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13. Presets

This chapter lists SquirrelMail options set by D option in SquirrelMail configuration utility.

It can be used if user can't run configuration utility and changes options manually. Settings can be different if IMAP server uses shared folders.

Possible server values are:

bincimap = Binc IMAP server
courier = Courier IMAP server
cyrus = Cyrus IMAP server
dovecot = Dovecot Secure IMAP server
exchange = Microsoft Exchange IMAP server
hmailserver = hMailServer
macosx = Mac OS X Mailserver
mercury32 = Mercury/32
uw = University of Washington's IMAP server

13.1 default settings

These are generic settings that should work in some IMAP servers.

imap_server_type = other
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = INBOX.Trash
sent_folder = INBOX.Sent
draft_folder = INBOX.Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = false
force_username_lowercase = false

13.2 cyrus preset

This preset is written for Cyrus IMAP.

imap_server_type = cyrus
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = INBOX.Trash
sent_folder = INBOX.Sent
draft_folder = INBOX.Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = .
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = false

13.3 uw preset

This preset is written for UW IMAPD.

imap_server_type = uw
default_folder_prefix = mail/
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = true
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = true
optional_delimiter = /
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = true

Comments

Since v.2002 UW IMAPD disabled plain text logins in default configuration. SquirrelMail can't use STARTTLS features provided by default server configuration. You might have to run IMAPS (IMAP over SSL) service or enable plain text logins.

13.4 exchange preset

This preset is written for Microsoft Exchange IMAP server.

imap_server_type = exchange
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = INBOX/Deleted Items
sent_folder = INBOX/Sent Items
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = true

13.5 courier preset

This preset is written for Courier IMAP server.

imap_server_type = courier
default_folder_prefix = INBOX.
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = .
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = false

13.6 macosx preset

This preset is written for IMAP server used by MacOS X

imap_server_type = macosx
default_folder_prefix = INBOX/
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = false

13.7 hmailserver preset

This preset is written for hMailServer

imap_server_type = hmailserver (used in imap_search.php)
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = INBOX.Trash
sent_folder = INBOX.Sent
draft_folder = INBOX.Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = false
force_username_lowercase = false

13.8 mercury32 preset

This preset is used for Mercury Mail Transport System. Preset is available since SquirrelMail 1.5.0. It was tested on Mercury32 v.4.01b

imap_server_type = mercury32
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = true
show_contain_subfolders_option = true
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = true

Comments

Server side sorting and threading are not supported.
Message flags are not supported.
IMAP folders can store messages _or_ other folders.
Supports STARTTLS, if configured.
May have issues with 8bit IMAP folder names.

$imap_server_type variable is used to handle imap folder subscription differences.

Site URL: http://pmail.com

Preset used for Dovecot Secure IMAP server. It is available since SquirrelMail 1.5.1. There is no code specific to Dovecot IMAP server. Preset provides only a quick way to set correct folder settings. Tested on Dovecot v.0.99.14

imap_server_type = dovecot
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = detect
delete_folder = false
force_username_lowercase = true

Comments

IMAP server supports server side sorting and threading.

13.10 bincimap preset

Preset is used with Binc IMAP server. Available since SquirrelMail 1.5.1. Due to available storage backend configuration options it is impossible to create single preset, which covers all setups.

Default (1.2.13) configuration with Maildir++ depot and / delimiter

imap_server_type = bincimap (is used to handle INBOX in folder management)
default_folder_prefix = INBOX/
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = / (can be set to 'detect')
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = false (depends on checkpassword)

Default (1.3.4) configuration with IMAPdir depot - same as dovecot ?

imap_server_type = bincimap
default_folder_prefix = none (is set to empty string)
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = / (can be set to 'detect')
delete_folder = true
force_username_lowercase = false (depends on checkpassword)

Configuration with Maildir++ depot and . delimiter

Use courier preset.

Comments

IMAP server does not support server side sorting and threading.
Plain text logins are disabled by default.

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