Ok this might sound a dumb question but I need to ask. I have Qmail running on RH8 box. I am trying to install omail-webmail.

Here is an excerpt from the INSTALL file:


Install Steps (draft, work in progress)
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1) setup a virtual host for the webmail (webmail.yourdomain.ext)

2) create an unix user for the webmail ("webmail"), and eventualy a
group webmail

3) setup an apache <Virtualhost> for the webmail, including
"User webmail\nGroup webmail"


From this I can infer that I need to install a virtual host in apache for webmail.mydomain.com as listed in Step 3.

What i cant understand is what is meant by Step 1. How do I setup a virtual host? Isnt this the same as setting it up a virtual host in apache? Or is there a way to setup a server as a virtual host that has nothing to do with apache?

Or am I way lost here? Can someone please clarify these steps to me?


Confused Dude,

Thanks!

You don't really need a virtualhost for access to the webmail if you don't want it. You could use a folder under the DocumentRoot of an existing host or virtualhost.
The webmail's root folder could be in /var/www/html/webmail people would access it like this..

www.yourdomain.com/webmail

virtual hosting is just a cleaner way to seperate things, and could also allow certain restrictions on the virtualhost that is not on other virtualhosts.