Seeking advice on webmail software

satimis · 2007-11-30 02:14:46

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS, mail server)
VMWare (virtual server)
CentOS 5 (Guest OS)

I'm prepared installing webmail on the mail server. Can folks on the forum please share me your experience. I found following 3 webmail software on Open Source;

Squirrelmail
http://www.squirrelmail.org/

Uebimiau
http://www.uebimiau.org/

Roundcube
http://roundcube.net/

1) Are there other software recommended other than abovementioned ?

2) Of the 3 mentioned above which of them will be the first choice ?

3) Squirrelmail has long history. Is it easy to configure?

4) Would it be a better idea installing webmin on the Guest OS, CentOS 5, and connect it to the users' mail boxes on the Host OS, Ubuntu 7.04 ? Or just on the same OS where the mail server resides.

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Last edited by satimis (2007-11-30 09:09:46)

Bison · 2007-11-30 14:04:56

I've used both squirrelmail and roundcube.

To be honest, they are all pretty easy to install. Did you see this?

http://www.hypexr.org/linux_mail_server.php

Really nice tutorial for getting your ArchLinux mail server running, and includes installation of squirrelmail.

Squirrelmail is not very exciting, but it works. Roundcube looks really nice, but its still in beta, and there are a few quirks about it. I would honestly go with roundcube (and I still have it installed) just because it has a really nice web interface.

satimis · 2007-11-30 14:13:18

Bison wrote:

I've used both squirrelmail and roundcube.
To be honest, they are all pretty easy to install. Did you see this?
http://www.hypexr.org/linux_mail_server.php
Really nice tutorial for getting your ArchLinux mail server running, and includes installation of squirrelmail.
Squirrelmail is not very exciting, but it works. Roundcube looks really nice, but its still in beta, and there are a few quirks about it. I would honestly go with roundcube (and I still have it installed) just because it has a really nice web interface.

Hi Bison,

Thanks for your advice.

I have roundcube-webmail installed on repo on my mail server which is working. However I have no idea how to get it started so that users can login roundcube on the server via browser to send/receive mails. I have been googling around for relevant document on Internet w/o result. Pls help. TIA

Edit:

I found how to evoke roundcube-webmail both locally and remotely

Warning: include_once(config/main.inc.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/include/main.inc on line 43

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'config/main.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/:/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program:/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/lib:.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/include/main.inc on line 43

Warning: include_once(config/db.inc.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/include/main.inc on line 52

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'config/db.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/:/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program:/usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/lib:.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/include/main.inc on line 52

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in /usr/share/roundcube-webmail/program/include/main.inc on line 53

byte · 2007-11-30 16:23:57

While SquirrelMail may be the best known webmail software out there, you missed No.2 (in my opinion at least) so far: http://horde.org/imp/

satimis · 2007-12-01 11:14:51

byte wrote:

While SquirrelMail may be the best known webmail software out there, you missed No.2 (in my opinion at least) so far: http://horde.org/imp/

Thanks for your advice.

Sorry can't find your posting. #2 is from Bison

satimis

byte · 2007-12-01 15:22:15

What posting? I meant the (probably) second most popular webmail software.

satimis · 2007-12-02 14:01:28

byte wrote:

While SquirrelMail may be the best known webmail software out there, you missed No.2 (in my opinion at least) so far: http://horde.org/imp/

Hi byte,

Thanks for your advice.

I have squirrelmail-2:1.4.9 installed on repository

According to:-
Package: squirrelmail (2:1.4.10a-2~feisty1) [universe]
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty-backp … uirrelmail

Other Packages Related to squirrelmail

apache-2.2.3 (already installed)
php-5.2.1 (already installed
libapache2-mod-php-5.2.1 (already installed)
perl-5.8.8 (already installed)
php-pear-5.2.1 (already installed)

ispell-3.1.20.0 (not yet installed)
squirrelmail-locales-1.4.8 (not yet installed)
imap-server (not available on repository)
imapproxy-1.2.4 (not yet installed)
php5-ldap-5.2.1 (not yet installed)
squirrelmail-decode-1.1-2 (not yet installed)

I can have above packages installed on repo except imap-server which is NOT on repository

Where can I find relevant doc to configure squirrelmail?

Another thought, would it be easier to down the packages on;

http://www.squirrelmail.org/

and installed them accordingly?

TIA

Edit:

courier-imap-4.1.1 (already installed)

B.R.
satimis

Last edited by satimis (2007-12-02 14:11:49)

byte · 2007-12-02 14:21:40

What do you want, SquirrelMail on Ubuntu or on Arch?

