an email
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+client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.
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+Why did you guys create SquirrelMail? The need arose in our organization for
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+the access of email and address books from anywhere in the world. Obviously
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+a web interface is ideal for this, given that the user has access to the
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+Internet. After reviewing several open source projects, we realized that
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+we were going to need to do some fairly major customizations to get things
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+to be a nice fit for our needs. So the decision was made to create our
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+own for some of these reasons, and for fun (we really like PHP4). We
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+decided to open source the project to contribute to the community that has
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+contributed so much to us. Since then, it has grown much bigger than we ever
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+imagined, and we have an awesome development team who are actively working
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+on the project.
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+We would love to hear from you! The nature of open source projects make it
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+hard to know who all is using your product. It is always nice when we get
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+emails from people just telling us that they're using SquirrelMail. If you
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+have a few minutes, please send us an email to let us know! You can send
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+it to our mailing list: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net
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+Contact:
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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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-Installation ........................................................ 2.0
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-Liscensing .......................................................... 3.0
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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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- Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use? .................... 4.4
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--- Section 1.0 --
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- General Information
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Q: Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA?
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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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- Q: Where did you get the name, "SquirrelMail"?
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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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- Q: Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use?
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- SquirrelMail is stable, however, many of the features that are
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- usually desired from an email client have not yet been implemented.
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+It is pretty easy to get in contact with the developers if you need help or
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+if you find bugs that need to be reported. The best way to contact us would
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+be through our mailing list which is actively monitored. Just send an
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+email to:
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+ squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net
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+If you wish to actually subscribe to our mailing list, please visit our web
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+page for instructions (http://www.squirrelmail.org) and go to the section
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+titled "Mailing List".
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+
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+Installation:
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+-------------
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+ For detailed instructions on how to install SquirrelMail on your server,
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+ please refer to the INSTALL document in the same directory as this document.
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+Licensing:
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+----------
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+ This product is distributed under the GPL. Please read through the file
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+ COPYING for more information about our license.
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