I am using SquirrelMail version 1.4.4. Can someone please confirm whether
having to login twice (once to login to server, another to login to
squirrelmail, is a misconfiguration or a feature of SquirrelMail. Thanks
very much.
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I am using SquirrelMail version 1.4.4. Can someone please confirm whether
having to login twice (once to login to server, another to login to
squirrelmail, is a misconfiguration or a feature of SquirrelMail. Thanks
very much.

It's something misconfigured on your end. That's not typical or expected
behavior.