X-Git-Url: https://vcs.fsf.org/?p=squirrelmail.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f198f86c868f58601536d8aa7c43bccd48c26c0b;hp=cafa307ed71ff987f78f8f5dc1532cd36c3fe63c;hb=87448e92f9b604d63b173cbfbf9b3c8273bf33fb;hpb=f8f9bed9bb69ef0432fbc67741f82071b6582b4d diff --git a/README b/README index cafa307e..f198f86c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,19 +1,58 @@ -SquirrelMail version 0.1 -December 14, 1999 ------------------------- +SquirrelMail +http://www.squirrelmail.org -For information on installing, see INSTALL +Introduction: +------------- +SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP4. It +includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all +pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no Javascript) for maximum compatibility +across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure +and install. SquirrelMail has a all the functionality you would want from an +email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder +manipulation. -SquirrelMail's goal is to be an easy-to-configure web-based email -client. For more information about SquirrelMail, please visit our -web site: http://squirrelmail.sourceforge.net +Why did you guys create SquirrelMail? 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. Since then, it has grown much bigger than we +ever imagined, and we have an awesome development team who are actively +working on the project. -If you have questions, please direct them to the mailing list -specified on the web site. Please do not email us directly unless -absolutely necessary. +We would love to hear from you! The nature of open source projects make it +hard to know who all is using your product. It is always nice when we get +emails from people just telling us that they're using SquirrelMail. If you +have a few minutes, please send us an email to let us know! You can send it +to our mailing list: squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net -This product is copyrighted under the GPL liscense. Please read -COPYING for more information. +You can also go to the page below and fill out a small form to get listed +with the list of people already using SquirrelMail (free advertising). -Thanks, -Luke and Nathan + http://www.squirrelmail.org/index.php3?page=16 + +Contact: +-------- +It is pretty easy to get in contact with the developers if you need help or +if you find bugs that need to be reported. The best way to contact us would +be through our mailing list which is actively monitored. Just send an email +to: + + squirrelmail-list@sourceforge.net + +If you wish to actually subscribe to our mailing list, please visit our web +page for instructions (http://www.squirrelmail.org) and go to the section +titled "Mailing List". + +Installation: +------------- +For detailed instructions on how to install SquirrelMail on your server, +please refer to the INSTALL document in the same directory as this document. + +Licensing: +---------- +This product is distributed under the GPL. Please read through the file +COPYING for more information about our license.