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.

• set up an apache web server with SUSE Linux
• install some packAges and restart the web server

yast -i php5-gettext php5-imap
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

• 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

cd /srv/www/htdocs
wget http://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde-webmail/horde-webmail-1.2.5.tar.gz

• unpack it

tar xvzf horde-webmail-1.2.5.tar.gz

• change the folder name to horde

mv horde-webmail-1.2.5 horde

• activate horde's configuration

tweedleburg:/srv/www/htdocs/horde/config # cp conf.php.dist conf.php

• check horde's self-test: surf to http://127.0.0.1/horde/test.php
• configure horde

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

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/