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[squirrelmail.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b15089c02c749469c82368c240ff81a5a08d8024..a3754fba4ee9b7a023ec82087770d4b5e95e4ac7 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Table of Contents:
   to run as CGI under Apache. How you end up doing this is up to you
   (your mileage may vary).
 
   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.
+

 a. Obtaining and compiling PHP4
 
   Point your favorite webserver at http://www.php.net/version4/ and
 a. Obtaining and compiling PHP4
 
   Point your favorite webserver at http://www.php.net/version4/ and


@@ -111,8 +116,8 @@ b. Setting up directories
   must be writable by the webserver. If your webserver is running as
   the user nobody you can fix this by running:
 
   must be writable by the webserver. If your webserver is running as
   the user nobody you can fix this by running:
 

-    chown -R nobody data
-    chgrp -R nobody data
+    $ chown -R nobody data
+    $ chgrp -R nobody data

   
   There also needs to be a directory where attachments are stored
   before they are sent. Since personal mail is stored in this
   
   There also needs to be a directory where attachments are stored
   before they are sent. Since personal mail is stored in this


@@ -123,26 +128,32 @@ b. Setting up directories
   permissions. You could do this by running these commands (still
   granted that the webserver is running as nobody/nobody)
 
   permissions. You could do this by running these commands (still
   granted that the webserver is running as nobody/nobody)
 

-    cd /var/some/place
-    mkdir SomeDirectory
-    chgrp -R nobody SomeDirectory
-    chmod 730 SomeDirectory
+    $ cd /var/some/place
+    $ mkdir SomeDirectory
+    $ chgrp -R nobody SomeDirectory
+    $ chmod 730 SomeDirectory

 
   If you trust all the users on you system not to read mail they are
   not supposed to read change the last line to chmod 777 SomeDirectory
 
   If you trust all the users on you system not to read mail they are
   not supposed to read change the last line to chmod 777 SomeDirectory

-  or simply use /tmp as you attachments directory. If a user is
-  aborting a mail but has uploaded som attachments to it the files
-  will be lying around in this directory forever if you do not remove
-  them.
+  or simply use /tmp as you attachments directory. 
+  
+  If a user is aborting a mail but has uploaded som attachments to it 
+  the files will be lying around in this directory forever if you do not 
+  remove them.  To fix this, it is recommended to create a cron job that
+  deletes everything in the attachment directory.  Something similar
+  to the folling will be good enough:
+
+    $ cd /var/attach/directory
+    $ rm -f *

 
 c. Setting up SquirrelMail
 
   There are two ways to configure Squirrelmail.  In the config/ directory,
   there is a perl script called conf.pl that will aid you in the
 
 c. Setting up SquirrelMail
 
   There are two ways to configure Squirrelmail.  In the config/ directory,
   there is a perl script called conf.pl that will aid you in the

-  configuration process.  This is the most recommended way of handling
+  configuration process.  This is the recommended way of handling

   the config.
 
   the config.
 

-  You can also copy the config/config_default.php file to config.php
+  You can also copy the config/config_default.php file to config/config.php

   and edit that manually.
 
 4. RUNNING SQUIRRELMAIL
   and edit that manually.
 
 4. RUNNING SQUIRRELMAIL