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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2003 0:12:30 -0000
From:      "Orton Wistow Primary School" <owps@nildram.co.uk>
To:        "Anti" <fearow@attbi.com>
Cc:        yds@CoolRat.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Port: courier-0.39.3
Message-ID:  <20030328001230.82CB61D713C@mrburns.nildram.co.uk>

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> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:28:28 -0000
> &quot;Richard Laxton&quot; &lt;ict@owps.org.uk&gt; wrote:
>
> &gt; Hi there
> &gt;
> &gt; Got FreeBSD5.0 Release trying to install courier and running into a
problem.
> &gt; I've tried using the documentation on the courier website, but the
paths are
> &gt; different in FreeBSD to what is listed in the manual so I am well and
truly
> &gt; confused.
> &gt;
> &gt; What I am trying to do is configure the webadmin to run from my
Apache
> &gt; cgi-bin folder; all I get is
> &gt; &quot;For security reasons, the default configuration of webadmin
prevents access
> &gt; from non-local IP addresses without SSL. See INSTALL for more
information.&quot;
> &gt;
> &gt; So I read the manual and it says I need to create a file saying its
okay to
> &gt; not use SSL ... that's where my problem starts. I don't actually have
the
> &gt; same file path it suggests. This is the part of the readme I am
attempting
> &gt; to follow :
> &gt; http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html#webadmin
> &gt; It gives and error when I try to run step 2 (it says make doesn't how
to run
> &gt; the command given) and the little note right under step 3 is where I
get a
> &gt; folder doesn't exist message.
> &gt;
> &gt; I'd be appreciate of any help, even if you know where there might be
a guide
> &gt; / manual for installing courier that uses FreeBSD as its base instead
of
> &gt; whatever branding of *nix that guide uses :)
>
>
> the ports version of courier-mta is horribly outdated and broken in many
ways...
> install the latest version from source instead...
>
> &quot;touch /usr/local/etc/courier/webadmin/unsecureok&quot; to create the
file making non-ssl ok...
>

Okay I'll go read the part of the handbook dealing with compiling and grab
the latest version from source :) Thanks a lot :)

Richard laxton



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