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@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ you should install OPIE. You need version 2.32 or better. The OPIE library sources are available at ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie. You can also find OPIE and IPV6-capable servers there. -Building in IPv6 support or the IPsec patches REQUIRES that Craig +Building in IPv6 support or the IPsec patches *requires* + that Craig Metz's inet6-apps kit be installed; the IPsec patches require that the kit be built with network security API support enabled. The kit can be gotten from ftp.ipv6.inner.net:/pub/ipv6 (via IPv6) or ftp.inner.net @@ -56,12 +57,23 @@ Support for CompuServe's RPA authentication method (rather similar to APOP) is available but also not included in the standard build. You can compile it in with `configure --enable-RPA'. +Support for Microsoft's NTLM authentication method is also available +but also not included in the standard build. You can compile it in +with `configure --enable-NTLM'. + Support for authentication using RFC1731 GSSAPI is available but also not included by default. You can compile it in with `configure --with-gssapi', which looks for GSSAPI support in standard locations (/usr, /usr/local). If you set --with-GSSAPI=DIR you can direct the build to look for GSSAPI support under DIR. +Hooks for the OpenSSL library (see http://www.openssl.org/) are +included in the distribution. To enable these, configure with +--with-ssl; they are not included in the standard build. Note that +due to U.S. crypto export regulations (which we hope will soon be +overturned on Constitutional grounds), no actual cryptography code is +included in the distribution. + If you want to build for debugging, CFLAGS=-g LDFLAGS=" " ./configure @@ -135,7 +147,7 @@ If you're upgrading from popclient, see question F4 in the FAQ file. 6. TEST -I strongly recommend that your first fetchmail run use the -v and -k +I strongly recommend that your first fetchmail run use the -v, -a and -k options, in case there is something not quite right with your server, your local delivery configuration or your port 25 listener. Also, beware of aliases that direct your local mail back to the server host! @@ -143,10 +155,14 @@ beware of aliases that direct your local mail back to the server host! This software is known to work with the qpop/popper series of freeware POP3 servers; also with the IMAP2bis and IMAP4 servers that are distributed with Pine from the University of Washington; also with the -Cyrus IMAP server from CMU. This covers all the servers normally -hosted on Linux and *BSD systems. It also works with Microsoft Exchange, -despite the fact that Microsoft Exchange is extremely broken (returns -incorrect message lengths in LIST responses). +Cyrus IMAP server from CMU. This covers all the servers commonly +hosted on Linux and *BSD systems. It also works with the IMAP service +of Microsoft Exchange, despite the fact that Microsoft Exchange is +extremely broken (returns incorrect message lengths in LIST +responses). + +See the FAQ, section S, for detailed advice on running with various +servers. 7. REPORTING BUGS |