I basically just followed the instructions in the INSTALL document that came with the download but I'm hoping this will be helpful for other EIMS and Mac OS X Server users.
My setup:
Mac OS X Server 10.3.4 SquirrelMail 1.4.3-RC1 EIMS X 3.2.4 mail server (http://www.eudora.co.nz/) PHP 4.3.2 / Apache 1.3.29 <= preinstalled with OS X Server
Be sure to install these OS updates otherwise you'll have a problem whereby there will be no feedback after hitting the Send button (messages get sent but you'll be stuck at the Compose page):
1. Mac OS X Server 10.3.4 Update (was running 10.3.3) 2. Security Update 2004-05-24
Here's what I did:
NOTE my directory choices (change if you like):
web root directory = /Library/WebServer/Documents <= default for Mac OS X installation
webmail = SquirrelMail home directory
/var/squirrelmail/data = SquirrelMail "data" directory
/var/squirrelmail/attachments = SquirrelMail "attachments" directory
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1. Open Terminal and gain root privileges
$ su root
2. In Finder, I renamed "squirrelmail-1.4.3-RC1" to "webmail" 3. In Terminal, I moved "webmail" folder to /Library/WebServer/Documents
# mv webmail /Library/WebServer/Documents
4. I created a squirrelmail directory in /var
# mkdir /var/squirrelmail
5. I moved the "data" folder from the "webmail" folder to /var/squirrelmail
(NOTE: to make things clearer, I'm using all absolute paths)
# cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/webmail # mv data /var/squirrelmail
6. I made the "data" folder writeable by the webserver, "www" (as per INSTALL file)
# cd /var/squirrelmail # chown -R www data # chgrp -R www data
7. I created an "attachments" folder in /var/squirrelmail
# mkdir /var/squirrelmail/attachments
8. I changed permissions on "attachments" folder (as per INSTALL file)
# cd /var/squirrelmail # chgrp -R www attachments # chmod 730 attachments
9. I started the config utility
# cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/webmail/config # perl conf.pl
10. Use the menu-driven utility and be sure to change these variables:
Server Settings > Domain = <your domain> Server Settings > IMAP Server = <your server's hostname> Server Settings > SMTP Server = <your server's hostname>
Folder Defaults > Trash Folder = Trash Folder Defaults > Sent Folder = Sent Items Folder Defaults > Drafts Folder = Drafts
General Options > Data Directory = /var/squirrelmail/data/ General Options > Attachment Directory = /var/squirrelmail/attachments/ General Options > Enable UID support = false
Be sure to save data after making changes.
11. Then to login, just go to http://<your hostname>/webmail
Corrections/comments welcome, of course.
Cheers, Derek
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