X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=506288a811f411114f098470b670c5a8f6bc6173;hp=3c48294393fad11ec5920287c660ea64aafded46;hb=ab7b48411962d26439f92f35ed084d3d6275459c;hpb=05b7f957ba42e79f49b3a62aea2502168c9abf7a diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 3c48294..506288a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -64,34 +64,19 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. 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": + remote SMTP server, you will need to look at the values of the + variables "localname" 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. + If not set, then nmh queries your OS for this value. - 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 + b) "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'. - 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 @@ -112,7 +97,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. "MH & xmh: Email for Users and Programmers", 3rd edition, by Jerry Peek, on the Internet at . -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. @@ -196,12 +181,6 @@ Options for configure --enable-mhe (DEFAULT) Add support for the Emacs front-end `mhe'. ---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 @@ -210,16 +189,6 @@ Options for configure 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",