How to install roundcube email on mail iphone

Roundcube is a popular web-based email client that can be installed on a server to provide a user-friendly interface for managing email accounts. To install Roundcube on your iPhone, you'll need to set up a server to host the Roundcube installation and then configure your iPhone to access the Roundcube web interface. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started:

Prerequisites:

  1. A server with a web server (e.g., Apache), PHP, and a database (e.g., MySQL) installed.
  2. A domain name and a DNS setup to point to your server.
  3. A Roundcube installation package (available for download from the official Roundcube website).

Step 1: Install Roundcube on your server

  1. Download the Roundcube installation package from the official website.
  2. Extract the package contents to a directory on your server (e.g., /var/www/roundcube).
  3. Create a new database for Roundcube and grant the necessary permissions.
  4. Configure the Roundcube configuration file (config.inc.php) to connect to your database and set up the email server settings.
  5. Upload the Roundcube files to your server and make sure the config.inc.php file is writable.

Step 2: Configure your iPhone to access Roundcube

  1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap on "Safari" and then tap on "Advanced".
  3. Tap on "Website Settings" and then tap on "New".
  4. Enter the URL of your Roundcube installation (e.g., http://yourdomain.com/roundcube) and tap "Back".
  5. Tap on "User Agent" and select "Other".
  6. Enter the following string: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1
  7. Tap "Back" and then tap "Done".

Step 3: Access Roundcube on your iPhone

  1. Open Safari on your iPhone and navigate to the URL of your Roundcube installation (e.g., http://yourdomain.com/roundcube).
  2. You should see the Roundcube login page. Enter your email address and password to log in.
  3. Once logged in, you can access your email account using the Roundcube web interface.

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