From aba at not.so.argh.org  Sat Dec  6 10:30:18 2008
From: aba at not.so.argh.org (Andreas Barth)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:30:18 +0100
Subject: [Webmail-devel] setting up beammail
Message-ID: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>

Hi,

I tried to setup beammail according to the instructions in the svn.
However, there is no modules/webmailConfig.py, but in server/. Is that a
template? Should I create modules? Why (and when) should I want to
recompile pyjamas? How can I change the path from /var/spool/webmail/ to
some other place more appropriate for my environment? Is there an
apache-config-snippet I can use? 

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Andi


From tv at beamnet.de  Sat Dec  6 12:58:35 2008
From: tv at beamnet.de (Thomas Viehmann)
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:58:35 +0100
Subject: [Webmail-devel] setting up beammail
In-Reply-To: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	(sfid-20081206_120816_580890_DCAF0CBECBBBC963)
References: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	(sfid-20081206_120816_580890_DCAF0CBECBBBC963)
Message-ID: <493A76FB.8090707@beamnet.de>

Hi Andi,

thanks for trying out beamMail!

Andreas Barth wrote:
> I tried to setup beammail according to the instructions in the svn.
> However, there is no modules/webmailConfig.py, but in server/. Is that a
> template? Should I create modules? Why (and when) should I want to
> recompile pyjamas? How can I change the path from /var/spool/webmail/ to
> some other place more appropriate for my environment? Is there an
> apache-config-snippet I can use? 
Ah, sorry.
So in order:
- modules has moved to server,
- you want to recompile the pyjamas part if you change something there,
  to update the static dir,
- unfortunately, the path is hardcoded at the moment (in three places
  in webmail-server.py)[*],
- here is my apache config (all it does is do HTTPS and forward to
  HTTP), in principle you can run SSL directly too, but I just have it
  on a virtual host, so I didn't implement this yet[*].

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName mail.example.com:443
ProxyRequests off
ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
DocumentRoot "/dev/null"
<Proxy *>
  Allow from all
</Proxy>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/https.beamnet.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/https.beamnet.key
<Files ~ "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php3?)$">
    SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Files>
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
    SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Mind you, I have just pushed a couple of fixes from my local tree.

If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to ask here or catch me
on IRC.

Kind regards

T.

*. If you need this, I'll fix this quickly, too, or take your patch. :)
-- 
Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/


From aba at not.so.argh.org  Sat Dec  6 15:52:23 2008
From: aba at not.so.argh.org (Andreas Barth)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:52:23 +0100
Subject: [Webmail-devel] setting up beammail
In-Reply-To: <493A76FB.8090707@beamnet.de>
References: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	<493A76FB.8090707@beamnet.de>
Message-ID: <20081206155223.GM26549@mails.so.argh.org>

* Thomas Viehmann (tv at beamnet.de) [081206 13:44]:
> - here is my apache config (all it does is do HTTPS and forward to
>   HTTP), in principle you can run SSL directly too, but I just have it
>   on a virtual host, so I didn't implement this yet[*].

Can you show the apache config of the 8080-hosts as well - that's the more
interesting.

Below the first docu update patch.


Cheers,
Andi

diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index b2df6a4..a0ceff8 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ that also does https for you.
 
 "Set up guide"
 
-You need to adjust modules/webmailConfig.py (read through it, too).
-If you want to recompile the web app use pyjamas/build.sh.
+You need to adjust server/webmailConfig.py (read through it, too).
+
+If you change something in the pyjamas part you need to recompile it
+with pyjamas/build.sh.
 
 You need to set up /var/spool/webmail/ to be read-writable (only)
-by the user running webmail.
+by the user running webmail - the directory is hardcoded at the moment
+in webmail-server.py, but should be changed someday.
 
 Run webmail-server.py.


From tv at beamnet.de  Sat Dec  6 21:30:17 2008
From: tv at beamnet.de (Thomas Viehmann)
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:30:17 +0100
Subject: [Webmail-devel] setting up beammail
In-Reply-To: <20081206155223.GM26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	(sfid-20081206_220535_402390_56379C2015D3C252)
References: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>	<493A76FB.8090707@beamnet.de>
	<20081206155223.GM26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	(sfid-20081206_220535_402390_56379C2015D3C252)
Message-ID: <493AEEE9.1050407@beamnet.de>

Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Thomas Viehmann (tv at beamnet.de) [081206 13:44]:
>> - here is my apache config (all it does is do HTTPS and forward to
>>   HTTP), in principle you can run SSL directly too, but I just have it
>>   on a virtual host, so I didn't implement this yet[*].

> Can you show the apache config of the 8080-hosts as well - that's the more
> interesting.
webmail-server.py listens on 8080, so it's not apache (sorry about the
old mod-python references) on the webpage.


> Below the first docu update patch.
Thanks!

Kind regards

T.
-- 
Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/


From aba at not.so.argh.org  Sat Dec  6 21:58:14 2008
From: aba at not.so.argh.org (Andreas Barth)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 22:58:14 +0100
Subject: [Webmail-devel] setting up beammail
In-Reply-To: <493AEEE9.1050407@beamnet.de>
References: <20081206103018.GK26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	<493A76FB.8090707@beamnet.de>
	<20081206155223.GM26549@mails.so.argh.org>
	<493AEEE9.1050407@beamnet.de>
Message-ID: <20081206215814.GP26549@mails.so.argh.org>

* Thomas Viehmann (tv at beamnet.de) [081206 22:23]:
> Andreas Barth wrote:
> > * Thomas Viehmann (tv at beamnet.de) [081206 13:44]:
> >> - here is my apache config (all it does is do HTTPS and forward to
> >>   HTTP), in principle you can run SSL directly too, but I just have it
> >>   on a virtual host, so I didn't implement this yet[*].
> 
> > Can you show the apache config of the 8080-hosts as well - that's the more
> > interesting.
> webmail-server.py listens on 8080, so it's not apache (sorry about the
> old mod-python references) on the webpage.

Next patch then. Thanks.


Cheers,
Andi

diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index a0ceff8..90f5493 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ You need to set up /var/spool/webmail/ to be read-writable (only)
 by the user running webmail - the directory is hardcoded at the moment
 in webmail-server.py, but should be changed someday.
 
-Run webmail-server.py.
+Run webmail-server.py. This programm will listen on the address and
+port configured in server/webmailConfig.py, so ensure that this address
+isn't reachable by untrusted clients (but use e.g. apache with SSL as
+front-proxy).