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Squirrelmail is the web mail application of the University of Bristol <ref>http://www.bristol.ac.uk/is/computing/applications/email/squirrel</ref>
Squirrelmail is the web mail application of the University of Bristol <ref>http://www.bristol.ac.uk/is/computing/applications/email/squirrel</ref>
Squirrelmail is the web mail application of [[IIT Bombay]]<ref>http://gpo.iitb.ac.in/src/login.php</ref> which is one of the premiere institute of technology/engineering in [[India ]] and is considered as the one of the best engineering colleges around the world with par to [[MIT]]<ref>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/30575-iit-vs-mit.html</ref><ref>http://www.hvk.org/articles/0103/263.html</ref><ref>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694143975371488739#</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJuSL96MIkU</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/19/60minutes/main559476.shtml</ref>
Squirrelmail is the web mail application of [[IIT Bombay]]<ref>http://gpo.iitb.ac.in/src/login.php</ref> which is one of the premiere institute of technology/engineering in [[India ]] and is considered as the one of the best engineering colleges around the world on par to [[MIT]]<ref>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/30575-iit-vs-mit.html</ref><ref>http://www.hvk.org/articles/0103/263.html</ref><ref>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694143975371488739#</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJuSL96MIkU</ref><ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/19/60minutes/main559476.shtml</ref>


==Support==
==Support==

Revision as of 14:14, 26 July 2010

SquirrelMail
Original author(s)Nathan and Luke Ehresman[1]
Developer(s)The SquirrelMail Project Team
Initial releaseDecember 14, 1999 (1999-12-14) [2]
Stable release
1.4.21 / July 23, 2010 (2010-07-23)
Preview release
1.5.1 / February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)
Repository
Written inPHP
PlatformCross-platform
Available inMore than 50 languages[3]
TypeWeb-based email
LicenseGNU General Public License v2
Websitewww.squirrelmail.org

SquirrelMail is a web-based email application started by Nathan and Luke Ehresman.[1] and written in the PHP scripting language. It can be installed on almost all web servers as long as PHP is present and the web server has access to an IMAP and SMTP server.

SquirrelMail outputs valid HTML 4.0 for its presentation, making it compatible with a majority of current web browsers. SquirrelMail uses a plugin architecture to accommodate additional features around the core application, and over 200 plugins are available on the SquirrelMail website[4][5]

Licensed under the GNU General Public License, SquirrelMail is free software. It is currently available in over 50 languages.[3] SquirrelMail is included in many major GNU/Linux distributions [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] and is independently downloaded by tens of thousands of people every month.[15]

Platforms

SquirrelMail is available for any platform supporting PHP. Most commonly used platforms include Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and the server variants of Microsoft Windows.

Future development

New releases of the stable SquirrelMail product are made as needed to address any bugs or security issues which may be discovered. Development of new features and enhancements is concentrated on the development product, which, in time, will itself become the stable product. The SquirrelMail 1.5 Roadmap outlines some of the features slated for the next developmental release, including:

  • A templating system
  • A RPC interface for use by other applications as well as AJAX-enabled SquirrelMail template sets (skins)
  • A new initialization system
  • Faster login times due to improved message header caching
  • Security enhancements, such as HTTPOnly cookies
  • Improved usability/accessibility

Plugins

The SquirrelMail client itself is a complete webmail system, but extra features are available in the form of plugins. A plugin allows non-standard features to be added to SquirrelMail, often without the need to modify the source code. There are over 200 third-party plugins available for download from the SquirrelMail website,[4] and SquirrelMail ships with several "standard" or "core" plugins, allowing an administrator to add:

  • Spell checking (squirrelspell)
  • Mail filters (filters)
  • Web-based administration of SquirrelMail (administrator)
  • A calendar (calendar)
  • An interface to submit bug reports semi-automatically (bug_report)

Examples of functionalities added by various third-party plugins include:

  • Address book/contact grouping and other address book expansions
  • Monitoring and security tools to track usage, fight attackers and improve security
  • Password change
  • Quota reporting
  • Rich text (HTML) email composition and display
  • User-configurable front-ends for autoreponders, spam filtering systems such as SpamAssassin and server-side mail filters
  • Weather reporting
  • User account control panel

