This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing MailForm, a mailing list manager, on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you proceed with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
MailForm requires two PHP extensions to function properly. You can install them using the following commands:
sudo pkg install -y php74-filter
sudo pkg install -y php74-xml
Download the latest release of MailForm from GitHub using the following command:
sudo fetch https://github.com/Feuerhamster/mailform/releases/latest/download/mailform.zip -o mailform.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the package using the following command:
sudo unzip mailform.zip -d /usr/local/www/mailform
Set appropriate permissions to enable the webserver to access the files.
sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/mailform
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/mailform
Open the Apache configuration file using your preferred text editor.
sudo vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the bottom of the file:
Alias /mailform /usr/local/www/mailform
<Directory "/usr/local/www/mailform">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and exit the file.
Start the Apache webserver using the following command:
sudo service apache24 start
Enable Apache to start automatically on system boot:
sudo sysrc apache24_enable="YES"
Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address, followed by /mailform. For example, if your server's IP address is 192.168.1.100, navigate to:
http://192.168.1.100/mailform
Follow the instructions provided by MailForm to configure your mailing list.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MailForm on your FreeBSD Latest server.
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