-Last revised: December 26, 1999
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-Contents
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-General Information ................................................. 1.0
- About SquirrelMail ................................................ 1.1
- History ........................................................... 1.2
- Contact Information ............................................... 1.3
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-Installation ........................................................ 2.0
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-Liscensing .......................................................... 3.0
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-FAQ ................................................................. 4.0
- Can SquirrelMail run with PHP3? ................................... 4.1
- Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA? .................................. 4.2
- Where did you get the name "SquirrelMail?" ........................ 4.3
- Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use? .................... 4.4
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--- Section 1.0 --
- General Information
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- 1.1 - About SquirrelMail
-
- So what exactly is SquirrelMail? It's a web interface to email that's
- written in PHP4. It was designed to allow email access through your
- server from anywhere in the world via the Web.
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- 1.2 - History
-
- The need arose in our organization for the access of email and address
- books from anywhere in the world. Obviously a web interface is ideal
- for this, given that the user has access to the Internet. After
- reviewing several open source projects we realized that we were going
- to need to do some fairly major customizations to get things to be a
- nice fit for our needs. So the decision was made to create our own for
- some of these reasons, and for fun (we really like PHP4). We decided
- to open source the project to contribute to the community that has
- contributed so much to us.
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- 1.3 - Contact Information
-
- If you need to contact the developers of SquirrelMail for some reason,
- please email the mailing list. Bug reports and ideas should be sent
- to the mailing list also.
-
- Mailing List: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net
-
- If for some reason, you need to contact us directly, you can also
- email us at:
-
- Luke Ehresman: luke@usa.om.org
- Nathan Ehresman: nathan@usa.om.org
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- Web Page: squirrelmail.sourceforge.net
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--- Section 2.0 --
- Installation
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- Please view the INSTALL document that was included in this package.
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--- Section 3.0 --
- Liscensing
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- This product is distributed under the GPL liscense. Please read
- COPYING for more information.
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--- Section 4.0 --
- Frequently Asked Questions
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- Q: Can SquirrelMail be run with PHP3?
-
- Yes, and No. It is fully developed under PHP4 BETA3, however PHP is
- pretty good about backwards compatability. Theoretically, it
- shouldn't be too hard to port it to PHP3, but you definately would
- have to do some code tweaking. Let us know of any success or horror
- stories if you attempt it.
-
- Q: Why PHP4 when it's only in BETA?
-
- PHP4 is significantly faster than PHP3. When we were viewing
- mailboxes with 500-1000 messages in them, it would take about 15-30
- seconds to sort them. With PHP4, that time has been cut down to 5-10
- seconds for large boxes.
-
- Q: Where did you get the name, "SquirrelMail"?
-
- It's derived from the over-abundant squirrel population in Georgia
- this year. We were playing volleyball one day, and saw a squirrel
- try to jump between trees. He failed miserably and fell 40 feet to
- the ground. So, we had squirrels on our mind the next day when we
- were coming up with a name.
-
- Q: Is SquirrelMail stable enough to actually use?
- SquirrelMail is stable, however, many of the features that are
- usually desired from an email client have not yet been implemented.
-
+Please see all our documentation in the doc/ directory.
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