Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 19:51:36 -0800 (PST) From: faried nawaz <fn@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does anyone use Qmail? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970216192509.22960A-100000@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu> In-Reply-To: <19970216194013.MC54875@klemm.gtn.com>
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote: > What about making a port ? a problem i have is that my freebsd hard drive died a few weeks ago. it was under warranty, so i will get a replacement next week. while i do have access to machines locally running freebsd, i doubt that i'll be able to test out a qmail port completely w/o causing users some alarm (losing mail is not fun). that's not really all that much of a problem, because qmail 1.0 comes out in a few days (expected release date is feb 21). the author asks that people not distribute pre-release versions since he doesn't want to deal with bug reports for them (see ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmaildist.html). since i really won't be worrying about sendmail at home, i probably will install qmail soon after installing 2.2-gamma, and might have enough time to submit the port before 2.2-release ships. timing will be tight, though. when i installed qmail, i had to manually go through user home directories and change .forward files, move aliases from /etc/aliases to individual files in /var/qmail/aliases, move /var/mail/$USER to /home/$USER/Mailbox, etc. in the process of installing qmail, i had to read the install/readme/faq files many times, and that helped _a lot_. perhaps it would be better to have both a qmail port and a qmail section in the handbook? time to re-read the handbook sgml files. thanks for the suggestion. faried. -- faried nawaz WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY BACKSPACE IS DELETE box 3582, moscow, id 83843-1914, usa linux, the ms-dos of the nineties PIGLET loves you if at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you not a system janitor. People's Front Against WWW
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