Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:26:22 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: receiving mail directly Message-ID: <199808100726.TAA28160@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199808100612.XAA15000@hub.freebsd.org> References: <199808100335.PAA04328@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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On 9 Aug 98, at 23:11, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > At 03:35 PM 8/10/98 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > >On 10 Aug 98, at 9:46, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> Other have said "fetchmail", which runs on SMTP. That would be my > >> preference. > > > >Well, first I tried the port. That failed because I didn't have python. > > So I tried python. That failed because I didn't have Tk (whatever that > >is). > > I went through the same thing. The port for fetchmail doesn't list python > as a dependency (it explains somewhere that python is only for the > configuration GUI, which isn't essential), but the installation fails if > you don't have it. I went in and edited the fetchmail Makefiles (and > copied and gzipped a "missing" manpage file) and got it to install for me, > simply without the fetchmailconf program. > > I didn't want to install Tk because I don't have X running on this machine > because it's a server of sorts. I must admit I was confused when I started reading about fetchmailconf and Tk, both of which require X. Bummer. I'll give up on the port now. At least it's a "known" problem. > >So I tried the package. Well, I've got that, untarred it. Now what do I > > do with it? Where do I find the instructions which tell me what to do? > > You don't actually gunzip or untar it. That's handled by the pkg_add > mechanism. > pkg_add packagefilename.tar.gz Yes, I remember that now. I neglected to follow the instructions. My fault. I'll try the package again. When installing the package [but without success] I remember looking up package in the handbook, but found nothing. Searching for pkg_add works though. I found 4.5. What to do when a port does not work. Perhaps a section named "Packages" is appropriate? I've just tried the pkg_add. And it worked. <insert cheer here> But I believe events have overtaken us. I know think that store-and- forward may be better for my situation. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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