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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]] ; then echo "Please run as root" ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail/releases/latest"
+YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER="/var/www/snappy.somesite.com/"
+
+# UPGRADING Snappymail
+#
+# I've found this to be working fine when upgrading my Snappymail. The
+# commands should be used at your own risk. I take no responsibility.
+#
+# This example assumes that Snappymail is installed in the following
+# folder;
+#
+#     /var/www/snappy.somesite.com/ -- see $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER
+#
+# Change the path to match your setup. 
+#
+# By Uwe Bieling <pychi@gmx.de>
+
+# Safty First ... make a backup
+cd $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER && cd ..
+tar -czf backup_snappymail_`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.gz $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER
+
+# Download last release to /tmp
+cd /tmp
+curl -L -s $GITHUB_URL | grep -m 1 "href.*snappymail.*tar.gz" | sed "s/^.*href=\"//g" | sed "s/\".*$//g" | wget --base=http://github.com -i - -O snappy.tar.gz
+
+# extract last release to folder
+tar -xzvf snappy.tar.gz -C $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER
+
+# set permissions
+find $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+chown -R www-data:www-data $YOUR_SERVER_FOLDER
+
+echo -e "\033[1;32mFinished upgrading snappymail ... \033[0m"