X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=1147641cc18fa0d95b226ced61435adbad4ef774;hp=ca45be7e28302d97a9117640cfc4f319e36cdf21;hb=df7b16cb148474b3b80dbf1e226e858cf1e47edb;hpb=2bb7e26c6ae27f9b8a0ca9e5b7ddd1c824bcedda diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ca45be7..1147641 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -209,20 +209,23 @@ Options for configure 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'.