diff --git a/scripts/update/conf.d/snappymail.sh b/scripts/update/conf.d/snappymail.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+
+# author:   Daniel Sommer <daniel.sommer@velvettear.de>
+# license:  MIT
+
+snappymail="/srv/snappymail"
+user="nginx"
+
+[[ ! -e "$snappymail" ]] && printf "> error: directory '"$snappymail"' does not exist\n" 1>&2 && exit 1
+
+current_version="$(ls -ltr "$snappymail/snappymail/v" | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $NF}')"
+[[ -z "$current_version" ]] && printf "> error: could not determine current version\n" 1>&2 && exit 1
+
+latest_release="$(curl -s -L https://api.github.com/repos/the-djmaze/snappymail/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d "\"" -f4 | cut -d "v" -f2)"
+[[ -z "$latest_release" ]] && printf "> error: could not determine latest release\n" 1>&2 && exit 1
+
+[[ "$current_version" == "$latest_release" ]] && printf "> current version '"$current_version"' is already up to date\n" && exit 0
+
+printf "> updating snappymail...\n"
+
+tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+printf "> downloading latest release '"$latest_release"' to temporary directory '"$tmp"'..."
+curl -s -L -o "$tmp/snappymail-$latest_release.tar.gz" "https://github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail/releases/download/v$latest_release/snappymail-$latest_release.tar.gz" &> /dev/null
+[[ "$?" != "0" ]] && printf " error!\n" 1>&2 && exit 1
+printf " done!\n"
+
+printf "> extracting downloaded archive..."
+tar -xzf "$tmp/snappymail-$latest_release.tar.gz" -C "$snappymail" --overwrite &> /dev/null
+[[ "$?" != "0" ]] && printf " error!\n" 1>&2 && exit 1
+printf " done!\n"
+
+printf "> getting custom themes..."
+git clone "https://git.velvettear.de/velvettear/snappymail-themes.git" "/tmp/snappymail-themes"
+themes="$(find "$snappymail/snappymail/v/$latest_release" -type d -iname "themes")"
+find "/tmp/snappymail-themes" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -iname ".git" -type d -exec mv {} "$themes/" \;
+rm -rf "/tmp/snappymail-themes"
+
+printf "> setting correct permissions..."
+find "$snappymail" -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find "$snappymail" -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+chown -R "$user":"$user" "$snappymail"
+printf " done!\n"
+
+printf "> cleaning up..."
+find "$snappymail/snappymail/v" -type d -maxdepth 1 ! -iname "v" ! -iname "$latest_release" -exec rm -rf {} \; &> /dev/null
+rm -rf "$tmp"
+printf " done!\n"