Horde

Horde is a mail user agent that allows you to set up your own webmail service.

= Install it = Here is an example how to install it. It uses apache2 on SUSE Linux 11.2, other combinations should work same or similar. It installs horde on the local host 127.0.0.1.

yast -i php5-gettext php5-imap /etc/init.d/apache2 restart cd /srv/www/htdocs wget http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde-webmail/horde-webmail-1.2.5.tar.gz tar xvzf horde-webmail-1.2.5.tar.gz mv horde-webmail-1.2.5 horde tweedleburg:/srv/www/htdocs/horde/config # cp conf.php.dist conf.php tweedleburg:/srv/www/htdocs/horde # php scripts/setup.php Horde Groupware Webmail Edition Configuration Menu (0) Exit (1) Configure database settings (2) Create database or tables (3) Configure administrator settings (4) Update PEAR for a new or changed location (5) Update from an older Horde Groupware Webmail Edition version
 * set up an apache web server with SUSE Linux
 * install some packAges and restart the web server
 * set up a mail server
 * set up an imap server
 * visit http://www.horde.org and find the latest stable release to download
 * download it into the web server's directory
 * unpack it
 * change the folder name to horde
 * activate horde's configuration
 * check horde's self-test: surf to http://127.0.0.1/horde/test.php
 * configure horde
 * you will need to execute 1, 2, 3 and 0.

= See also =
 * squirrelmail - a competitor
 * webmail software - other software for this
 * http://www.horde.org/
 * How to set up horde on SUSE 10.3