Webmail

The Webmail installed in IPBRICK is Horde's Groupware and can be configured to deal with other e-mail or calendar servers that are not IPBRICK. Therefore you will have to specify in this section which IMAP^4.14 and SMTP^4.15 (sending) and calendar servers that will be used (Figure 4.58).

Figure 4.58: WebMail Definitions

To change all settings click Modify. The servers may be identified by their FQDN^4.16 or their IP address.

If we got a Intranet IPBrick (or another intranet mail server) and a Communications IPBrick, you need to point the IMAP (the server responsible for receiving mails) and SMTP (the server responsible for sending mails) to the internal mail server address. To use the IPBrick webmail at Internet you just need to:

• Register a A record or CNAME called webmail at the public DNS server of the company domain, pointing to the IPBrick public IP;
• If the IPBrick doesn't have a public IP at eth1, configure a DNAT rule in router to the port 443 and to the eth1 IPBrick IP.

So, at Webmail Definitions you have:

• IMAP Server: Type the FQDN or the IP address of the server that will handle the authentication and that will access emails;
• SMTP Server: Type the FQDN or the IP address of the server that will send your emails;
• IPBrick Calendar Address: Type your calendar's URL, by default:
  http://calendar.domain.com
• Default View: There are three graphic options to visualize the application (Traditional, Dynamic and Minimalist);
• Default entity type: Select the default entity type that will be available at the Groupware application and in IPBrick Contacts;
• Default entity: Select the default entity that will be available at the Groupware application and in IPBrick Contacts.

IPBRICK's web interface has now even more configurable Groupware options, blocking certain features to users here is simpler and faster than accessing Groupware's administrative interface.

On the same page you may also configure the Global Options:

Figure 4.59: Global Options

• Login Image: Upload the logo you wish to display at the Groupware app, supports: JPG; PNG; GIF.;
• Login image url: The URL of the logo image, by default: http://www.ipbrick.com
• Groupware Server: Type you Groupware server, by default the native: localhost
• Login Message: Type the welcome message to be displayed at login, by default: Welcome to IPBrick Groupware
• Administrators users: This acts as a uni-directional sync between Groupware and IPBrick. An important change in settings done by the Groupware administration, that has relevance to all users, will be presented at this page according to its type.
  

  To import changes done by the Groupware administrator or administrators, simply select the administrator that implemented the changes (if there are more than one) from the pop-down list and click on the Import button.
  

  NOTE: To add another Groupware administrator login at the Groupware app as an administrator and at: Administration > Setup > Authentication and add more users.

  Figure 4.60: Adding Groupware Administrators

  

  The new users will then be available at the pop-down list.

  Figure 4.61: Selecting the Groupware Administrator

  

  Each group of options presents you with a record of various settings done at IPBRICK Groupware. When you click on the Import button any new changes will be presented according to its type with the Block option to prevent users to access the corresponding features. If there no record of any configuration it will be displayed as No Records

  Figure 4.62: No records

  

  Figure 4.63: Address Book Options with new settings

  

The IPBrick Groupware settings presents this options:

Figure 4.64: Groupware Options

• Select your color scheme: Select your preferred color scheme, by default silver. You may also choose to block this setting, making impossible for normal users to alter the color scheme.

These are the editable Mail Options:

• Display Virtual Inbox?: You may choose to block this setting, making impossible for normal users to view the Virtual Inbox.
• Messages per page in the mailbox view: Select the number of mails per page, by default 20. Users may choose other number of pages but you may choose to block this setting, making impossible for normal users to alter the default 20 mails per page.
• Compose messages with an HTML GUI by default (if browser supports the feature)?: You may tick the Blocked box, making impossible for normal users to access the GUI.

The Address Book can also be edited according to these available options:

Figure 4.65: Address Book Options

• Maximum number of pages: By default 10. Users may choose other number of pages but you may choose to block this setting, making impossible for normal users to alter the default 10 pages.
• Number of items per page: By default 20. Users may choose other number of items per page but you may choose to block this setting, making impossible for normal users to alter the default 20 value.
• View to display by default: Non-editable, at the moment. The Groupware's main page, by default search.php.

Footnotes

... IMAP^4.14

Internet Message Access Protocol

... SMTP^4.15

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

... FQDN^4.16

Fully Qualified Domain Name