Removed the MTS and post; now we always use /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

[mmh] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 28ccfea..d4f7f24 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #
 # INSTALL -- installation instructions
 #
 #
 # INSTALL -- installation instructions
 #

-# $Id$
-#

 
 --------------
 Installing nmh
 
 --------------
 Installing nmh

@@ -14,9 +12,21 @@ You should check the MACHINES file to see if there are any specific
 build instructions for your operating system.  To build nmh, you will
 need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
 
 build instructions for your operating system.  To build nmh, you will
 need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
 

-1) Run the command
+0) If you have obtained nmh by checking it out of CVS, you will
+   need to run the GNU autotools to regenerate some files.
+   (If your directory already contains a file 'config.h.in'
+   then this has already been done and you do not need to do it.)
+   You can regenerate the files by running the command
+
+   ./autogen.sh
+
+   (Note that if you're doing nmh development, you should look at
+   docs/README.developers, since there is other developer-friendly
+   advice there as well.)

 
 

-   sh configure [options]
+1) From the top-level source directory, run the command
+
+   ./configure [options]

 
    This will check the configuration of your OS, and create the 
    include file config.h, as well as the various Makefiles.
 
    This will check the configuration of your OS, and create the 
    include file config.h, as well as the various Makefiles.

@@ -25,17 +35,25 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    most interest are listed in a section below.  To see the list 
    of all available options, you can run
 
    most interest are listed in a section below.  To see the list 
    of all available options, you can run
 

-   sh configure --help
+   ./configure --help

 
 2) Look through the user configuration section at the beginning
 
 2) Look through the user configuration section at the beginning

-   of the generated include file `config.h'.  All system-specific
-   definitions should be sensed automatically now, but you may
+   of the generated include file `config.h'. You may

    want to customize some #defines for your environment.
 
 3) make
 
 4) make install
 
    want to customize some #defines for your environment.
 
 3) make
 
 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.
 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.

@@ -43,37 +61,12 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    The default `mts.conf' file assumes you retrieve new mail from
    a local (or NFS mounted) maildrop, and send outgoing mail by
    injecting the message to a mail transfer agent (such as sendmail)
    The default `mts.conf' file assumes you retrieve new mail from
    a local (or NFS mounted) maildrop, and send outgoing mail by
    injecting the message to a mail transfer agent (such as sendmail)

-   on the local machine via SMTP.
-
-   If, instead, all your mail sending and receiving occurs on a 
-   remote POP/SMTP server, you will need to look at the values of the 
-   variables "localname", "pophost", and "servers":
-
-    a) "localname" defines the hostname that nmh considers local.
-       If not set, then nmh queries your OS for this value.  You will
-       want to change this if you wish your e-mail to appear as if it
-       originated on the POP server.
-
-    b) "pophost" defines the server that runs the POP daemon, and to
-       which `inc' and `msgchk' will always query for new mail.
-
-    c) "servers" defines the server to which you send outgoing SMTP
-       traffic.
-
-   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'.
+   on the local machine.

 
    Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options
    for this file ("masquerade" may be of particular interest).
 
 
    Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options
    for this file ("masquerade" may be of particular interest).
 

-6) If you have enabled POP support, make sure that `pop3' (or more
-   precisely the value of the define POPSERVICE in config.h) is defined
-   in the /etc/services file (or its NIS/NIS+ equivalent) on the client
-   machine.  It should be something equivalent to "110/tcp".  This might
-   have already been done when the POP daemon was installed.
-
-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
    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

@@ -94,7 +87,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    "MH & xmh: Email for Users and Programmers", 3rd edition, by Jerry Peek,
    on the Internet at <http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/mh/confmhn.htm>.
 
    "MH & xmh: Email for Users and Programmers", 3rd edition, by Jerry Peek,
    on the Internet at <http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/mh/confmhn.htm>.
 

-9) 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.
    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.

@@ -151,7 +144,7 @@ Options for configure
      nmh's binaries (show, inc, comp, ...) are installed here.
 
