X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=a3313873b632a7e4ef90326651b5cd25b088355e;hp=7eae1db9463096b56e725d222c55c7bc8ffea847;hb=27844443b4759689ecbc2eb4519c0fe83ebda473;hpb=a81c28f4a2ee69469c5e9f5d65389a89c6070ed4 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 7eae1db..a331387 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -14,28 +14,36 @@ 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. -1) Run the command +1) From the top-level source directory, run the command - sh configure [options] + ./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. - The configure script accepts various options. The options of - most interest are listed below. To see the list of all available - options, you can run + The configure script accepts various options. The options of + 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 - 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 + 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) and make any necessary changes for the mail transport interface you are using. @@ -159,24 +167,30 @@ Options for configure --mandir=DIR (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/man) nmh's man pages are installed here. ---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". +--enable-debug + Enable debugging support. - 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. +--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. - 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. + The above usage shows the default, with all three masquerade + options being specified. Any subset of the three may be + specified. - If you wish to use a transport agent other than sendmail, you will - need to use a `sendmail wrapper'. + 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 @@ -186,30 +200,78 @@ Options for configure nmh command `prompter'. If you specify `prompter', then you don't need to give the full pathname. ---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-hesiod=PREFIX + Specify the location of Hesiod. ---enable-nmh-mhe (DEFAULT) - Add support for the Emacs front-end `mhe'. +--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. ---enable-nmh-pop - Enable client-side support for pop. +--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 + "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. ---with-krb4=PREFIX - Specify the location of Kerberos V4 for KPOP support. You will also need to - specify the option `--enable-nmh-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. + If you wish to use a transport agent other than sendmail, you will + need to use a `sendmail wrapper'. ---with-hesiod=PREFIX - Specify the location of Hesiod. +--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. ---enable-nmh-debug - Enable debugging support. + See the mh-tailor(5) man page for full documentation of "servers:". -- The nmh team -nmh-workers@mhost.com +nmh-workers@nongnu.org