[Kolab-devel] Distribute Squirrelmail with kolab

[Alain Spineux]

On Jan 7, 2008 7:13 PM, Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at pardus.de> wrote:
> Hi Alian,
>
> "Alain Spineux" <aspineux at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Happy Christmas!
> >
> > Openpkg team has integrated my patch to their squirrelmail package.
> > Now the package is plug&play! Install it and connect to
> > http://............../webmail/
> > and you are in.
>
> sounds very good. Thanks for the contribution.
>
> > For kolab I added an option "with_kolab" that make it more close to
> > kolab, but this require
> > my very small patch at https://intevation.de/roundup/kolab/issue2366
>
> I commented on that one now. I believe in it's current form it
> conflicts with the postfix settings. Shouldn't be too hard to fix it
> though.
>
> > The with_kolab option provide a config_local.php file dedicated to Kolab:
> > I put it at the end of the mail, here are some of the stuff :
> >
> > - I use 'INBOX/{Trash,Sent,Drafts} folder and create it at first login
> > if missing.
> > - I dont use sendmail command to inject the mail, but prefer SMTP TLS
> > with PLAIN authentication (then postfix log are relevant)
> > - I have configured only email related plugins, the tiny calendar is
> > their but I things this is good tool
> > to locate an appointment in the time, users are no supposed to fill in
> > any entry.
> > - A user cannot send on behalf of another one (change is From: field)
> >
> > I will collect any advice and submit changes to Openpkg team.
> >
> > Gunnar, you can forget Horde, now that we have a far more reliable
> > webmail interface!
> >
> > I joke :-)
>
> :)
>
> >
> > May I expect Squirrelmail to be integrated into next kolab distribution ?
>
> I'm not opposed to that. While the install-kolab.sh script is still
> problematic we start having optional Kolab server features (currently
> "-F" for fbview and "-H" for Horde). Adding another "-S" for
> squirrelmail should not be too hard.

The package is only 4Mo width, I was expecting it could be installed de facto.
Maybe it could be enabled or disabled from the GUI by using this in
/kolab/etc/apache/apache.d/squirrelmail.conf

@@@if squirrelmail@@@
Alias /webmail /kolab/share/squirrelmail
@@@endif@@@

>
> The only problematic point I can see is that each feature on the Kolab
> server is currently fully supported by the Kolab development
> team. This will probably not be possible with such experimental
> extensions. I don't know what the policy on that will be.

A well written wiki entry could be an alternative.

But I see it like a quick and easy to use debugging tools!
When someone complain about problem in its mailbox, like despairing emails ...
then the user can connect the interface test it. Or to ... but you
know all the advantage of the webmail :-)

>
> But I'd definitely like to see installing such extensions getting
> easier than they are at the moment. Maybe Bernhard can comment on
> that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gunnar
>

I'm hopping to see horde leaving the beta status as quick as possible,
but reading all the issue about Kontact on this mailing list, I imagine
this is a hard work.

Regards.


>
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >
> > <?php
> > /*
> >  * config_local.php
> >  */
> >
> > $squirrelmail_default_language = 'en_US';
> > $default_charset = 'utf-8';
> >
> > $imapServerAddress      = 'localhost';
> > $imap_auth_mech         = 'login';
> >
> > $optional_delimiter     = '/';
> >
> > $trash_folder           = 'INBOX/Trash';
> > $sent_folder            = 'INBOX/Sent';
> > $draft_folder           = 'INBOX/Drafts';
> > $auto_create_special    = true;
> >
> > $useSendmail = false;
> > $smtpServerAddress = 'localhost';
> > $smtpPort = 465;
> > $use_smtp_tls = true;
> > $smtp_auth_mech = 'plain';
> >
> > /* $encode_header_key      = 'ec708b484289'; */
> > /* $hide_auth_header       = false; */
> >
> > $org_name = "Kolab";
> > $org_logo = SM_PATH . 'images/sm_logo.png';
> > $org_logo_width = '308';
> > $org_logo_height = '111';
> >
> > $org_title = "Kolab";
> >
> > $provider_name = 'Kolab';
> > $provider_uri = 'http://www.kolab.org/';
> >
> > $edit_identity = false;
> >
> > unset($plugins);
> > $plugins[0]  = 'abook_take';
> > $plugins[]  = 'administrator';
> > $plugins[]  = 'calendar';
> > $plugins[]  = 'compatibility';
> > $plugins[]  = 'delete_move_next';
> > $plugins[]  = 'listcommands';
> > $plugins[]  = 'message_details';
> > $plugins[] = 'newmail';
> > $plugins[] = 'squirrelspell';
> > $plugins[] = 'squirrel_logger';
> > $plugins[] = 'translate';
> >
> > $plugins[] = 'addgraphics';
> > $plugins[] = 'check_quota';
> > $plugins[] = 'folder_sizes';
> > $plugins[] = 'pupdate';
> > $plugins[] = 'show_user_and_ip';
> > $plugins[] = 'smallcal';
> > $plugins[] = 'vkeyboard';
> > $plugins[] = 'username';
> >
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alain Spineux
> > aspineux gmail com
> > May the sources be with you
> >
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