On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Jeffrey Laramie wrote: > > Hello all, > > As I promised (threatened!) I am beginning to update the former Linux > and XMail HOWTO. Since nobody volunteered to help me and since I'm not > an XMail expert, I'm asking list members for help. If you could take a > look at my draft for chapter 2 checking for accuracy, spelling, and > stoooopid mistakes I would appreciate it. Keep in mind that this is a > text version and the html version will be formatted to improve > readability. Let me know what you think: > > > 2. Obtain and Unpack the Package > > Download the package from: http://www.xmailserver.org. The easiest way > to install XMail if you are using a standard Redhat or SuSE distro is > with the RPM package. There is also a tarball and a SRPM available if > you don't have an RPM based distro, if you have problems with the RPM > binary, or if you just prefer to build your own. > > To install the RPM version, su to root and cd to the directory > containing the RPM file. Make sure the file has the executable flag set > then unpack it: > > rpm -ivh xmail-1.17-1.i368.rpm > > This will install a startup script in /etc/rc.d/init.d, replace the > original /usr/sbin/sendmail with an XMail script, and create the > /var/MailRoot and /var/MailRoot.sample directories. > > To install the SRPM, su to root and cd to the directory containing the > SRPM file. Make sure the file has the executable flag set and then > unpack it: > > rpm -ivh xmail-1.17-1.src.rpm > > This will copy a tar.gz file to the /usr/src/packages/SOURCES directory. > You can then follow the tar.gz instructions. > > To install the tarball, cd to the directory containing the tar.gz file > and unpack it: > > tar -vxzf xmail-1.17.tar.gz > > The Readme file is also the XMail manual so I recommend you get familiar > with it now. The RPM package installs the Readme in /var/MailRoot/docs/ > and tar.gz users will find it in the xmail-1.17/docs directory. You will > want to refer to this file during the configuration process so you need > to have a working knowledge of where to find things.
I always suggest to build XMail from sources. The directory inside which the rpm structure is, varies from distro to distro. In RH is /usr/src/redhat for exmple. - 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]
