How to Install iRedMail on FreeBSD Latest

iRedMail is a powerful, open-source mail server solution that provides a complete email server solution for hosting your email accounts. It supports multiple domains and provides features such as webmail, anti-spam, anti-virus, and many more. You can install iRedMail on FreeBSD by following the steps below.

Step 1: Prerequisites

Before you can install iRedMail on FreeBSD, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

• FreeBSD latest version
• SSH access to your server
• root access or sudo privileges

Step 2: Update FreeBSD Packages

Before installing iRedMail, it is important to update your FreeBSD packages. You can do this by running the following command:

pkg update && pkg upgrade

Step 3: Install iRedMail

Now that your FreeBSD packages are up to date, you can proceed to install iRedMail. To install iRedMail, follow the steps below:

1. Visit the iRedMail website at https://www.iredmail.org/download.html and download the latest version of iRedMail (currently v1.4.0) to your FreeBSD server.

cd /usr/local/src/
fetch https://github.com/iredmail/iRedMail/releases/download/v1.4.0/iRedMail-1.4.0.tar.bz2

2. Extract the downloaded file to /usr/local/src/ directory:

tar -xjf iRedMail-1.4.0.tar.bz2

3. Change your working directory to the extracted iRedMail directory:

cd iRedMail-1.4.0/

4. Start the iRedMail installation script:

./iRedMail.sh

5. Follow the prompts to complete the installation process. Ensure to answer all the questions with the correct values for your server.

6. After successfully completing the installation process, restart your system:

reboot

Step 4: Access iRedMail

Once your server has restarted, you can access iRedMail by navigating to https://your_server_ip/mail in your web browser.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed iRedMail on FreeBSD Latest version. You can now create email accounts, manage domains, and use the various features offered by iRedMail.

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