How to configure Openwebmail in debian wheezy

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How to configure Openwebmail in debian wheezy

# apt-get install apache2 gcc g++
# cd /var/www
# wget http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/download/current/openwebmail-current.tar.gz
# tar xvf openwebmail-current.tar.gz
# cp -R cgi-bin/openwebmail /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
# cd data/
# mv openwebmail /var/www
# vim /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/openwebmail.conf

domainnames                   arif.com      #< change your domain name here
auth_module                    auth_unix.pl
mailspooldir                       /var/mail
ow_cgidir                            /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail
ow_cgiurl                            /cgi-bin/openwebmail
ow_htmldir                        /var/www/openwebmail
ow_htmlurl                        /openwebmail
logfile                                    /var/log/openwebmail.log

# vim /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/defaults/auth_unix.conf
passwdfile_encrypted    /etc/shadow
passwdmkdb                     none

# vim /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/defaults/dbm.conf

dbm_ext                             .pag
dbmopen_ext                   none
dbmopen_haslock         no

# apt-get install perl-suid libhtml-template-perl
# cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail
# chmod 4555 *.pl
# cd /var/www
# chown -R www-data:www-data openwebmail
# cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/
# chmod 777 sessions
# cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail
# ./openwebmail-tool.pl --init
# cd /var/www/openwebmail
# cp redirect.html /var/www/index.html

That’s it. Installation is complete. Now type this address to login to the web page.

http://***.***.***.***/openwebmail/
http://***.***.***.***/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl