-RoundCube Webmail (http://roundcube.net)
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+Roundcube Webmail (http://roundcube.net)
+
Introduction:
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-RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an
+Roundcube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an
application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect
-from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation,
-message searching and spell checking. RoundCube Webmail is written in PHP and
-requires the MySQL or Postgres database. The user interface is fully skinnable
-using XHTML and CSS 2.
-
-This project is meant to be a modern webmail solution which is easy to
-install/configure and that runs on a standard PHP plus MySQL or Postgres
-configuration. It includes open-source classes/libraries like PEAR
-(http://pear.php.net) and the IMAP wrapper from IlohaMail
-(http://www.ilohamail.org).
-
-The current development skin uses icons designed by Stephen Horlander and Kevin
+from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder management,
+message searching and spell checking. Roundcube Webmail is written in PHP and
+requires the MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite database. With its plugin API it is
+easily extendable and the user interface is fully customizable using skins
+which are pure XHTML and CSS 2.
+
+This project includes other open-source classes/libraries from PEAR
+(http://pear.php.net), an IMAP library derived from IlohaMail
+the TinyMCE rich text editor, Googiespell library for spell checking
+or the HTML sanitizer by Frederic Motte.
+
+The current default skin uses icons designed by Stephen Horlander and Kevin
Gerich for Mozilla.org.
Installation:
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-For detailed instructions on how to install RoundCube webmail on your server,
+For detailed instructions on how to install Roundcube webmail on your server,
please refer to the INSTALL document in the same directory as this document.
-Please carefully read the REQUIREMENTS section of the INSTALL instructions.
+Please carefully read the REQUIREMENTS section of the INSTALL instructions.
+
+If you're updating an older version of Roundcube please follow the steps
+described in the UPGRADING file.
-Licensing:
+Licensing:
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-This product is distributed under the GPL. Please read through the file
-LICENSE for more information about our license.
+This product is distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.
+Please read through the file LICENSE for more information about our license.
+Even if skins might contain some programming work, they are not considered
+as a linked part of the application and therefore skins DO NOT fall under
+the provisions of the GPL license. See the README file located in the skins
+folder for details on the skin license.
-How it works:
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-The main authority for the RoundCube access is the IMAP server. If
-'auto_create_user' is set to TRUE in config/main.inc.php a new record in the
-user table will be created once the IMAP login succeeded. This user record does
-not store a password, it's just used to assign identities, contacts and cache
-records. If you have 'auto_create_user' set to FALSE only IMAP logins which
-already have a corresponding entry in the user's table (username and hostname)
-will be allowed.
-Read more at http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Howto_Config
-and http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Dev_Docs
+Contribution:
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+Want to help make Roundcube the best webmail solution ever?
+Roundcube is open source software. Our developers and contributors all
+are volunteers and we're always looking for new additions and resources.
+For more information visit http://roundcube.net/contribute
Contact:
You're always welcome to send a message to the project admin:
hello@roundcube.net
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