30.11. Linux Webmail IMP

Webmail IMP allows universal, web-based access to IMAP/POP3 servers and provides an address book, LDAP directory searches, full support for sending and receiving attachments, and many other features normally only found in desktop mail clients. If you have installed Apache with SSL support, clients can access and read mail through a secure manner by way of SSL encryption. By default in this section, we have configured Webmail IMP to use PostgreSQL database and IMAP connections. There is, though, much support for other databases within Webmail IMP. If you prefer, you can use MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, or other well know SQL databases. You may also choose to use POP3 instead of IMAP connection to your clients.

These installation instructions assume

• Commands are Unix-compatible.

• The source path is /home/httpd.

• Installations were tested on Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2.

• All steps in the installation will happen in super-user account root.

• Horde version number is 1.2.0

• Webmail IMP version number is 2.2.0

• PHPLib version number is 7.2b

These are the Package(s):

Webmail IMP Homepage:http://www.horde.org/imp/

You must be sure to download: horde-1.2.0-pre11.tar.gz

You must be sure to download: imp-2.2.0-pre11.tar.gz

PHPLib Homepage:http://phplib.netuse.de/index.php3

You must be sure to download: phplib-7.2b.tar.gz

there are some prerequisites youi need to take care of:

1. Apache web server should be already installed on your system to be able to use the Webmail IMP software.

2. The PHP4 server-side scripting language support should be already installed on your system to be able to use the Webmail IMP software.

3. Postgresql, or another database server, should be already installed on your system if you intend to use the Webmail IMP software with SQL support.

4. The OpenLDAP directory server should be already installed on your system if you intend to use the Webmail IMP software with LDAP support.

5. The IMAP/POP server should be already installed on your system to be able to use the Webmail IMP software.

6. The PHPLIB files, 7.2 or greater, should be already installed on your system to be able to use the Webmail IMP software.