X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=ca45be7e28302d97a9117640cfc4f319e36cdf21;hp=c0193816100ac45d3122fa1f58611db68317954c;hb=6918a091f788f34d97c176b1cfa1da8d9e463c6c;hpb=13d2614380f499b1e5a1cc3546230239afe2b1dd diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index c019381..ca45be7 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ 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. @@ -25,17 +25,24 @@ 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 - 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. @@ -180,6 +187,9 @@ Options for configure --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 @@ -192,11 +202,11 @@ Options for configure 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. + 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-mts=MTS (DEFAULT is smtp) Specify the mail transport system you want to use. The two @@ -223,10 +233,11 @@ Options for configure 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. + 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:".