How To: Configure Autoresponder/Change password using Directadmin Control

February 25, 2018 Domain Name

Control is a sort of feature/plugin in Directadmin which enables email account users (not admins) to easily set vacation messages and change their passwords.

To check if mail auto-responder is working:

1. SSH into the server as root
2. Go to /var/www/html/ to check if there is a folder named “Control”
3. If the folder is not there, most probably the Control feature has not been installed/configured

To install:

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cd /var/www/html
wget http://www.ipfusions.com/setup/control.tar.gz
tar -zxvf control.tar.gz
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Next, edit the options file below:

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vi /var/www/html/squirrelmail/src/options.php
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Search for “window.open”, and replace the line below:

/* Output the option groups for this page. */
    if($optpage==SMOPT_PAGE_PERSONAL) {
        echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;<input type='button' value='  Change Password / Vacation Message ' onclick=\"alert('Please login with your FULL E-mail address, and E-mail password'); window.open('https://ns26.small-dns.com:2222/CMD_CHANGE_EMAIL_PASSWORD', '_blank');\" style='height:30px;'></td></tr>";
    }

/* Output the option groups for this page. */
    if($optpage==SMOPT_PAGE_PERSONAL) {
        echo "<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;<input type='button' value='  Change Password / Vacation Message ' onclick=\"alert('Please login with your FULL E-mail address, and E-mail password'); window.open('https://ns26.small-dns.com/control', '_blank');\" style='height:30px;'></td></tr>";
    }

Do not forget to change the URL to the correct server as well.

Now you can test setting up vacation messages.

1. Create a test email account (ips1@domain.com)
2. Login to webmail at webmail.domain.com or domain.com/webmail with the username and password
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3. Click [Change Settings] under [Options] at the bottom left corner
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4. Click [Change Password / Vacation Message]
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5. Click [OK] when pop up screen appears
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6. Site Security screen will pop up to seek approval. Click [Proceed anyway]
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7. Proceed to login using your created Email and Password
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8. Click on [Click here to set a vacation message] under [Vacation Messages]
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9. Type in your intended vacation message in the [textbox]. Set your desired date for the message to appear starting from when to when, then click on [Set vacation message]
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Once that’s done, you can proceed to logout.

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