[TYPO3] TYPO3 + Squirrelmail

[Mike Morris]

Hello,
 I would suggest to include horde IMP mail client
it is much more flexible and better to use...


MM

"Guus Leeuw jr." <guus.leeuw at guusleeuwit.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.118689.1170409133.21325.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hello List,
>
> In August 2006, there was a thread in this list under the name
> "[TYPO3] integrating squirrelmail or any other php application in typo3".
>
> Very nice.
>
> The thread referred to iframes, Single Sign On, the likes, and apps like
> SquirrelMail and phpBB.
>
> I've just finished the integration of SquirrelMail as an application into
> TYPO3 on the basis of:
> * Modified eu_ldap in that it stores my own md5-version-encrypted password
> in the fe_users table;
> * The page that refers to Email is an external URL
> * There is a non-published plugin in SquirrelMail that gathers the
> fe_user["username"] and fe_user["password"] from the TYPO3 DB (through the
> fe_user* _COOKIE) at login time, decrypts the password, and tells
> squirrelmail that the user is OK.
> * The SM Plugin also hooks into the SM logout do_hook, figuring out where
> to send the user back to (see note below)
> * Everything is HTTPSEnforcer enforced, so works nice behind SSL.
>
> Note:
> The do_hook('logout') hook is fairly basic, in that
> 1) The login stuff recognizes and stores the full $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]
> 2) The logout hook just sends the user back to that page.
> Now, ideally, one would suggest that the user would be sent back to the
> *parent* of the page where he came from, because, most likely, the user
> entered the mail application from within a page with/without meaningfull
> contents. Or even configurable / hardcoded. The point here is, I use the
> web-squirrelmail for employees and email-hosting-hosted-mail-users alike,
> so the logout page *should* be different *dynamically*.
>
> All in all, it means, there was no need to write an extension or anything.
> Just plugging together and a bit of extending... The SM plugin is like
> *really* simple.
>
> I reckon, this thing can be plugged in into other FE login extensions as
> well, but since I base my whole security on LDAP->SASL->Kerberos5 there is
> no point for me to try and implement that ;)
>
> If there is enough response from the TYPO3 community, I may be moved to
> publish my development under GPL and have it freely accessible on my
> company's website, so let me know!
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Guus Leeuw jr.
>
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