SquirrelMail with UW-IMAP problem

By default SquirrelMail will have problem when trying to login into UW-IMAP server.

This FAQ @ squirrelmail explain the work around : link

Basically :

- reconfigure uw-imap server to provide imaps :

dpkg-reconfigure uw-imap

- run /usr/sbin/squirrelmail-configure

- Select option D and set to the option to uw

- Return to Main Menu and select option 2. Server Option.


- Select option 4. IMAP Server

- Set 5. IMAP Port to 993, and 7. Secure IMAP (TLS) to true

- Save, and Quit.

This will connect the squirrelmail to uw-imap server.

By design, UW-IMAP server does not allow plain text login for the reason of security. And squirrelmail only support plaintext login because of some limitation from the php ssh module, and some restriction from squirrelmail IMAP implementation. (http://www.squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin-10.html)