ISPConfig3 - Install Webmail Tutorial?

[slaeya]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone had a more comprehensive tutorial for install webmail with ISPConfig3 ***AFTER*** ISPConfig3 is installed. I find this one hard to follow and have now reformatted my server for the 6th time this week because I was mucking around with files / things I did not understand. I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and can't say I'm very linux savvy. I know the bare basics.

This is a snippet off http://www.ispconfig.org/docs/INSTALL_UBUNTU_8.10.txt which I found hard to follow and ended up messing up big time.

 
10.2) Horde (Webmail) - horde.org
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First of all, install the horde3 and Imp4 packages (Ubuntu/Debian)
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apt-get install horde3 imp4 gollem kronolith2 mnemo2 nag2 turba2
pear install --onlyreqdeps Log Mail Mail_Mime MDB2 File Date
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It is then necessary to setup an Alias for Apache. 
If you want horde only on single pages, that are created with ispc3:
Add the following line to ISPConfig->Sites->Web Domain->Options->Apache directives
If you want to access webmail on all pages add the following line to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
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Alias /horde3 /usr/share/horde3
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Allow Apache to write horde configuration files :
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chown -R www-data:www-data /etc/horde
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Important parameters to change are (in Horde setup) :
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Horde URL (change it to /horde3)
Enable Database Access. Do Not use MySQL Improved (4+), my attempts at using it failed. MySQL Standard runs fine however
Enable Authentication. I recommend IMAP authentication (something like {localhost:143/imap/notls}. Do not forget the /notls, not specifying failed on my setup). Also make sure to add your username to the list of Administrators, otherwise, you won’t have access to horde/imp4 parameters. Using anything else than IMAP seeemed to fail on my setup
Generate the configuration
Horde should now be setup. You now have to configure imp4
generate a configuration using the horde administration panel
modify the /etc/horde/imp4/servers.php file. Instruction are given inside the file concerning the syntax. If you run Courier-IMAP, and want Imp to automatically authenticate using horde credentials :
$servers[’imap’] = array(
‘name’ => ‘IMAP Server’,
’server’ => ‘localhost’,
‘hordeauth’ => true,
‘protocol’ => ‘imap/notls’,
‘port’ => 143,
‘folders’ => ‘INBOX.’,
‘namespace’ => ‘’,
‘maildomain’ => ‘domain.com’,
’smtphost’ => ‘localhost’,
’smtpport’ => 25,
‘realm’ => ‘’,
‘preferred’ => ‘’,
‘dotfiles’ => false,
‘hierarchies’ => array()
);
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[till]

I really can not recommend horde, its a mess to install and will be removed from the installation instructions therfor. Better use e.g. squirrelmail, just install it as described here:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...-ispconfig3-p5

[slaeya]

Originally Posted by till

I really can not recommend horde, its a mess to install and will be removed from the installation instructions therfor. Better use e.g. squirrelmail, just install it as described here:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...-ispconfig3-p5

Thanks till, I already went ahead with it and it installed no problems.

I have one more question regarding this though.

I currently have to use the server domain to access webmail, if I host more than one site, can they access webmail from their own domain and how do I set this up

ie.
current setup.

domain1.net => domain1.net/webmail
domain2.net => domain1.net/webmail

desired setup

domain1.net => domain1.net/webmail
domain2.net => domain2.net/webmail

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I have installed squirrelmail on my server and everything is currently working fine. I would love to get this working if possible though

[till]

To do this you would have to create a symlink named "webmail" in every website directory that points to the squirrelmail directory or you add a global alis for webmail in apache2.conf for "webmail" pointing to the squirrelmail installation.

But this only works as long as you have mod_php or suphp enabled in the website. As soon as you enable suexec it will fail with permission problems.

[slaeya]

ok, I have devised a workaround for this now.

I now have yet another question about the mailserver.

When I am sending mail from outside servers towards my mailserver I get errors -
ERR: authdaemon: s_connect() failed: Permission denied Invalid user specified.

Once I encounter this error this command fixes it

chmod 4755 /var/run/courier/authdaemon

is there any way to make it so I don't recieve this error anymore

[till]

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32478

[manarak]

Originally Posted by till

I really can not recommend horde, its a mess to install and will be removed from the installation instructions therfor. Better use e.g. squirrelmail, just install it as described here:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...-ispconfig3-p5

I think Squirrelmail is disserving itself by not including some themes that can actually be looked at.

This page isn't of any help either: http://squirrelmail.org/themes.php
A little color is not enough to remove this "feeling of the nineties"

[till]

You may use any webmail application together with ispconfig that supports either pop3 or imap. If you dont like squirrelmail, then take a look at e.g. roundcube.

[manarak]

Squirrelmail is fine, it just looks ugly!

[fhawk]

You can use Extmail!
http://www.extmail.org/