---
title: Install hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork) on elementary OS using the Snap
  Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork) for
  on elementary OS - Progressive Robot's fork of hMailServer, an SMTP, IMAP and POP3
  mail server
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/hmailserver/elementary
---

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# Install hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork) on **elementary OS**

# hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork) (hmailserver)

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/hmailserver/elementary#install)

#### Progressive Robot's fork of hMailServer, an SMTP, IMAP and POP3 mail server

Progressive Robot's fork of hMailServer, not the original by Martin Knafve, which
is developed separately and has releases of its own. The fork's home is
<https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver>.

hMailServer is a mail server: SMTP in and out, IMAP and POP3, with spam and
virus checks, DKIM, SPF, DMARC and ARC, and its administration over a REST API
and the Control Deck page that API serves. It keeps its accounts and settings
in a PostgreSQL or MariaDB/MySQL database of yours, reached over the network,
and its messages under /var/snap/hmailserver/common.

After installing, point it at its database and start it:

```
 sudo snap set hmailserver db.type=postgresql db.host=192.0.2.10 \
     db.name=hmailserver db.user=hmailserver
 printf '%s\n' 'the database password' | sudo hmailserver.set-database-password
 sudo snap start --enable hmailserver.daemon
```

The documentation: <https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/blob/master/hmailserver/docs/Snap.md>

### Package name

* hmailserver

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable
* 2 November 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver](https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver "https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver")

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### Contact

* [gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues")

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### Source code

* [gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver](https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver "https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver")

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### Report a bug

* [gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues](https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues "https://gitlab.com/hmailserver/hmailserver/-/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/hmailserver/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork)

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork)

To install hMailServer (Progressive Robot's fork), simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install hmailserver
```

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