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HOW TO CONFIGURE SQUIRREL-MAIL WITH RUSSIAN APACHE
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This howto is for people who are using Russian Apache and
who use charsets other than koi8-r for their source documents.
If you _do_ use KOI8-R as default encoding for all your source
documents, you don't need to do anything. Otherwise, here's
a very simple way to make this work.

The general idea is to tell Russian Apache that everything 
residing in the squirrel-mail directory is in koi8-r. This
way all input submitted by users will be automagically 
converted by mod_charset from anything into koi8-r.
Squirrel-Mail will then correctly stamp it with
"Charset=koi8-r" and send off without any additional
conversion.

There are two equally efficient ways to do it:


1. THE HTTPD.CONF WAY.
-----------------------

In your httpd.conf, add the following declaration for the
server that handles the squirrel-mail:

<Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r
</Directory>

Warning: If you use CharsetByExtension elsewhere, it will 
override the CharsetSourceEnc directive. In that case you will 
have to put this directive instead of the above:

<Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php
</Directory>

It is advised to use the CharsetSourceEnc declaration instead
of the other one. Use the CharsetByExtension only if the
other fails.

2. THE .HTACCESS WAY (PREFERRED).
----------------------------------

Create a .htaccess file in your squirrel-mail directory. In it,
simply put this line:

CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r

That's it. Note the warning about the ChatsetByExtension directive
in the previous section. If you used CharsetByExtension declaration
elsewhere and it's active for this server, then you will have to
put this line in your .htaccess instead:

CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php

But again, this is only if the CharsetSourceEnc fails.

I mark this method "Preferred" simply because you don't have to 
restart your server if you use .htaccess. However, if you've
specified "AllowOverride None" in your Server config, then you
will have to go with "the httpd.conf way".


If you have any questions or problems, please address them to
the squirrelmail-list@lists.sourceforge.net to have them 
promptly answered. ;)

--
Konstantin Riabitsev (a.k.a. Graf)
graf@relhum.org
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8c086db6	1	HOW TO CONFIGURE SQUIRREL-MAIL WITH RUSSIAN APACHE
	2	--------------------------------------------------
	3
	4	This howto is for people who are using Russian Apache and
	5	who use charsets other than koi8-r for their source documents.
	6	If you _do_ use KOI8-R as default encoding for all your source
	7	documents, you don't need to do anything. Otherwise, here's
	8	a very simple way to make this work.
	9
	10	The general idea is to tell Russian Apache that everything
	11	residing in the squirrel-mail directory is in koi8-r. This
	12	way all input submitted by users will be automagically
	13	converted by mod_charset from anything into koi8-r.
	14	Squirrel-Mail will then correctly stamp it with
	15	"Charset=koi8-r" and send off without any additional
	16	conversion.
	17
	18	There are two equally efficient ways to do it:
	19
	20
	21	1. THE HTTPD.CONF WAY.
	22	-----------------------
	23
	24	In your httpd.conf, add the following declaration for the
	25	server that handles the squirrel-mail:
	26
	27	<Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
	28	CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r
	29	</Directory>
	30
	31	Warning: If you use CharsetByExtension elsewhere, it will
	32	override the CharsetSourceEnc directive. In that case you will
	33	have to put this directive instead of the above:
	34
	35	<Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
	36	CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php
	37	</Directory>
	38
	39	It is advised to use the CharsetSourceEnc declaration instead
	40	of the other one. Use the CharsetByExtension only if the
	41	other fails.
	42
	43	2. THE .HTACCESS WAY (PREFERRED).
	44	----------------------------------
	45
	46	Create a .htaccess file in your squirrel-mail directory. In it,
	47	simply put this line:
	48
	49	CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r
	50
	51	That's it. Note the warning about the ChatsetByExtension directive
	52	in the previous section. If you used CharsetByExtension declaration
	53	elsewhere and it's active for this server, then you will have to
	54	put this line in your .htaccess instead:
	55
	56	CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php
	57
	58	But again, this is only if the CharsetSourceEnc fails.
	59
	60	I mark this method "Preferred" simply because you don't have to
	61	restart your server if you use .htaccess. However, if you've
	62	specified "AllowOverride None" in your Server config, then you
	63	will have to go with "the httpd.conf way".
	64
65
66	If you have any questions or problems, please address them to
67	the squirrelmail-list@lists.sourceforge.net to have them
68	promptly answered. ;)
69
70	--
71	Konstantin Riabitsev (a.k.a. Graf)
72	graf@relhum.org