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1 | Last revised: December 26, 1999 |
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3 | Contents |
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5 | General Information ................................................. 1.0 |
6 | About SquirrelMail ................................................ 1.1 |
7 | History ........................................................... 1.2 |
8 | Contact Information ............................................... 1.3 |
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10 | Installation ........................................................ 2.0 |
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12 | Liscensing .......................................................... 3.0 |
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14 | FAQ ................................................................. 4.0 |
15 | Can SquirrelMail run with PHP3? ................................... 4.1 |
16 | Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA? .................................. 4.2 |
17 | Where did you get the name "SquirrelMail?" ........................ 4.3 |
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18 | Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use? .................... 4.4 |
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24 | -- Section 1.0 -- |
25 | General Information |
26 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
27 | 1.1 - About SquirrelMail |
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29 | So what exactly is SquirrelMail? It's a web interface to email that's |
30 | written in PHP4. It was designed to allow email access through your |
31 | server from anywhere in the world via the Web. |
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35 | 1.2 - History |
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37 | The need arose in our organization for the access of email and address |
38 | books from anywhere in the world. Obviously a web interface is ideal |
39 | for this, given that the user has access to the Internet. After |
40 | reviewing several open source projects we realized that we were going |
41 | to need to do some fairly major customizations to get things to be a |
42 | nice fit for our needs. So the decision was made to create our own for |
43 | some of these reasons, and for fun (we really like PHP4). We decided |
44 | to open source the project to contribute to the community that has |
45 | contributed so much to us. |
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49 | 1.3 - Contact Information |
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51 | If you need to contact the developers of SquirrelMail for some reason, |
52 | please email the mailing list. Bug reports and ideas should be sent |
53 | to the mailing list also. |
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55 | Mailing List: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net |
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57 | If for some reason, you need to contact us directly, you can also |
58 | email us at: |
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60 | Luke Ehresman: luke@usa.om.org |
61 | Nathan Ehresman: nathan@usa.om.org |
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63 | Web Page: squirrelmail.sourceforge.net |
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66 | -- Section 2.0 -- |
67 | Installation |
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70 | Please view the INSTALL document that was included in this package. |
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76 | -- Section 3.0 -- |
77 | Liscensing |
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80 | This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read |
81 | COPYING for more information. |
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87 | -- Section 4.0 -- |
88 | Frequently Asked Questions |
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90 | Q: Can SquirrelMail be run with PHP3? |
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92 | Yes, and No. It is fully developed under PHP4 BETA3, however PHP is |
93 | pretty good about backwards compatability. Theoretically, it |
94 | shouldn't be too hard to port it to PHP3, but you definately would |
95 | have to do some code tweaking. Let us know of any success or horror |
96 | stories if you attempt it. |
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98 | Q: Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA? |
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100 | PHP4 is significantly faster than PHP3. When we were viewing |
101 | mailboxes with 500-1000 messages in them, it would take about 15-30 |
102 | seconds to sort them. With PHP4, that time has been cut down to 5-10 |
103 | seconds for large boxes. |
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105 | Q: Where did you get the name, "SquirrelMail"? |
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107 | It's derived from the over-abundant squirrel population in Georgia |
108 | this year. We were playing volleyball one day, and saw a squirrel |
109 | try to jump between trees. He failed miserably and fell 40 feet to |
110 | the ground. So, we had squirrels on our mind the next day when we |
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111 | were coming up with a name. |
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113 | Q: Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use? |
114 | SquirrelMail is stable, however, many of the features that are |
115 | usually desired from an email client have not yet been implemented. |
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