 --libdir=DIR     (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/lib)
      nmh's binaries (show, inc, comp, ...) are installed here.
 
 --libdir=DIR     (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/lib)

-     nmh's support binaries (post, slocal, mhl, ...) are installed here.
+     nmh's support binaries (spost, slocal, mhl, ...) are installed here.

 
 --sysconfdir=DIR     (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/etc)
      nmh's config files (mts.conf, mhn.defaults, ...) are installed here.
 
 --sysconfdir=DIR     (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/etc)
      nmh's config files (mts.conf, mhn.defaults, ...) are installed here.

@@ -162,23 +155,22 @@ Options for configure
 --enable-debug
      Enable debugging support.
 
 --enable-debug
      Enable debugging support.
 

---enable-masquerade[='draft_from[ mmailid[ username_extension]]']    
-     If this option is not specified, 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.
+--enable-masquerade[='draft_from mmailid username_extension']    
+     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.  By default, it is enabled.

 
 

-     Any subset of "draft_from mmailid username_extension" may be given.  As a
-     shortcut, simply doing `configure --enable-masquerade' will enable all 3.
+     The above usage shows the default, with all three masquerade
+     options being specified.  Any subset of the three may be
+     specified.

 
      See the mh-tailor(5) man page for full documentation of "masquerade:".
 
 --enable-mhe    (DEFAULT)
      Add support for the Emacs front-end `mhe'.
 
 
      See the mh-tailor(5) man page for full documentation of "masquerade:".
 
 --enable-mhe    (DEFAULT)
      Add support for the Emacs front-end `mhe'.
 

---enable-pop
-     Enable client-side support for 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
 --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

@@ -187,48 +179,37 @@ Options for configure
      nmh command `prompter'.  If you specify `prompter', then you don't
      need to give the full pathname.
 
      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.  You will also need
-     to specify the option `--enable-pop'.  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-mts=MTS   (DEFAULT is smtp)
-     Specify the 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.
-
-     If you wish to use a transport agent other than sendmail, you will
-     need to use a `sendmail wrapper'.
+--with-locking=LOCKTYPE    (DEFAULT is dot)
+     Specify the locking mechanism when attempting to "inc" or
+     "msgchk" a local mail spool. Valid options are "dot",
+     "fcntl", "flock", and "lockf". Of the four, dot-locking
+     requires no special kernel or filesystem support, and simply
+     creates a file called "FILE.lock" to indicate that "FILE" is
+     locked.
+
+     In order to be effective, you should contact the site
+     administrator to find out what locking mechanisms other
+     mail delivery and user programs respect. The most common
+     reason not to use dot-locking is if the mail spool directory
+     is not world- or user-writeable, and thus a lock file cannot
+     be created.
+
+--with-ndbm=LIB    (DEFAULT is to autodetect)
+--with-ndbmheader=HEADER     (DEFAULT is to autodetect)
+     Specify the header file (eg ndbm.h) and library (eg ndbm) to use
+     to compile against the ndbm database library. By default, configure
+     will try various possibilities until it finds one that works; this
+     option only needs to be specified if the autodetection fails or
+     makes the wrong choice.
+
+     If either of these options is given then the other must also be
+     specified.

 
 --with-pager=PAGER    (DEFAULT is more)
      Specify the default pager (file lister) to use.  If this option
      is not given, then the configuration process will search for the
      command `more' and use it as the default.
 
 
 --with-pager=PAGER    (DEFAULT is more)
      Specify the default pager (file lister) to use.  If this option
      is not given, then the configuration process will search for the
      command `more' and use it as the default.
 

---with-smtpservers='SMTPSERVER1[ SMTPSERVER2...]'    (DEFAULT is localhost)
-     If this option is not specified, the mts.conf file will contain the line
-     "servers: localhost", 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 "servers:".
-

 --
 The nmh team
 --
 The nmh team

-nmh-workers@mhost.com
+nmh-workers@nongnu.org