PHPCheckMail Files

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* PHPCheckMail readme.txt *
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PHPCheckMail is a simple and fast email checking web (browser) application 
which notifies you when you have received new email. It lists your email 
messages in all your mailboxes clearly and you can preview or delete
them immediately. PHPCheckMail supports POP3 and IMAP mailboxes and
runs on nearly any browser even mobile ones.

The installation on your web server is easy. You only need a webserver 
with PHP, no database required.

You can configure PHPCheckMail tailored to your needs. PHPCheckMail runs 
on your PC, as well as on modern mobile devices. It adapt itself to the 
possibilities of the client. 

You don't have to struggle with proxy and firewall configurations at client side. 
Absolutely no client installations required. 

You will have independant, central access to all your mails worldwide. 
Never depositing your mailbox passwords on a foreign collector system like gmail.



The projects homepage and where you can get infos and the newest* release:


http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpcheckmail


*See your version in the browsers title bar or in the about box text.



This free software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

PHPCheckMail Copyright(C) by Andreas Mehrrath


This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program (gpl.txt).  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.



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INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION
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Please set your configuration in the following files and folders:


I. MAILBOXES TO CHECK

conf/accounts.php              SET UP YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO COLLECT
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    Generate the necessary encrypted PASSWORDS for your configured accounts
    from your original mailbox passwords by calling the following administrative url:

    http://yourpathtophpcheckmail/checkmail.php?pwd=

    *PHPCheckMail won't work with cleartext passwords in accounts.php!



II. PHPCheckMail APPEARANCE

conf/config.php                MAIN CONFIGURATION FOR CHECKMAIL
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    Customize the application to your needs here.


III. DATA DIRECTORY

data/                          PHP/WEBSERVER USER WRITEABLE(!) EMAIL DATA DIRECTORY
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    Set it's write permissions correctly. Give the php respectively the webserver 
    deamon user write rights for this directory e.g.: chmod ./data -R 777 or +w+w+w.

    Non experts can use their FTP programm functionality and grant all available
    rights for this data/ directory, its subdirectories and all files in it.




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SECURITY ISSUES
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Don't edit the other files and/or remove (author) references.
Use PHPCheckMail on a SSL enabled host if possible. At least secure
your PHPCheckMail installation directory with an appropriate .htaccess file.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html




This free software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

PHPCheckMail Copyright(C) by Andreas Mehrrath