X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=d4f7f242374a8599358443daf134e782b7120658;hp=9db70d214bec0189be83366acc032f8024414da3;hb=f6aa95b724fd8c791164abe7ee5468bf5c34f226;hpb=128545e06224233b7e91fc4c83f8830252fe16c9 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9db70d2..d4f7f24 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -61,17 +61,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc. The default `mts.conf' file assumes you retrieve new mail from a local (or NFS mounted) maildrop, and send outgoing mail by injecting the message to a mail transfer agent (such as sendmail) - on the local machine via SMTP. - - If, instead, all your mail sending and receiving occurs on a - 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. - - b) "servers" defines the server to which you send outgoing SMTP - traffic. + on the local machine. Check the `mh-tailor' man page for a list of all the available options for this file ("masquerade" may be of particular interest). @@ -154,7 +144,7 @@ Options for configure nmh's binaries (show, inc, comp, ...) are installed here. --libdir=DIR (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/lib) - nmh's support binaries (post, slocal, mhl, ...) are installed here. + nmh's support binaries (spost, slocal, mhl, ...) are installed here. --sysconfdir=DIR (DEFAULT is ${prefix}/etc) nmh's config files (mts.conf, mhn.defaults, ...) are installed here. @@ -204,28 +194,6 @@ Options for configure is not world- or user-writeable, and thus a lock file cannot be created. ---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. - - 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