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'''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 [[install]]s [[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/

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