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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ INSTALL Instructions for fetchmail +1. CONFIGURE + Installing fetchmail is easy. From within this directory, type: ./configure @@ -9,10 +11,16 @@ specifics of your system. If you want to specify a particular compiler (e.g. you have gcc but want to compile with cc), set the environment variable CC before you run configure. +The configure script accepts certain standard configuration options. +These include --prefix, --exec-prefix, --bindir, --infodir, --mandir, +and --srcdir. Do `config --help' for more. + 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 + Next run make @@ -20,6 +28,8 @@ Next run This will compile fetchmail for your system. Note that in order to build it, you'll need either flex at version 2.5.3 org greater, or lex. +3. INSTALL + Lastly, become root and run make install @@ -37,6 +47,8 @@ is so it can call rresvport and bind to a privileged port, so the server's TCP/IP will see that and know it's OK to let it bind to a privileged port at the other end. +4. SET UP A RUN CONTROL FILE + See the man page or the file sample.rcfile for a description of how to configure your individual preferences. @@ -47,4 +59,14 @@ at version 3.0b6 or later, do this in order to migrate. +5. 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 local +delivery configuration or your port 25 listener. Also, beware +of aliases that direct your local mail back to the server host! + +6. USE IT + Enjoy! + |