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1.1       root        1: There are three system types on which smail can be installed.
                      2: 
                      3:        (1) Berkeley with sendmail
                      4:        (2) System V with sendmail
                      5:        (3) System V without sendmail
                      6: 
                      7:        Note: if you have a System III or V7 derived system, you
                      8:        can probably treat it like (3).  We have not tested smail
                      9:        on such a system.
                     10: 
                     11: The installation will vary slightly for each system type.
                     12: 
                     13: For all systems you first have to create a 'paths' database.
                     14: See paths(8) for details on the file's format.  Then
                     15: copy it to /usr/lib/uucp/paths.
                     16: 
                     17: Next, edit "defs.h" to configure smail to suit your situation.
                     18: 
                     19: Here are step by step installation instructions for each system type.
                     20: 
                     21: (1) For a berkeley system with sendmail, the steps are:
                     22: 
                     23:        $ make
                     24: 
                     25:        $ cp smail /bin/smail
                     26: 
                     27:        $ sh make.cf.sh
                     28:                <answer the questions it asks>
                     29: 
                     30:        $ mv /usr/lib/sendmail.cf /usr/lib/OLDsendmail.cf
                     31: 
                     32:        $ cp sendmail.cf /usr/lib/sendmail.cf
                     33: 
                     34:        $ /usr/lib/sendmail -bz
                     35: 
                     36:        $ mv /bin/rmail /bin/OLDrmail
                     37: 
                     38:        $ ln /bin/smail /bin/rmail
                     39: 
                     40: (2) For a System V system with sendmail, the steps are:
                     41: 
                     42:        $ make
                     43: 
                     44:        $ cp smail /bin/smail
                     45: 
                     46:        $ ln /bin/mail /bin/lmail
                     47: 
                     48:        $ sh make.cf.sh
                     49:                <answer the questions it asks>
                     50: 
                     51:        $ mv /usr/lib/sendmail.cf /usr/lib/OLDsendmail.cf
                     52: 
                     53:        $ cp sendmail.cf /usr/lib/sendmail.cf
                     54: 
                     55:        $ /usr/lib/sendmail -bz
                     56: 
                     57:        $ rm /bin/mail # (Remember, you still have it in /bin/lmail.)
                     58: 
                     59:        $ mv svbinmail /bin/mail
                     60: 
                     61:        $ mv /bin/rmail /bin/OLDrmail
                     62: 
                     63:        $ ln /bin/smail /bin/rmail
                     64: 
                     65:        Note: some implementations of sendmail don't work when the 'U'
                     66:        flag is set in the definition of the local mailer (a line that
                     67:        begins with "Mlocal" in the generated sendmail.cf).  If you try
                     68:        to send mail from a local user to a local user, a message comes
                     69:        out that says "No '!' in UUCP! (user)" - and the mail fails.
                     70:        If this happens take the 'U' flag out of the sendmail.cf.
                     71: 
                     72:        [ the >'s are secondary prompts from the shell,
                     73:          and ^M is 'carat' 'M', not 'control-M' ]
                     74: 
                     75:        $ ed sendmail.cf <<!
                     76:        > /^Mlocal/s/SU/S/
                     77:        > w
                     78:        > q
                     79:        > !
                     80: 
                     81: (3) For a System V system without sendmail, the steps are:
                     82: 
                     83:        $ make
                     84: 
                     85:        $ cp smail /bin/smail
                     86: 
                     87:        $ mv /bin/mail /bin/lmail
                     88: 
                     89:        $ mv svbinmail /bin/mail
                     90: 
                     91:        $ mv /bin/rmail /bin/OLDrmail
                     92: 
                     93:        $ ln /bin/smail /bin/rmail
                     94: 
                     95: You're done.
                     96: 
                     97: #
                     98: # @(#)Install  2.5 (smail) 9/15/87
                     99: #

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