Cyrus IMAP is a powerful email server that offers high performance, scalability, and reliability. If you want to install Cyrus IMAP on your Kali Linux system, you can follow the steps in this tutorial.
Before you begin the installation process, make sure your system meets the following prerequisites:
The first step in the installation process is to install the required dependencies. You can execute the following command in the terminal to install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libtool openssl libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev lib/mysql++-dev libical-dev libxml2-dev doxygen libdomainkeys-dev libicu-dev libmagic-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev pkg-config libjansson-dev libmariadbclient-dev libkrb5-dev libwrap0-dev libldap2-dev libpcre3-dev acl cyrus-admin
You can download Cyrus IMAP from the official website at https://www.cyrusimap.org/. Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the archive to a directory of your choice.
tar zxvf cyrus-version.tar.gz
cd cyrus-version
To configure Cyrus IMAP, execute the following command in the terminal:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cyrus --with-cyrus-user=cyrus --with-cyrus-group=cyrus --with-dbdir=/var/lib/imap --with-sievedir=/usr/local/sieve --enable-http --enable-murder
After the configuration is complete, use the following command to compile and install Cyrus IMAP:
make
sudo make install
After installing Cyrus IMAP, you need to configure the server. Copy the configuration file and use a text editor to modify the settings as necessary:
sudo cp /usr/local/cyrus/lib/imapd.conf /usr/local/cyrus/lib/imapd.conf.bak
sudo nano /usr/local/cyrus/lib/imapd.conf
Make sure to set the following values:
configdirectory: /var/lib/imap
partition-default: /var/spool/imap
admins: cyrus
sievedir: /usr/local/sieve
Save the changes and close the editor.
Finally, start the Cyrus IMAP server by executing the following command:
sudo /usr/local/cyrus/sbin/master
If you want the Cyrus IMAP server to start automatically at boot time, you can add the following line to the /etc/rc.local file:
/usr/local/cyrus/sbin/master
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Cyrus IMAP on Kali Linux latest. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional Cyrus IMAP server running on your Kali Linux system.
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