Author: manolo
Date: Sun Mar 2 14:19:39 2014
New Revision: 1573312
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1573312
Log:
update README
Removed:
james/hupa/trunk/README
Modified:
james/hupa/trunk/README.txt
Modified: james/hupa/trunk/README.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/james/hupa/trunk/README.txt?rev=1573312&r1=1573311&r2=1573312&view=diff
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--- james/hupa/trunk/README.txt (original)
+++ james/hupa/trunk/README.txt Sun Mar 2 14:19:39 2014
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+
+###### Introduction ######
+Hupa is an Rich IMAP-based Webmail application written in GWT.
+
+Hupa has been entirely written in java to be coherent with the language used
in the James project.
+It has been a development reference using GWT good practices (MVP pattern and
Unit testing)
+
+It is ready for reading, sending, and managing messages and folders, but it
still lacks of many features email clients nowadays have.
+
###### Bulding ######
Hupa use maven2 as build tool. To build hupa download maven2
(http://maven.apache.org), unpack maven2 and install it.
After that change to hupa directory and execute the following cmd:
@@ -5,7 +14,7 @@ $ mvn clean package
###### Configuring server side ########
Hupa uses a properties file to know the IMAP and SMTP servers configuration.
-There is an example configuration file in
'server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/config.properties'
+There is an example configuration file in
'hupa/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/config.properties'
- You can set your configuration parameters in either of these files:
$HOME/.hupa/config.properties
@@ -22,36 +31,18 @@ http://localhost:8282
If you prefer to use any other servlet container you can deploy the provided
.war file in it.
-###### Hupa and GMail #################
-By default hupa is configurated as a gmail imap/smtp client, use any gmail
valid account to login.
-NOTE: that previously to use a gmail account via imap you should enable imap
in your gmail account.
-
-###### Demo Mode #################
-In demo mode it is not necessary any imap or smtp server.
-A bunch of example messages and folders are shown to the user to be
manipulated.
-Almost every hupa feature work in demo mode.
-
-To enable demo mode set 'IMAPServerAddress=hupa.demo' or start your servlet
container with the
-parameter 'hupa.demo'
-
-$ java -Dhupa.demo -jar target/hupa-${version}.war
+###### Hupa and IMAP/SMTP servers #################
+Hupa is able to discover most of the imap/smtp configuration based on the
email domain part.
+When you are prompted to login, type your email address and wait few seconds,
if you click on the
+gear button you can see the configuration discovered by Hupa, you can modify
it if it does not match
+your email provider configuration. Then type your inbox password and you will
be logged into your
+email provider servers.
-To login into the system in this mode use the user 'demo' with password 'demo'
+Hupa is compatible with most email providers, gmail, yahoo, hotmail, outlook,
exchange, james, etc.
###### Eclipse GWT Plugin notes ################
- Hupa uses maven to be built, before inporting the project, you shoul install
m2eclipse
and google plugins, then go to Import -> New maven project and select the
modules:
-shared, mock, server, widget and client.
+shared, mock, server, widgets, client and hupa.
- To run hupa in hosted mode, select: Run as -> (Google) Web application.
- * May be you need to specify the appropriate hupa configuration file if you
do not want to
- run it in demo mode.
- If you don't have a suitable file in $HOME/.hupa or /etc/default/hupa you
have to add the
- following line to the "vm argument" in the Run configuration:
-
-Dhupa.config.file=folder_to_hupa_dources/server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/config.properties
-
-- If you compile hupa with google's eclipse plugin and you get the message:
- >> 'GWT module hupa needs to be (re)compiled, please run a compile or use
the Compile/Browse button in hosted mode'
-
- Configure the plugin to compile only the 'Hupa' module.
- Properties -> Google -> Web Toolkit -> Entry Point Modules -> Hupa -
org.apache.hupa
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