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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-07-17 20:54:32 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-07-17 20:54:32 +0000 |
commit | 5b6b38cbd82468ac720d25b1889f63f4251bf4db (patch) | |
tree | d12e69b8843a9388be9793b4ba32caa6d35f3c61 /INSTALL | |
parent | 7b413aaa538cb43e69f954e2c7ee6a19951a48c8 (diff) | |
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First round of changes for OPIE support.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1173
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INSTALL Instructions for fetchmail -If you have installed binaries (e.g. from an RPM) you can skip to step 4. +If you have installed binaries (e.g. from an RPM) you can skip to step 5. If you are a Linux system packager, be aware that the build process generates an RPM spec file at fetchmail.spec, and you can "make rpm" to generate an @@ -10,7 +10,20 @@ The Frequently Asked Questions list, included as the file FAQ in this distributions, answers the most common questions about configuring and running fetchmail. -1. CONFIGURE +1. USEFUL THINGS TO INSTALL FIRST + +If you want support for RFC1938-compliant one-time passwords, you'll +need to install Craig Metz's OPIE libraries first. The fetchmail +build process will detect them and configure appropriately. + +Note: there is no point in doing this unless your server is +OTP-enabled. To test this, telnet to the server port and give it +a valid USER id. If the OK response includes the string "otp-", +you should install OPIE. + +The OPIE library sources are available at ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie. + +2. CONFIGURE Installing fetchmail is easy. From within this directory, type: @@ -50,7 +63,7 @@ If you're running QNX, edit the distributed Makefile directly. The QNX values for various macros are there but commented out; all you have to do is uncomment them. -2. MAKE +3. MAKE You may find you need flex at version 2.5.3 or greater to build fetchmail. The stock lex distributed with some versions of Linux does @@ -63,7 +76,7 @@ Run This should compile fetchmail for your system. -3. INSTALL +4. INSTALL Lastly, become root and run @@ -77,14 +90,14 @@ NOTE: If you are using an MTA other than sendmail (such as qmail, exim, or smail), see the FAQ (section T) for discussion of any special configuration steps that may be necessary. -4. SET UP A RUN CONTROL FILE +5. SET UP A RUN CONTROL FILE See the man page and the file sample.rcfile for a description of how to configure your individual preferences. If you're upgrading from popclient, see question F4 in the FAQ file. -5. TEST +6. TEST I strongly recommend that your first fetchmail run use the -v and -k options, in case there is something not quite right with your server, @@ -96,11 +109,11 @@ freeware POP3 servers; also with the IMAP2bis and IMAP4 servers that are distributed with Pine from the University of Washington. This covers all the servers normally hosted on Linux and *BSD systems. -6. REPORTING BUGS +7. REPORTING BUGS You should read the FAQ file question G3 before reporting a bug. -7. USE IT +8. USE IT Once you've verified your configuration, you can start fetchmail to run in background and forget about it. Enjoy! |