X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=d5c6d86dc89432d57caac88965e31977f87c189a;hb=5dd23dac87742f29bc491e3ae4dba699b8147fc0;hp=103df14e9d94b10f2114ce3e6200d7c1f0179856;hpb=4bc627ae9c38e7097181d349719ab2c5258b9256;p=squirrelmail.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 103df14e..d5c6d86d 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ Table of Contents: 5. (CHARSETS) Russian Charsets - - 1. CONFIGURE YOUR WEBSERVER TO WORK WITH PHP4 --------------------------------------------- @@ -20,14 +18,15 @@ Table of Contents: to run as CGI under Apache. How you end up doing this is up to you (your mileage may vary). - NOTE: The new plugin architecture required the use of some functions - which are not in all versions of PHP4. You will need at least - PHP4 beta2. If you need to upgrade please go ahead and install the - latest release version of PHP4. + You will need at least PHP v4.0.6. If you need to upgrade please go + ahead and install it now. a. Obtaining and compiling PHP4 + + SquirrelMail has not been extensively tested for use with PHP 4.3.x. + See the ReleaseNotes file. - Point your favorite webserver at http://www.php.net/version4/ and + Point your favorite web browser at http://www.php.net/downloads.php/ and download the source. Untar (tar xvfz filename-you-downloaded.tgz) the source, cd into the directory and run configure. To make PHP4 work with SquirrelMail a commandline like this should do: @@ -65,6 +64,10 @@ b. Changing php.ini session's data with his own PHP script. Caution should be used when setting up permissions and locations of php.ini and the session data. + FILE UPLOADS - Note that sending attachments will not work if your + "file_uploads" setting is "Off". Squirrelmail requires that setting + enabled in order to be able to attach files. + c. Setting up .php files to use PHP4 You need to create a .htaccess file in you SquirrelMail directory @@ -90,12 +93,11 @@ d. Running into trouble 3. OBTAINING AND INSTALLING SQUIRRELMAIL ---------------------------------------- - SquirrelMail is still under development. Therefore you should always - get the newest version around. Look at - http://www.squirrelmail.org/index.php3?page=5 to see what it - is. If you want to be bleeding edge you might want to consider using - the latest CVS version (with the latest and most fashionable of - bugs). + SquirrelMail is constantly being improved. Therefore you should always + get the newest version around. Look at http://www.squirrelmail.org/ + to see what it is. If you want to be bleeding edge you might want to + consider using the latest CVS version (with the latest and most + fashionable of bugs). a. Download SquirrelMail @@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ b. Setting up directories $ chgrp -R nobody data Keep in mind that with different installations, the web server could - typically run as userid/groupid of apache/apache or www-data/www-data. - The best way to find out is to read the web server's configuration file. + typically run as userid/groupid of nobody/nobody, nobody/nogroup, + apache/apache or www-data/www-data. The best way to find out is to read + the web server's configuration file. There also needs to be a directory where attachments are stored before they are sent. Since personal mail is stored in this @@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ c. Setting up SquirrelMail possible example of this is: http://www.yourdomain.com/squirrelmail - It should be pretty stright forward to use. Some more documentation + It should be pretty straight forward to use. Some more documentation might show up one day or another.