From 31c6daf4ead30035b8b7c88d1e999888327bbc18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ken Hornstein Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:37:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clean up install documentation a bit. --- INSTALL | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 251ba7b..cb53b3f 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -51,20 +51,14 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. ./configure --help -2) Look through the user configuration section at the beginning - of the generated include file `config.h'. You may - want to customize some #defines for your environment, though - that is usually unnecessary. Note the configure options below - control some of the #defines. +2) make -3) make - -4) make check +3) (Optional) make check This takes a bit of time, around one minute on a modern machine, but is highly recommended. -5) make install +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 @@ -75,7 +69,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. make is processing that directory to see if you need to merge changes from *.prev files into the new versions. -6) Edit the file `mts.conf' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory) +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. @@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options for this file. -7) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory). +6) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory). This file contains the default profile entries for the nmh command `mhn' and is created by the script `mhn.defaults.sh'. This script will search a generic path (essentially your $PATH) for programs to @@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. "MH & xmh: Email for Users and Programmers", 3rd edition, by Jerry Peek, on the Internet at . -8) Add an optional global mh.profile, if desired. This profile should be +7) Add an optional global mh.profile, if desired. This profile should be placed in the nmh `etc' directory with the name `mh.profile'. This file will be used to construct the initial .mh_profile of a new nmh user, but will not be consulted after that. @@ -225,6 +219,11 @@ Options for configure is not world- or user-writeable, and thus a lock file cannot be created. +--enable-lockdir=DIR (DEFAULT is disabled) + If dot locking is being used, store all dot-lock files in "DIR". + The default is to store them in the directory of the file being + locked. + --with-mts=MTS (DEFAULT is smtp) Specify the default mail transport system you want to use. The two acceptable options are "smtp" (which is the default), and @@ -272,6 +271,20 @@ Options for configure See the mh-tailor(5) man page for full documentation of "servers:". +--with-cyrus-sasl (DEFAULT is without) + Enable SASL support for SMTP and POP via the Cyrus SASL library. + This is used for the POP AUTH and SMTP AUTH protocols. This supports + a wide variety of security mechanisms, including Kerberos/GSSAPI. + Session encryption via SASL is supported for both POP and SMTP + (depending on server-side support and the security mechanism in use). + +--with-tls (DEFAULT is without) + Enable TLS session encryption support for SMTP via the STARTTLS command. + +--with-readline (DEFAULT is to autodetect) + Enable support for readline functionality (command history/editing) at + the WhatNow? prompt. + -- The nmh team nmh-workers@nongnu.org -- 1.7.10.4