Down and dirty with SquirrelMail

I have to admit, the gmail and yahoo new email interfaces are great, if you don’t mind the advertising, and very easy to use, however i have been using for a long time SquirrelMail to access the email directly on my server!

While the interface that comes with the cpanel installation is very basic, there is one thing i would have liked to have, like in Yahoo, when you get an email, the page title automatically changes with the number of unread emails!

Now, squirrelmail already have this auto-refresh thing, so here is what you need to do in order to get the titles of the top frame updated:

1. locate and open on your server the squirrelmail/src/left_main.php file
2. locate this line

/* Print unseen information. */
if ($unseen_string != '') {

3. Add this code just before the if statement

if($mailbox == 'INBOX'){
   if ($unseen_string != ""){
      $line .= "<script type='text/javascript'>top.document.title='Inbox ".$unseen_string."'</script>";
   }else{
      $line .= "<script type='text/javascript'>top.document.title='No unread messages'</script>";
   }
}

Now, your squirellmail should look like this when getting a new email

And obviously, this will only work for the INBOX folder!

Happy squirrelling 🙂