4) make install
+ Note that if you have [n]mh files in your install directories with the same
+ names as the files being installed, the old ones will get overwritten without
+ any warning. The only directory that isn't true for is the `etc' directory
+ -- in that directory, the previous copy of each <file> will be backed up as
+ <file>.prev if it differs from the newly-installed copy. Watch for any diff
+ output while make is processing that directory to see if you need to merge
+ changes from *.prev files into the new versions.
+
5) Edit the file `mts.conf' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory)
and make any necessary changes for the mail transport interface
you are using.
config.h for details.
--with-mts=MTS (DEFAULT is smtp)
- Specify the mail transport system you want to use. The two
+ Specify the default mail transport system you want to use. The two
acceptable options are "smtp" (which is the default), and
- "sendmail".
-
- If you use "smtp", this will enable a direct SMTP (simple
- mail transport protocol) interface in nmh. When sending
- mail, instead of passing the message to the mail transport
- agent, `post' will open a socket connection to the mail
- port on the machine specified in the `mts.conf' file
- (default is localhost), and speak SMTP directly.
-
- If you use "sendmail", then `post' will send messages by
- passing forking a local copy of sendmail. Currently it
- will still speak SMTP with this local copy of sendmail.
+ "sendmail". This value will be put into the mts.conf file. You
+ may find it convenient to specify a value at configure-time,
+ however, so that each time nmh is reinstalled, the right value will
+ be there.
+
+ If you use "smtp", this will enable a direct SMTP (simple mail
+ transport protocol) interface in nmh. When sending mail, instead
+ of passing the message to the mail transport agent, `post' will
+ open a socket connection to the mail port on the machine specified
+ in the `mts.conf' file (default is localhost), and speak SMTP
+ directly.
+
+ If you use "sendmail", then `post' will send messages by forking a
+ local copy of sendmail. Currently it will still speak SMTP with
+ this local copy of sendmail.
If you wish to use a transport agent other than sendmail, you will
need to use a `sendmail wrapper'.