PhpGroupware - Setting up Email Account

In the previous post I have written on how-to implement the Phpgroupware.

Here I will discuss on Setting up Email Accounts for Users.

What we will do is Fetch Users Mail From External domain.
I have created two users on www.bluebottle.com

1) sriramsreedhar@bluebottle.com

2) rakeshsreedhar@bluebottle.com

Note : Bluebottle offers Pop/Imap and Smtp Access

Pop/Imap - mail.bluebottle.com

Smtp - smtp.bluebottle.com

First login to Setup/Config Admin Login
http://mybox.sriram.com/phpgroupware/setup/index.php Under Step 2 -

Configuration

Click here to setup an admin account and (optionally) 3 demo accounts.

Create Accounts (This will be your Virtual Login Names)

Details of Admin Account
Admin username - rakesh
Admin first name - Rakesh
Admin last name - Sreedhar
Admin password
Re-enter password

Now login to

http://mybox.sriram.com/phpgroupware/index.php

Click Preferences - Change your Settings

Interface Template Selection - Idots

Theme (color/fonts) selection - Idots

Click Save

Now Again Click Preference > Email Preference

In the last Menu

First 6 options are Important

Custom Email Preference

Use custom settings
Email Account Name
E-Mail password (hidden)
E-Mail address
Mail Server
Mail Server type IMAPPOP-3IMAPSPOP-3S
IMAP Server Type - If Applicable Cyrus or CourierUWashUW-Maildir
U-Wash Mail Folder - If Applicable
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Click Submit

Now on the top Left Click Admin > 2nd Option Email > Site Configuration

Here you can POP/IMAP and SMTP Details
Note : Smtp Auth option is not available here

Admin

Site configuration Mail settings Enter your POP/IMAP mail server hostname or IP address: Select your mail server type: IMAPPOP-3IMAPSPOP-3S IMAP Server Type: Cyrus or CourierUWashUW-Maildir Enter your default mail domain ( From: user@domain ): Mail server login type: standardvmailmgrispman (experimental) Enter your SMTP server hostname or IP address: Enter your SMTP server port:

Some additional PhpGroupware Information - FAQ

How To set up smtp-auth ? Note : you don't have a web based for this

Solution: phpGroupware as basic support for SMTP Auth in that you can set a single username and password so the whole phpGroupWare install to use when sending email.

1. Edit /var/www/html/phpgroupware/email/inc/class.mail_send.inc.php
2. Search for "$smtp_auth_login_required". Should be around line 209.
3. Change False to True and set the username and password in the $mylogin and $mypassword variables respectivly.
4. Save the file and send an email. The changes will take effect immediatly for all phpGroupWare users.

How to use a different port for imap instead of default 143 ?

open file > /var/www/html/email/inc/class.mail_msg_base.inc.php

$mail_port = 143

Change it to whatever your non standard port is

eg. $mail_port = 8143



When is it scheduled to check mails ?

Default is 4 minutes .. I am told this will come in user preference until then

Step 1.

In email/inc/class.boindex.inc.php delete the ,240000 in the $this->xi['auto_refresh_widget'] line (line 368). That number forces the default to be 4 minutes (240000 milliseconds)

Step 2.

In email/inc/class.html_widgets.inc.php find:

function auto_refresh($reload_me=, $feed_refresh_ms=)

{

and add

$GLOBALS['phpgw']->msg->set_pref_value('refresh_ms', 10*60*1000 );

// change the number to your desired refresh time in milliseconds (example is 10 minutes)

// use 0 (zero) to disable the refresh

You're done.

By the way, if you want to manually refresh the INBOX contents, you can just click on the email icon in the navbar.