On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Hans Birgander wrote: > Hi Jonas and welcome to the wonderful geekworld :D of Linux. > > I was in the same situation as You a couple of months ago, > and from that experience I maybe can add some useful information. > > 1. First download and try to install the RPM from www.xmailserver.org. > I do beleive that most Linux distros handle RPMs > to install write: rpm -i <xmail.rpm-name> (check for case sensitivity!) > (type: man rpm at the console for informatio about rpm) > > 2. However, when I tried this I found that there was some dependency > issues while trying to install the RPM. As far as I know, this has to do > with the fact that I had an older version of GCC in my Redhat than the > version Davide used for building the RPM. (I might be ALL wrong :)) > > 3. So then I had two choises, first to download and compile the newest GCC > :D > second to compile XMail. I went for number 2. > > 4. The compile is quite easy, it is just that as Windows users we are > unfamilar with it. > Se the manual at Part 6, Build > > 5. Then follow the Part 7, Configuration about installing XMail in the > correct directory > > 6. To autostart XMail you have basically two options, rcX.d or inetd (or > xinetd or similar) > I choose the rcX.d route and copied the file xmail into the directiory > /etc/init.d
XMail is not an inetd-like daemon. You need to start it with SysV methods ( rc.d, strongly suggested ) or in your rc.local ( better not ). - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
