IMP is an application from Horde which provides webmail access to IMAP accounts. This tutorial will guide you through installing IMP on OpenSUSE.
Before starting with the installation process, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
Follow these steps to install IMP on OpenSUSE:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies required for IMP to function. Enter the following command to install PHP, IMAP extension, and Apache web server:
sudo zypper install apache2 php php-imap
Download the latest version of the IMP package from the official website. Use the following command to download the package:
wget https://www.horde.org/apps/imp/download
Extract the downloaded package file and move the extracted files to the web server's document root folder.
tar -zxvf imp-download.tar.gz
sudo mv imp-download /srv/www/htdocs/
IMP requires a database for storing user information. Create a new database using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
create database imp;
grant all privileges on imp.* to 'impuser'@'localhost' identified by 'your_password';
exit
IMP needs to be configured before you can start using it. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the IMP package and open the config/conf.php.dist file. Rename it to config/conf.php and update the following values:
$servers['imap']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
$servers['imap']['port'] = 143;
$servers['imap']['secure'] = 'tls';
$servers['imap']['auth'] = true;
$servers['imap']['socket_options'] = array();
$servers['auth']['params']['driverconfig'] = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=imp';
$servers['auth']['params']['username'] = 'impuser';
$servers['auth']['params']['password'] = 'your_password';
IMP requires a cron job to be set up to run scheduled tasks. Run the following command to set up a cron job:
sudo crontab -e
Add the following line to the file:
*/5 * * * * www-data /usr/bin/php /srv/www/htdocs/imp/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1
Save the file and exit.
Reload or restart the web server to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl reload apache2.service
IMP is now fully installed and configured. You can access the webmail interface by navigating to the server's IP address or hostname using a web browser. Note that you may need to modify your web server's settings or firewall settings to allow external access to the webmail interface.
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