TWIG - Web-Based E-Mail and More TWIG (The Web Information Gateway) is a powerful web-based intranet/groupware tool and application framework. It is implemented using PHP, an HTML-embedded scripting language, and the MySQL database application. You can use TWIG to provide e-mail accounts that are easily accessible from anywhere on the Web. Other features include a contact manager, scheduler, Usenet Newsgroup support, to-do lists, and bookmarks. Many more features are planned. Installation To install TWIG, do the following according to your Virtual Private Servers O/S. FreeBSD & Solaris Install MySQL on your Virtual Private Servers. Be sure to include a password when you install. Install PHP4 on your Virtual Private Servers. TWIG requires this version of the PHP4 Apache module: mod_php4-4.0.6-module-mysql-mcrypt-ftp-imap.so Connect to your Virtual Private Servers via Telnet or SSH and install the TWIG software by issuing the following command. % vinstall twig BSD/OS Upgrade! Refer to these special instructions: Installing TWIG on a BSD/OS Virtual Private Servers Huh? If you don't know the Virtual Private Servers O/S, try the following: Which O/S Is Your Virtual Private Servers Running?   Reading E-Mail You will now be able to read your Virtual Private Servers e-mail with any web browser (e.g. Netscape or MSIE). You simply need to access a URL like this: http://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/twig/ TWIG will prompt you for your e-mail username and password. After successful authentication, the contents of your mailbox will be displayed. NOTE: Since TWIG uses IMAP it also can be used to create additional mail folders to sort and store incoming mail. Any additional mail folders that a user creates will be created in the user's home directory as listed in your local password file (~/etc/passwd). If the user's home directory happens to be defined as a directory in the ~/var/www/vhosts/chainreactionweb.com/httpdocs/ or ~/www/vhosts directory structure (typically created in this fashion such that the user can upload and download content to and from a Virtual Subhost via FTP) then any mail folders these users create using TWIG will be accessible to anyone via a web client. Therefore, it is highly recommended that these users create any additional mail folders under a Mail subdirectory and create a .htaccess file and store it in such a Mail directory to protect the confidentiality of the mail stored therein. The contents of a suitable .htaccess file are shown below: <Limit GET POST PUT DELETE> deny from all </Limit> More Information For more information see: TWIG FAQ