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How to Install SquirrelMail on OpenBSD

SquirrelMail is a webmail client that allows users to access their email via a web interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install SquirrelMail on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Install Apache and PHP

If you don't have Apache and PHP installed on your OpenBSD system, you need to install them. To do this, run the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add apache php

Step 2: Download and Install SquirrelMail

  1. Download the latest version of SquirrelMail from their official website. You can use the following command to do this:
$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrelmail/files/stable/1.4.23/squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded archive. You can use the following command to do this:
$ tar -xvf squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23.tar.gz
  1. Move the extracted directory to your Apache web server document root directory, which is located at /var/www/htdocs on OpenBSD.
$ sudo mv squirrelmail-webmail-1.4.23 /var/www/htdocs/squirrelmail
  1. Change the ownership of the SquirrelMail directory to the web server user.
$ sudo chown -R _www:_www /var/www/htdocs/squirrelmail

Step 3: Configure Apache

  1. Open the Apache configuration file using your favorite text editor.
$ sudo vi /etc/httpd.conf
  1. Add the following lines at the end of the Apache configuration file to enable SquirrelMail.
Alias /squirrelmail/ "/var/www/htdocs/squirrelmail/"
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/squirrelmail/">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
  1. Save and close the Apache configuration file.

  2. Restart the Apache service.

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/apache2 restart

Step 4: Access SquirrelMail

  1. Open a web browser on your local machine.

  2. Navigate to http://your-server-ip-address/squirrelmail/.

  3. You should see the SquirrelMail login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install SquirrelMail on OpenBSD. SquirrelMail is a simple and reliable webmail client that allows access to email via a web interface. The installation process is straightforward, and it is easy to configure and use.

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