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05/14/2003 12:14:31 AM (21 years ago)
Author:
Larry Lawrence <larry@…>
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Message:

intro update to fetchmail, mutt, procmail, db

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@909 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-config.xml

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    11<sect2>
    2 <title>Configuring fetchmail</title>
     2<title>Configuring <application>fetchmail</application></title>
    33
    44<sect3><title>Config files</title>
    … …  
    88<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
    99
    10 <para><screen><userinput>set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log</userinput>
    11 <userinput>set no bouncemail</userinput>
    12 <userinput>set postmaster root</userinput>
     10<screen>set logfile /var/log/fetchmail.log
     11set no bouncemail
     12set postmaster root
    1313
    14 <userinput>poll SERVERNAME :</userinput>
    15 <userinput>        user "username" pass "password";</userinput>
    16 <userinput>        mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f %F -d %T";</userinput></screen>
    17 </para>
     14poll SERVERNAME :
     15    user "username" pass "password";
     16    mda "/usr/bin/procmail -f %F -d %T";</screen>
     17
    1818
    1919<para>Is an example configuration that should suffice for most people.  You
    2020can add as many users and servers as you need using the same syntax.</para>
    2121
    22 <para><userinput>man fetchmail</userinput> : Look for the section near
    23 the bottom named <emphasis role="strong">CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES</emphasis> it gives some quick
    24 examples too. There are countless other config options once you get used to
    25 it.</para>
     22<para><command>man fetchmail</command> : Look for the section near
     23the bottom named <emphasis role="strong">CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES</emphasis> it
     24gives some quick examples too. There are countless other config options once
     25you get used to it.</para>
    2626
    2727</sect3>

  • basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-desc.xml

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    22<title>Contents</title>
    33
    4 <para>The fetchmail package contains <userinput>fetchmail</userinput>
    5 and <userinput>fetchmailconf</userinput>.</para>
     4<para>The <application>fetchmail</application> package contains
     5<command>fetchmail</command> and <command>fetchmailconf</command>.</para>
    66
    77</sect2>
    … …  
    1010
    1111<sect3><title>fetchmail</title>
    12 <para>When executed as a user this will source that users <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename> and
    13 download the appropriate mail.  When run as root ALL users who have a
    14 <filename>.fetchmailrc</filename> will have their mail downloaded and delivered accordingly.
    15 </para></sect3>
     12<para>When executed as a user this will source that users <filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename> and download the appropriate mail.  When run as root ALL users
     13who have a <filename>.fetchmailrc</filename> will have their mail downloaded
     14and delivered accordingly.</para></sect3>
    1615
    1716<sect3><title>fetchmailconf</title>
    18 <para>This program provides a Tk GUI interface to your
     17<para>This program provides a <application>Tk</application>
     18<acronym>GUI</acronym> interface to your
    1919<filename>~/.fetchmailrc</filename> making it
    20 much easier to configure.  However you will require, Python, and it must
     20much easier to configure.  However you will require,
     21<application>Python</application>, and it must
    2122have the Tkinker module available.</para></sect3>
    2223

  • basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-exp.xml

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    22<title>Command explanations</title>
    33
    4 <para><userinput>--with-ssl</userinput> : This enables SSL if found, so that you can handle connections to secure POP3 and IMAP servers.</para>
     4<para><command>--with-ssl</command> : This enables
     5<acronym>SSL</acronym> if found, so that you can handle connections to
     6secure <acronym>POP3</acronym> and <acronym>IMAP</acronym> servers.</para>
    57
    6 <para><userinput>--enable-fallback=procmail</userinput> : This tells fetchmail
    7 to hand incoming mail to procmail for delivery if your port 25 mail server is
     8<para><command>--enable-fallback=procmail</command> : This tells
     9<application>fetchmail</application> to hand incoming mail to
     10<application>procmail</application> for delivery if your port 25 mail server is
    811not present or not responding.</para>
     12
    913</sect2>
    1014

  • basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-inst.xml

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    11<sect2>
    2 <title>Installation of fetchmail</title>
     2<title>Installation of <application>fetchmail</application></title>
    33
    4 <para>Install fetchmail by running the following commands:</para>
     4<para>Install <application>fetchmail</application> by running the following commands:</para>
    55
    6 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --enable-fallback=procmail &amp;&amp;</userinput>
    7 <userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
    8 <userinput>make install</userinput>
    9 </screen>
    10 </para>
     6<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --enable-fallback=procmail &amp;&amp;
     7make &amp;&amp;
     8make install</command></userinput></screen>
    119
    1210</sect2>

  • basicnet/mailnews/fetchmail/fetchmail-intro.xml

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    11<sect2>
    2 <title>Introduction to fetchmail</title>
     2<title>Introduction to <application>fetchmail</application></title>
    33
    4 <screen>Download location (HTTP):       <ulink url="&fetchmail-download-http;"/>
    5 Download location (FTP):        <ulink url="&fetchmail-download-ftp;"/>
    6 Version used:                   &fetchmail-version;
    7 Package size:                   &fetchmail-size;
    8 Estimated Disk space required:  &fetchmail-buildsize;
    9 Estimated build time:           &fetchmail-time;</screen>
    10 
    11 <para>The fetchmail package contains the fetchmail program. &quot;It
     4<para>The <application>fetchmail</application> package contains the
     5<command>fetchmail</command> program. &quot;It
    126retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it to your local
    137(client) machine's delivery system, so it can then be read by
    148normal mail user agents.&quot; </para>
    159
    16 <screen>fetchmail depends on:
    17 <xref linkend="openssl"/> and a local MDA (<xref linkend="procmail"/>)</screen>
     10<sect3><title>Package information</title>
     11<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
     12<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
     13url="&fetchmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     14<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
     15url="&fetchmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     16<listitem><para>Download size: &fetchmail-size;</para></listitem>
     17<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
     18&fetchmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     19<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
     20&fetchmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     21</sect3>
     22
     23<sect3><title><application>fetchmail</application> dependencies</title>
     24<sect4><title>Required</title>
     25<para><xref linkend="openssl"/> and a local MDA (<xref
     26linkend="procmail"/>) </para></sect4>
     27</sect3>
    1828
    1929</sect2>
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