Hi, > What did you define the "data_dir" variable to be in the > config/config.php file? Does it really exist? Yesm data_dir exists. I tried many different things: $data_dir = SM_PATH . 'data/'; $data_dir = '/var/www/web148/html/sqo/data/'; $data_dir = '/var/www/web148/html/sqo/config/data/'; $data_dir = '../data/'; $data_dir = './data/'; > Are you running php with > safe mode on? Safe mode is definitely off >What about open_basedir restrictions? That´s a good question. Nethertheless, my webspace provide has a service. He installs a lot of applications for money, of course for money. In that list, squirrel mail is listed. So, I assume he meets all necessary prerequirements... Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users