SQUIRRELMAIL (WEB MAIL) INTEGRATION WITH APACHE/POSTFIX/DOVECOT IN REDHAT LINUX

SQUIRRELMAIL (WEB MAIL) INTEGRATION WITH APACHE/POSTFIX/DOVECOT

Features:

1. Web mail application

2. Modular

3. Implemented with PHP

Tasks:
1. Install Squirrelmail with support via Apache
a.Download from squirrelmail.org - *.bz2

b. Confirm the MD5SUM

c. Copy the *.bz2 file to the Apache server

d. yum -y install php php-imap - installs PHP support for Apache/IMAP

e. mkdir /var/www/mail

f. Extract Squirrelmail to: /var/www/mail

g. Optionally, create symlink named 'mail' to point to Squirremail version

h. Create the Apache Virtual Host

ServerAdmin webmaster@mail.linuxcbt.internal
ServerName mail.linuxcbt.internal
DocumentRoot /var/www/mail

Options FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

CustomLog logs/mail.linuxcbt.internal.access.log combined
ErrorLog logs/mail.linuxcbt.internal.error.log


Restart Apache

j. Configure SquirrelMail defaults: /var/www/mail/mail/config/conf.pl

k. Create 'attach' and 'data' directories for SquirrelMail: /var/local/squirrelmail/{data,attach}

l. Update permissions so SquirrelMail may write to 'data' and 'attach' directories: chown -R apache.apache /var/local/squirrelmail

k. Setup DNS

l. Attempt to access SquirrelMail
http://mail.linuxcbt.internal/mail
http://mail.linuxcbt.internal/mail/src/configtest.php

Note: If SELinux is enabled, use 'setsebool...' to allow httpd to connect to IMAP and SMTP ports. Consult: /var/log/messages