How to login direct using “webmail.domain.com” in to Squirrelmail or Horde of any account?

First you need to create a subdomain that you want to redirect to your preferred Webmail client [Squirrelmail /Horde].

Following are the steps to create subdomain.

1. Login in to your cPanel interface.

2. Select the Subdomain option, and create the subdomain. (For eg: webmail.domain.com)

3. Once it has been created, go to the File Manager option of the cPanel.

4. Change path to “public_html” by selecting the folder image beside the text “public_html”

5. Now change the path to folder that was create by your subdomain. (as per our example it would be the “ebmail” folder)

6. Once inside this directory webmail you will see “.htaccess” file, if it’s not there then you need to create it manually.

* If it is not there then create new using below steps : (if it already exists proceed to step 10)

7. Create it [.htaccess] by selecting the “Create New File” option.

8. A menu appears in the top right corner of the File Manager interface. Choose “Text Document” and name it “.htaccess” [without quotes]

9. Now refresh File Manager and you will then see your new file [.htaccess] in the listing of that directory.

10. Click on the text title for the .htaccess file on the left side of the screen and a menu appears in the top right of the screen.

11. Choose the “Edit File” option, a new window opens.

12. Add the following lines:

If You Want To Redirect “webmail.domain.com” to the Squirrel Mail Client

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^webmail.domain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.webmail.domain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com:2095/3rdparty/squirrelmail/index.php$1 [R=301,L]

If You Want To Redirect “webmail.domain.com”to the Horde Webmail Client

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^webmail.domain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.webmail.domain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com:2095/horde/$1 [R=301,L][/QUOTE]

NOTE :- replace “domain.com” above with your actual domain name.
Enjoy Direct Webmail Client Login.

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