(edit: ah, Ubuntu or CentOS, now I got it)

Arch has a package (cvs version) in the extra repo, but if you're installing a server application for the first time, I'd really recommend you to follow the official docs and do everything manually. There's no point in running software you don't understand.

Last edited by byte (2007-12-02 14:23:03)

Bison · 2007-12-03 14:16:45

satimis wrote:

https://domain.com/roundcube-webmail
started;
Security Error: Domain Name Mismatch
You have attempted to establish a connection with "domain.com". 
However, the security certificate presented belongs to "localhost".
It is possible, thought unlikely, that someone may be trying to 
intercept you communication with this website.

If you suspect the certicate shown does not belong to 
"domain.com", please cancel the connection and notify the site 
administrator
I just cancelled it.

Please advise where shall I check and how to fix this problem allowing "https;//localhost/roundcube-webmin" to start roundcube-webmail. TIA

B.R.
satimis

This looks like a configuration problem with your ssl or roundcube. I suspect you need to set the domain name to "domain.com" in your roundcube configuration. However, it would probably be best to consult the troubleshooting and installation docs to be sure.

satimis · 2007-12-03 15:06:38

byte wrote:

What do you want, SquirrelMail on Ubuntu or on Arch?
(edit: ah, Ubuntu or CentOS, now I got it)
Arch has a package (cvs version) in the extra repo, but if you're installing a server application for the first time, I'd really recommend you to follow the official docs and do everything manually. There's no point in running software you don't understand.

Noted with thanks.

satimis

satimis · 2007-12-03 15:22:49

Bison wrote:

- snip -
This looks like a configuration problem with your ssl or roundcube. I suspect you need to set the domain name to "domain.com" in your roundcube configuration. However, it would probably be best to consult the troubleshooting and installation docs to be sure.

I read several documents;

[how to] install roundcube webmail
http://forums.site5.com/showthread.php?t=9374

HOW TO: Setup RoundCube Webmail on Your Server
http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/10/29/how … ur-server/

Howto_Install - RoundCube Webmail - Trac
http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Howto_Install

Has anyone got RoundCube to work?
http://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?t=1885

etc.

and did googling heavily. I fail to see I can fix my problem.

satimis

satimis · 2007-12-03 16:42:34

byte wrote:

What do you want, SquirrelMail on Ubuntu or on Arch?
(edit: ah, Ubuntu or CentOS, now I got it)
Arch has a package (cvs version) in the extra repo, but if you're installing a server application for the first time, I'd really recommend you to follow the official docs and do everything manually. There's no point in running software you don't understand.

Install squirrelmail as advised.

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 (Host OS) - mail server
VMWare
Webmin
Usermin
CentOS 5 (Guest OS)
squirrelmail-1.4.11

Not Found

The requested URL /squirrelmail was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.3 PHP/5.2.1 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at domain.com Port 80

Bison · 2007-12-03 17:29:41

Given your unique situation, I doubt there is much we can do at this point to help you. Maybe you would have better luck with the Ubuntu/CentOS community, and the squirrelmail/roundcubemail community. After all, this is an ArchLinux forum, and we can only help so much with a configuration we aren't familiar with.

funkyou · 2007-12-03 20:43:27

I am using roundcube since a long time on my server and never experienced any real problems. Since rc2 its running perfectly for me...

It runs on Debian 4.0 with ispconfig, but the following howto should be suitable for nearly every distro:

http://www.howtoforge.com/roundcube_webmail_ispconfig

satimis · 2007-12-04 02:06:29

funkyou wrote:

I am using roundcube since a long time on my server and never experienced any real problems. Since rc2 its running perfectly for me...
It runs on Debian 4.0 with ispconfig, but the following howto should be suitable for nearly every distro:
http://www.howtoforge.com/roundcube_webmail_ispconfig

Thanks for your advice.

Previously I also tried following the steps on that howto. But I don't have ISPConfig on the mail server and can't install it. Because Webmin and Usermin are running. ISPConfig and Webmin are doing the same job being conflict each other. I was stuck on Step-1 and have no idea creating a new website to enable MySQL and PHP scripts for this website and disable PHP Safe Mode.

satimis

funkyou · 2007-12-04 14:09:30

satimis wrote:

I was stuck on Step-1 and have no idea creating a new website to enable MySQL and PHP scripts for this website and disable PHP Safe Mode

Webmin has some excellent documentation, for example about virtual hosts in apache or creating a new database in mysql.

Just read a bit through the documentation It is basically the same is in ispconfig...

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