[TriLUG] squirrelmail question

[Greg Brown]

Here is the situation:  I can create users via useradd but these users 
cannot access squirrelmail.  I am tearing through log files, etc, but 
can't find any obvious errors.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Greg


On Jan 17, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Matt Pusateri wrote:

> On Mon, January 17, 2005 2:24 pm, Greg Brown said:
>> I have been asked by a local company to take a peek at a
>> squirrelmail/postfix system.  I have set up postfix before but not
>> squirrelmail.  I understand that squirrelmail rides on top of imap.
>> If
>> I add a new user to the box in the normal fashion, useradd, how do I
>> get that new user able to use squirrelmail?
>>
>> ....back to google.
>>
>> Greg
>
> There is no user setup required for squirrellmail, unless you want to
> force certain squirellmail prefrerences(should be done at time of sm
> install).  But that really doesn't have anything to do with IMAP.  In
> most cases just creating the user should allow them to use
> squirrelmail, assuming the imap server is working.  If they don't need
> shell access, then, that is fine as well as long as they have a place
> to store their mail like /home/user  or wherever imap is configured to
> put their mail.
>
>
> Matt Pusateri
>
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