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TWIG - Web-Based E-Mail and More
TWIG (The Web Information Gateway)
is a powerful web-based intranet/groupware tool and application framework. It
is implemented using PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting
language, and the MySQL
database application.
You can use TWIG to provide e-mail accounts that are
easily accessible from anywhere on the Web. Other features include a contact
manager, scheduler, Usenet Newsgroup support, to-do lists, and bookmarks.
Many more features are planned.
Installation
To install TWIG, do the following according to your Virtual Server O/S.
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FreeBSD & Solaris
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Install MySQL
on your Virtual Server. Be sure to include a password when you install.
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Install PHP4
on your Virtual Server. TWIG requires this version of the PHP4 Apache module:
mod_php4-CurrentVersion-module-mysql-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so
Replace CurrentVersion with the highest version number found in ~/www/modules/
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Connect to your Virtual Server via Telnet or SSH
and install the TWIG software by issuing the following command.
% vinstall twig
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Edit your php.ini file (or create one if one does not exist) and set register_globals = On. You
can download a complete php.ini file here.
% pico ~/usr/local/lib/php.ini
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Connect to your server in Telnet or SSH and restart your web server.
% restart_apache
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BSD/OS Upgrade!
Refer to these special instructions:
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Huh?
If you don't know the Virtual Server O/S, try the following:
Reading E-Mail
You will now be able to
read your Virtual Server e-mail with any web browser (e.g. Netscape or MSIE). You simply
need to access a URL like this:
http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/twig/
TWIG will
prompt you for your e-mail username and password. After successful
authentication, the contents of your mailbox will be displayed.
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NOTE:
Since TWIG uses IMAP it also can be used to
create additional mail folders to sort and store incoming mail. Any
additional mail folders that a user creates will be created in the
user's home directory as listed in your local password file (~/etc/passwd).
If the user's home directory happens to be defined as a directory in the
~/www/htdocs/ or ~/www/vhosts directory structure (typically created in
this fashion such that the user can upload and download content to and
from a Virtual Subhost via FTP) then any mail folders these users create
using TWIG will be accessible to anyone via a web client.
Therefore, it
is highly recommended that these users create any additional mail folders
under a Mail subdirectory and create a .htaccess file and store it in
such a Mail directory to protect the confidentiality of the mail stored
therein. The contents of a suitable .htaccess file are shown below:
<Limit GET POST PUT DELETE>
deny from all
</Limit>
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More Information
For more information see:
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