# INSTALL -- installation instructions
#
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-Installing nmh
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+Installing nmh, guided by script
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+For routine installation on popular platforms, the shell script in
+docs/contrib/build_nmh can be used to guide you through configuration.
+It will then build and optionally (with -i) install in the configured
+location.
+
+
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+Installing nmh, manually
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Please read all of the following instructions before you begin
building nmh.
traffic. See the discussion of the --with-smtpserver configure
option below.
- If you compile with POP support, but don't want to use it exclusively,
- you can use the `-host' and `-user' options to `inc' and `msgchk'
- rather than hardcoding pophost in `mts.conf'.
+ If you don't want to hardcode pophost in `mts.conf', you can use
+ the `-host' and `-user' options to `inc' and `msgchk'.
Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options
- for this file ("masquerade" may be of particular interest, though its
- default value allows the most flexibility. See the discussion of the
- --enable-masquerade configure option below).
+ for this file.
7) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory).
This file contains the default profile entries for the nmh command
--enable-debug
Enable debugging support.
---enable-masquerade[='draft_from mmailid username_extension']
- By default, all three masquerade options are enabled.
-
- If this option is disabled, the mts.conf file will contain the
- line "masquerade: " (with no value), which may be manually edited
- later. 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.
-
- See the mh-tailor(5) man page for full documentation of "masquerade:".
-
- This option will likely be removed in a future version of nmh.
-
---enable-pop
- Enable client-side support for pop.
-
---enable-apop
- Enable client-side support for apop (Authenticated POP).
-
--with-editor=EDITOR (DEFAULT is vi)
specify the full path of the default editor to use. If this
option is not given, then the configuration process will search
nmh command `prompter'. If you specify `prompter', then you don't
need to give the full pathname.
---with-hesiod=PREFIX
- Specify the location of Hesiod.
-
---with-krb4=PREFIX
- Specify the location of Kerberos V4 for KPOP support. After
- running configure, you will need to change the POPSERVICE #define in
- config.h if you want to use KPOP exclusively (rather than being able
- to switch between KPOP and normal POP3). See the comments inside
- config.h for details.
-
--with-locking=LOCKTYPE (DEFAULT is dot)
Specify the locking mechanism when attempting to "inc" or
"msgchk" a local mail spool. Valid options are "dot",