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

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

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

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/hmailserver/opensuse#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/opensuse#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on openSUSE 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 from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.

You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.

Tumbleweed:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
```

Leap 15.x:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
```

If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.

With the repository added, import its GPG key:

```
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
```

Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository:

```
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
```

Snap can now be installed with the following:

```
sudo zypper install snapd
```

You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
```

### 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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