Internationalization

SquirrelMail has been translated into over 50 languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.[3]

Notable applications

SquirrelMail has been implemented as the official email system of the Prime Minister's Office of The Republic of India for its security advantages over Microsoft Office Outlook/Exchange system.[16] [17] [18] [19]

HEC Montréal deployed SquirrelMail as part of a comprehensive webmail solution, to support thousands of users.[20]

Squirrelmail is the web mail application of the University of Bristol [21] Squirrelmail is the web mail application of IIT Bombay[22] which is one of the premiere institute of technology/engineering in India and is considered as the one of the best engineering colleges around the world on par to MIT[23][24][25][26][27]

Support

There are several mailing lists available.[28] Several of the developers are available for live chat on IRC. A bug tracking system is available for reporting bugs or submitting patches.[28] For administrators or companies official and third party commercial support is available.

Skipped 1.4.14 version

On 27 May 2008 the SquirrelMail Team announced that, while the latest released version of their software was 1.4.13, a spammer was sending unsolicited email messages to various recipients about a 1.4.14-rc1 release candidate version which didn't really exist. The messages (usually titled "Internet Users Email Upgrade (IUEU)") urged recipients to upgrade immediately (because of supposed security issues) and contained a web link for users to do so. However, that web link pointed to a page where the spammer was collecting email addresses and passwords. Beside the fact that end users are not responsible for upgrading such software, that the "upgrade" page was merely a mock SquirrelMail login page made it clear that this was a Phishing attack. The "upgrade" page has been hosted on various compromised systems across the Internet and the attack has continued at least through July 2009 (sample).

As a result, the SquirrelMail team skipped version 1.4.14 and its next release after 1.4.13 was 1.4.15.[29]

This versioning tactic was of limited effectiveness, as later phish runs referenced 1.4.15 instead of 1.4.14.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "SquirrelMail history". Squirrelmail.org. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. ^ "Squirrelmail ChangeLog". Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  3. ^ a b c "SquirrelMail translation statistics". L10n-stats.squirrelmail.org. 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  4. ^ a b "SquirrelMail plugins". Squirrelmail.org. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  5. ^ http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/2415-1035_11-152684.html SolutionBase: Taking SquirrelMail to new levels
  6. ^ "Fedora Package Database -- squirrelmail". fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  7. ^ "Novell: openSUSE 10.3: squirrelmail". novell.com. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  8. ^ "Debian -- Package Search Results -- squirrelmail". debian.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  9. ^ "CentOS Package List". centos.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  10. ^ "CentOS SquirrelMail Package". centos.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  11. ^ "Ubuntu -- Package Search Results -- squirrelmail". ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  12. ^ "Gentoo Packages /package/mail-client/squirrelmail". gentoo.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  13. ^ "FreeBSD Ports Search -- squirrelmail". freebsd.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  14. ^ "Port description for mail/squirrelmail". freebsd.org. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  15. ^ "Project Statistics for SquirrelMail". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  16. ^ "Microsoft dumped after India PM's emails go AWOL". theregister.co.uk. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  17. ^ "PMO's email system infected for three months". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  18. ^ "Indian PM Abandons Outlook for Open-Source Email". infopackets.com. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  19. ^ "No Microsoft mail for PM". techgoss.com. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  20. ^ "HEC Montréal: Deployment of a Large-Scale Mail Installation". linuxjournal.com. 2004-05-01. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  21. ^ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/is/computing/applications/email/squirrel
  22. ^ http://gpo.iitb.ac.in/src/login.php
  23. ^ http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/30575-iit-vs-mit.html
  24. ^ http://www.hvk.org/articles/0103/263.html
  25. ^ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6694143975371488739#
  26. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJuSL96MIkU
  27. ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/19/60minutes/main559476.shtml
  28. ^ a b "SquirrelMail support". Squirrelmail.org. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  29. ^ "Squirrelmail homepage". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  30. ^ "Scamdex sample".
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