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@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ have to do is uncomment them. 2. MAKE You may find you need flex at version 2.5.3 or greater to build -fetchmail. The stock lex distributed with Linux does not work -- it -yields a parser which core-dumps on syntax errors. You can get flex -at the GNU ftp site, ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu. +fetchmail. The stock lex distributed with some versions of Linux does +not work -- it yields a parser which core-dumps on syntax errors. You +can get flex at the GNU ftp site, ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu. Run @@ -59,19 +59,16 @@ Lastly, become root and run make install This will install fetchmail. By default, fetchmail will be installed -in /usr/local/bin, with the man page in /usr/local/man/man1. If you -wish to change these defaults, edit the Makefile AFTER you run -"configure" but BEFORE you run "make install." You can easily choose -a prefix other than /usr/local, or you can choose completely different -directories for each item. +in /usr/local/bin, with the man page in /usr/local/man/man1. You can +use the configure options --bindir and --mandir to change these. -NOTE: If you are using an MTA other than sendmail (such as qmail or exim), -see the FAQ (section T) for discussion of any special configuration steps -that may be necessary. +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 -See the man page or the file sample.rcfile for a description of how to +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. @@ -85,13 +82,14 @@ 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. +distributed with Pine from the University of Washington. This covers +all the servers normally hosted on Linux and *BSD systems. 6. REPORTING BUGS -You should read the FAQ file question G1 before reporting a bug. +You should read the FAQ file question G3 before reporting a bug. 7. USE IT -Enjoy! - +Once you've verified your configuration, you can start fetchmail to +run in background and forget about it. Enjoy! |