X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=9db70d214bec0189be83366acc032f8024414da3;hp=ca45be7e28302d97a9117640cfc4f319e36cdf21;hb=128545e06224233b7e91fc4c83f8830252fe16c9;hpb=c40202d3d91242b22664e1bb056a13dde4205661 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ca45be7..9db70d2 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ # # INSTALL -- installation instructions # -# $Id$ -# -------------- Installing nmh @@ -14,6 +12,18 @@ 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. +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.) + 1) From the top-level source directory, run the command ./configure [options] @@ -35,12 +45,13 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. 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 will be backed up as - .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 + 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 will be backed up as .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) @@ -53,34 +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 @@ -101,7 +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. @@ -170,26 +166,21 @@ Options for configure 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. + 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. - The above usage shows all three masquerade options being specified, but any - subset of the three may be specified. If you do want to enable all three, - you can simply use `configure --enable-masquerade' as a shortcut. + 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'. ---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 @@ -198,49 +189,59 @@ 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", + "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-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'. +--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-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 -nmh-workers@mhost.com +nmh-workers@nongnu.org