Installing VisualMail Enterprise

 

  1. Unpack the VisualMail distribution file.
  2. tar zxvf visualmail-3.0.tar.gz

  3. cd to the distribution directory.
  4. cd visualmail-3.0/

  5. Become root.
  6. su root

  7. Run the setup program.
  8. ./setup

    Then you will have to enter some directories information:

    Installation directory [/usr/local/visualmail]:

    The Installation directory is where all the VisualMail file will be installed.

    Web server cgi-bin directory [/var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin]:

    The cgi-bin directory is the cgi executable directory of your web server software where the VisualMail executable file will be stored.

    Web server document root directory [/var/lib/httpd/htdocs]:

    The document root directory is the html root directory of your web server software where the VisualMail gif files will be stored.

  9. Edit the /etc/visualmail.conf file in order to match your system configuration. For more information about the visualmail.conf file parameters, read the visualmail.conf section in this guide.
  10. Add an entry to your crontab file to run the 'dbutil' program every night. The 'dbutil' handles all the database maintenance functions.
  11. crontab -e

    and add the following line (example):

    00 05 * * * <your_install_directory>/bin/dbutil >/dev/null

    The 'dbutil' program must be executed as root in order to open all the databases.

  12. Open your browser and try VisualMail.

 

 

Installing VisualMail Standard

 

  1. Unpack the VisualMail distribution file.
  2. tar zxvf visualmail-3.0.tar.gz

  3. cd to the distribution directory.
  4. cd visualmail-3.0/

  5. Become root.
  6. su root

  7. Run the setup program.
  8. ./setup

    Then you will have to enter some directories information:

    Installation directory [/usr/local/visualmail]:

    The Installation directory is where all the VisualMail file will be installed.

    Web server cgi-bin directory [/var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin]:

    The cgi-bin directory is the cgi executable directory of your web server software where the VisualMail executable file will be stored.

    Web server document root directory [/var/lib/httpd/htdocs]:

    The document root directory is the html root directory of your web server software where the VisualMail gif files will be stored.

  9. Edit the /etc/visualmail.conf file in order to match your system configuration. For more information about the visualmail.conf file parameters, read the visualmail.conf section in this guide.
  10. Open your browser and try VisualMail.