[SM-USERS] Installing SM with EIMS Server on Mac OS X Server

[Derek T. <de...@bb...>]

I wrote these instructions on installing SquirrelMail with EIMS 
Server (http://www.eudora.co.nz/) on Mac OS X Server 10.3.x.

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