Introduction

Mailr is a IMAP mail client based on Ruby on Rails platform.

NOTE All path and filenames are based on Rails.root directory.

Requirements

In Rails 3 all dependencies should be defined in file Gemfile. All needed gems can be installed using bundler.

Installation procedure

• Checkout the source code.

• Install all dependiences. Check if proper gems (sqlite3/mysql/postgresql) are defined in Gemfile and installed. Use bundler for that:

bundle install

• Check config/defaults.yml for proper values.

• Prepare config/database.yml file (see config/database.yml.example).

• Migrate database (rake db:migrate)

• Start rails server if applicable

• Point your browser to application URL: For local access: http://localhost:3000 For remote access: http://some_url/mailr

• Using browser do basic setup. If You make a mistake delete all data from DB using rake task:

rake db:clear_data

• Use it.

Specific configuration

For themes: if server sends files with no content in production mode comment out

config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header = "X-Sendfile"

from config/environments/production.rb file.