Objective: To install Dada Mail on Kali Linux latest version.
Before installing Dada Mail, make sure that you have the following:
Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you want to download Dada Mail. You can use the wget command to download Dada Mail from the official website.
wget https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/archive/v11_4_2.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file using the tar command.
tar -zxvf v11_4_2.tar.gz
You need to install the required packages for Dada Mail to work on Kali Linux. Run the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install libnet-ssleay-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libauthen-sasl-perl libtest-mockobject-perl libmailtools-perl libmime-types-perl libmime-tools-perl libarchive-zip-perl
After installing the required packages, navigate to the extracted directory and run the install.pl script to start the installation process.
cd dada-mail-11_4_2
sudo perl install.pl
Follow the on-screen prompts to configure the installation settings such as the installation directory, database settings, and email settings.
Y when asked whether to generate a unique encryption key or enter your own.localhost for the database server address.Once the installation is completed successfully, you can access Dada Mail by running the following command in your terminal.
cd /dada
./dada.cgi
You can access Dada Mail using your preferred web browser by visiting http://localhost/dada/cgi-bin/dada.cgi.
Congratulations! You have now installed Dada Mail on your Kali Linux system.
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