doc/README.russian_apache

   1 HOW TO CONFIGURE SQUIRREL-MAIL WITH RUSSIAN APACHE
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   3
   4 This text is available in Russian at
   5 http://www.mricon.com/SM/russian_apache.html
   6
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   8 NOTE: Russian Apache will recode all attachments, even if they
   9 are binary, thus corrupting them. To fix this problem, refer to
  10 Russian Apache FAQ: http://apache.lexa.ru/faq.html#5
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  12
  13 This howto is for people who are using Russian Apache and
  14 who use charsets other than koi8-r for their source documents.
  15 If you _do_ use KOI8-R as default encoding for all your source
  16 documents, you don't need to do anything. Otherwise, here's
  17 a very simple way to make this work.
  18
  19 The general idea is to tell Russian Apache that everything
  20 residing in the squirrel-mail directory is in koi8-r. This
  21 way all input submitted by users will be automagically
  22 converted by mod_charset from anything into koi8-r.
  23 Squirrel-Mail will then correctly stamp it with
  24 "Charset=koi8-r" and send off without any additional
  25 conversion.
  26
  27 There are two equally efficient ways to do it:
  28
  29
  30 1. THE HTTPD.CONF WAY.
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  32
  33 In your httpd.conf, add the following declaration for the
  34 server that handles the squirrel-mail:
  35
  36 <Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
  37 CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r
  38 </Directory>
  39
  40 Warning: If you use CharsetByExtension elsewhere, it will
  41 override the CharsetSourceEnc directive. In that case you will
  42 have to put this directive instead of the above:
  43
  44 <Directory /path/to/your/squirrel-mail>
  45 CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php
  46 </Directory>
  47
  48 It is advised to use the CharsetSourceEnc declaration instead
  49 of the other one. Use the CharsetByExtension only if the
  50 other fails.
  51
  52 2. THE .HTACCESS WAY (PREFERRED).
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  54
  55 Create a .htaccess file in your squirrel-mail directory. In it,
  56 simply put this line:
  57
  58 CharsetSourceEnc koi8-r
  59
  60 That's it. Note the warning about the ChatsetByExtension directive
  61 in the previous section. If you used CharsetByExtension declaration
  62 elsewhere and it's active for this server, then you will have to
  63 put this line in your .htaccess instead:
  64
  65 CharsetByExtension koi8-r .php
  66
  67 But again, this is only if the CharsetSourceEnc fails.
  68
  69 I mark this method "Preferred" simply because you don't have to
  70 restart your server if you use .htaccess. However, if you've
  71 specified "AllowOverride None" in your Server config, then you
  72 will have to go with "the httpd.conf way".
  73
  74
  75 If you have any questions or problems, please address them to
  76 the squirrelmail-list@lists.sourceforge.net to have them
  77 promptly answered. ;)
  78
  79 --
  80 Konstantin Riabitsev (a.k.a. Graf)
  81 graf@relhum.org