Hello Mairhtin,
On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, Mairhtin O'Feannag wrote...

> I've read the webpages about installation and configuration at the
> .org address, and am a bit lost.

> I don't have to install (or I don't *THINK* I have to install)
> squirrelmail, as it came installed via my choices in the
> installation of RedHat 8.0. What I don't know, however, is where the
> ./configure is that is mentioned at :
> http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/InstallingSquirrelmailUnix -- I
> don't seem to have an executable named CONFIGURE (caps mine) in any
> of the squirrelmail directories. The output from a FIND / -NAME
> SQUIRREL* (caps mine again) are :

> /usr/share/squirrelmail

Change to /usr/share/squirrelmail/config.  There is a conf.pl script
in there.  Just run that:

  # cd /usr/share/squirrelmail/config
  # ./conf.pl

You'll be given the configuration options there. You should find the
configure script (which is really just a pointer to conf.pl) in the
/usr/share/squirrelmail directory. The configuration script (perl) is
just a menu driven system, you select the options, and change the
values.

> Which doesn't really indicate to me where squirrelmail was
> "installed". *scratching head* I'm assuming that I can directly edit
> the /etc/httpd/conf.d/squirrelmail.conf file, but wanted some sort
> of confirmation about this stuff before wading in, hip-deep.

I'm not entirely sure how that file plays into things, but from what I
remember, that is a configuration 'add-on'.  You 'include' it into
your existing httpd.conf for apache, and it'll create an alias for you
on your server.  ie:

  http://localhost/webmail

or

  http://www.mydomain.com/webmail

> Is there a doc that describes how to configure the .conf file? How
> do I *start* squirrelmail, once it's configured? I have sendmail
> configured to start at boot, is there a way to do the same for
> squirrelmail (via, I would assume, chkconfig) ???

SquirrelMail doesn't need starting. You need to ensure Apache starts
automatically as that is what serves your SquirrelMail application.
You also need to make sure your IMAP server is started too.

> While it is all nice and convenient that RH 8.0 does the install for
> me, it seems that the doc on the website assumes I will be in
> control of directories, binaries etc., and that is not the case now.

Some of the docs are in need of a little updating due to a lot of the
large recent changes, we've just been a little busy about getting
around to it.

Hope this helps a little.

-- 
Jonathan Angliss
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