1 Last revised: December 26, 1999
5 General Information ................................................. 1.0
6 About SquirrelMail ................................................ 1.1
7 History ........................................................... 1.2
8 Contact Information ............................................... 1.3
10 Installation ........................................................ 2.0
12 Liscensing .......................................................... 3.0
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
18 Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use? .................... 4.4
26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
27 1.1 - About SquirrelMail
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.
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.
49 1.3 - Contact Information
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.
55 Mailing List: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net
57 If for some reason, you need to contact us directly, you can also
60 Luke Ehresman: luke@usa.om.org
61 Nathan Ehresman: nathan@usa.om.org
63 Web Page: squirrelmail.sourceforge.net
68 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
70 Please view the INSTALL document that was included in this package.
78 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
80 This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read
81 COPYING for more information.
88 Frequently Asked Questions
89 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
90 Q: Can SquirrelMail be run with PHP3?
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.
98 Q: Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA?
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.
105 Q: Where did you get the name, "SquirrelMail"?
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
111 were coming up with a name.
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.