Roundcube webmail app for windows

Roundcube is a popular open-source webmail client that can be installed on a Windows server. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you install and configure Roundcube on a Windows server:

Prerequisites:

  1. Windows Server (any version that supports IIS and PHP)
  2. IIS (Internet Information Services) installed and configured
  3. PHP installed and configured
  4. MySQL or another database management system installed and configured
  5. A domain name and DNS settings configured

Step 1: Install IIS and PHP

  1. Install IIS on your Windows Server. You can do this by going to the "Add or Remove Programs" control panel and selecting "Turn Windows features on or off". Check the box next to "Internet Information Services" and click "OK".
  2. Install PHP on your Windows Server. You can download the latest version of PHP from the official PHP website and follow the installation instructions.

Step 2: Install Roundcube

  1. Download the latest version of Roundcube from the official Roundcube website.
  2. Extract the downloaded zip file to a directory on your Windows Server, for example, C:\Roundcube.
  3. Create a new directory for Roundcube's data files, for example, C:\Roundcube\data.

Step 3: Configure Roundcube

  1. Open the config.inc.php file in a text editor and update the following settings:
    • $rcmail_config['db_dsnw']: update this setting to match your database configuration (e.g., mysql://username:password@localhost/roundcubemail)
    • $rcmail_config['default_host']: update this setting to match your mail server's hostname (e.g., mail.example.com)
    • $rcmail_config['smtp_server']: update this setting to match your mail server's SMTP hostname (e.g., smtp.example.com)
  2. Save the changes to the config.inc.php file.

Step 4: Create a Roundcube database

  1. Create a new database for Roundcube using your database management system (e.g., MySQL).

  2. Run the following SQL command to create the Roundcube database tables:

    CREATE TABLE `roundcubemail`.`users` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`user` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
`pass` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
`name` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
`email` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

    Step 5: Configure IIS and PHP

  3. Create a new website in IIS and point it to the directory where you extracted Roundcube (e.g., C:\Roundcube).

  4. In the IIS website settings, update the following settings:

    • Document Root: set to the directory where you extracted Roundcube (e.g., C:\Roundcube)
    • Default Document: set to index.php

  5. In the PHP settings, update the following settings:

    • extension_dir: set to the directory where you installed PHP's extensions (e.g., C:\PHP\ext)
    • php.ini: update the upload_max_filesize setting to a reasonable value (e.g., 20M)

Step 6: Test Roundcube

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to the Roundcube website (e.g., http://example.com/roundcube).
  2. Log in to Roundcube using a test user account.
  3. Verify that Roundcube is working correctly and that you can access your email accounts.

That's it! You should now have Roundcube installed and configured on your Windows server.