1   Obtaining Forwards

Forwards can be obtained from the Horde website and FTP server, at

http://www.horde.org/forwards/

ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/forwards/

Or use the mirror closest to you:

http://www.horde.org/mirrors.php

Bleeding-edge development versions of Forwards are available via CVS; see the file horde/docs/HACKING in the Horde distribution, or the website http://www.horde.org/source/, for information on accessing the Horde CVS repository.

2   Prerequisites

To function properly, Forwards requires the following:

1. A working Horde installation.

   Forwards runs within the Horde Application Framework, a set of common tools for Web applications written in PHP. You must install Horde before installing Forwards.

   Important

   Forwards 3.0 requires version 3.0+ of the Horde Framework - earlier versions of Horde will not work.

   The Horde Framework can be obtained from the Horde website and FTP server, at

   http://www.horde.org/horde/

   ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/

   Many of Forwards's prerequisites are also Horde prerequisites.

   Important

   Be sure to have completed all of the steps in the horde/docs/INSTALL file for the Horde Framework before installing Forwards.

2. The following PHP capabilities:

   1. FTP support --enable-ftp [OPTIONAL]

      FTP support is necessary if you want to use one of the FTP drivers.

   2. LDAP support --with-ldap [OPTIONAL]

      LDAP support is necessary if you want to use the LDAP driver.

3. The following PEAR modules: (See horde/docs/INSTALL for instructions on installing PEAR modules)

   1. SOAP [OPTIONAL]

      Forwards uses the SOAP package in the SOAP driver.

4. An FTP server installed, running, and working if you want to use one of the FTP drivers.

5. A mail program that respects .forward files or whatever Forwards driver you have choosen.

3   Installing Forwards

Forwards is written in PHP, and must be installed in a web-accessible directory. The precise location of this directory will differ from system to system. Conventionally, Forwards is installed directly underneath Horde in the web server's document tree.

Since Forwards is written in PHP, there is no compilation necessary; simply expand the distribution where you want it to reside and rename the root directory of the distribution to whatever you wish to appear in the URL. For example, with the Apache web server's default document root of /usr/local/apache/htdocs, you would type:

cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/horde
tar zxvf /path/to/forwards-x.y.z.tar.gz
mv forwards-x.y.z forwards

and would then find Forwards at the URL:

http://your-server/horde/forwards/

4   Configuring Forwards

1. Configuring Horde for Forwards

   1. Register the application

      In horde/config/registry.php, find the applications['forwards'] stanza. The default settings here should be okay, but you can change them if desired. If you have changed the location of Forwards relative to Horde, either in the URL, in the filesystem or both, you must update the fileroot and webroot settings to their correct values.

2. Configuring Forwards

   You must login to Horde as a Horde Administrator to finish the configuration of Forwards. Use the Horde Administration menu item to get to the administration page, and then click on the Configuration icon to get the configuration page. Select Forwards from the selection list of applications. Fill in or change any configuration values as needed. When done click on Generate Forwards Configuration to generate the conf.php file. If your web server doesn't have write permissions to the Forwards configuration directory or file, it will not be able to write the file. In this case, go back to Configuration and choose one of the other methods to create the configuration file forwards/config/conf.php.

   Note for international users: Forwards uses GNU gettext to provide local translations of text displayed by applications; the translations are found in the po/ directory. If a translation is not yet available for your locale (and you wish to create one), see the horde/po/README file, or if you're having trouble using a provided translation, please see the horde/docs/TRANSLATIONS file for instructions.

5   Known Problems

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6   Obtaining Support

If you encounter problems with Forwards, help is available!

The Horde Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ), available on the Web at

http://www.horde.org/faq/

The Horde Project runs a number of mailing lists, for individual applications and for issues relating to the project as a whole. Information, archives, and subscription information can be found at

http://www.horde.org/mail/

Lastly, Horde developers, contributors and users may also be found on IRC, on the channel #horde on the Freenode Network (irc.freenode.net).

Please keep in mind that Forwards is free software written by volunteers. For information on reasonable support expectations, please read

http://www.horde.org/support.php

Thanks for using Forwards!

The Forwards team