Re: squirrelmail
Nathan Kroll said:
> Actually, we are using 1.4.2 and debian unstable running a 2.6.7
> kernel. I'm not sure how mcuh that helps.
>
> Also, the complaint from users is that if it takes more than 5 minutes
> to compose a new message, when they click send they are logged out and
> must relogin and retype their message. The user have been provded
> with instructions on setting up the folder list refresh, but there has
> to be a better way. Given the above, will the php
> session_cache_expire() still work? There is no way to configure this
> through squirrelmail? I found some plugin that accomplishes something
> close to what I want, but I'd rather make sure there is no easier way.
> ** I accidentally posted this on the debian-apache list too, sorry,
>
> Thanks for all the help,
> nate
>
>> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:48:44 -0400 (EDT), Bojan Baros
>> <bojan@blis.dyndns.org> wrote:
>> > Jacob S. said:
>> > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:21:05 -0500
>> > > Nathan Kroll <krolln@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> This isn't really debian specific or anything but I know that
>> someone
>> > >> here will know the answer.
>> > >>
>> > >> I'd like to change the session timeout value in squirrelmail. I
>> can't
>> > >> seem to find any help on google or in the squirellmail docs.
>> > >>
>> > >> I'd appreciate any help.
>> > >
>> > > I don't know what version you're using, so I'll assume 1.2.6 - the
>> > > version in Debian Woody.
>> > >
>> > > It looks like the session is started in src/validate.php and
>> > > src/webmail.php. I also notice they don't specify a session timeout,
>> so
>> > > it should be defaulting to 3 hours.
>> > >
>> > > Setting a session_cache_expire() line after each session_start
>> should
>> > > accomplish your desired goal. Read the following link if you're not
>> > > familiar with session_cache_expire() in php:
>> > >
>> > > http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.session-cache-expire.php
>> > >
>> > > HTH,
>> > > Jacob
>> >
>> > If you set the left folder to refresh periodically, you will not have
>> that
>> > problem, plus you will get new mail updates and so on.
>> >
>> > Bojan
>> >
Don't top post. :)
1. Do you have the login timeout plugin installed?
2. Your users might benefit from quicksave plugin. It stores the
(encrypted) email in progress on the users machine, using cookies, so that
if the session is disconnected or the user closes the browser, they can
get the message back.
http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins.php
Bojan
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