Roundcube

Introduction

Roundcube webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an email client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.

https://roundcube.net

Installation

There are 3 ways of installing Roundcube...

1. From your systems package repository
2. Download precompiled binary
3. Compile from source

From your systems package repository

This may not give you the latest version.

sudo apt-get install roundcube

Download precompiled binary

This will give you the latest version.

https://www.linode.com/docs/email/clients/install-roundcube-on-ubuntu-14-04

https://roundcube.net/download/ (complete version)

Install NOTES

Error = PHP Error: Request security check failed (GET /?_task=logout)

Fix = You have to install javascript dependencies. See INSTALL text file...

cd /var/www/html/roundcube/bin/
./install-jsdeps.sh

Error = SMTP Error (250): Authentication Failed

Fix = edit your config.inc.php to include these lines...

$config['default_host'] = 'tls://localhost';
$config['smtp_port'] = 25;
$config['smtp_auth_type'] = 'LOGIN';

...and change some Postfix settings...

$ postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous'
$ postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_auth_only = no'

sudo service postfix restart

https://bobcares.com/blog/roundcube-smtp-error-250-authentication-failed/

Compile from source

https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Build-from-source

Upgrade

https://github.com/roundcube/roundcubemail/wiki/Upgrade

Auto Responder Reply Out of Office Vacation

http://www.titan21.co.uk/blog/roundcube/adding-an-auto-responder/

Mobile Theme

Absolutely awful instructions for this on their web site, but I've put down them down here in my way.

The issue is that Ubuntu installs the files in TWO places... /var/lib/ and /usr/share/.

So, you have to download them to the actual folders where they are kept and then symlink them to where Ubuntu wants to find them.

(sigh - that's 2 hours of my life I am not getting back)

Instructions for Ubuntu version...

sudo -i
cd /usr/share/roundcube/plugins
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Plugin-Mobile.git
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Plugin-JQuery-Mobile.git
mv Roundcube-Plugin-Mobile/ mobile
mv Roundcube-Plugin-JQuery-Mobile/ jquery_mobile
cd /usr/share/roundcube/skins
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Skin-Melanie2-Larry-Mobile.git
mv Roundcube-Skin-Melanie2-Larry-Mobile/ melanie2_larry_mobile
cd /var/lib/roundcube/plugins
ln -s /usr/share/roundcube/plugins/jquery_mobile
ln -s /usr/share/roundcube/plugins/mobile
cd /var/lib/roundcube/skins
ln -s /usr/share/roundcube/skins/melanie2_larry_mobile
cd /var/lib/roundcube/config/
nano config.inc.php
  $config['plugins'] = array(
  'archive',
  'zipdownload',
  'managesieve',
  'mobile',
  );

Instructions for downloaded version...

sudo -i
cd /var/www/roundcube/plugins
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Plugin-Mobile.git mobile
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Plugin-JQuery-Mobile.git jquery_mobile
chown -R www-data:www-data mobile/ jquery_mobile/
cd ../skins/
git clone https://github.com/messagerie-melanie2/Roundcube-Skin-Melanie2-Larry-Mobile.git melanie2_larry_mobile
chown -R www-data:www-data melanie2_larry_mobile/
cd ../config/
nano config.inc.php
  $config['plugins'] = array('managesieve','mobile');

Once it is installed, login and you will see a 'Mobile View' option in the top left hand corner.

Which is nice... so yeah, worth the effort.

Plugins

https://plugins.roundcube.net/explore