Subject: Re: Courier
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 12:19:40 MDT
Thanks, Bryn, for both the pointers and the recommendation.
Rob
>on 10/18/01 2:17 PM, Rob Brandt at rbrandt@sbdsl.com wrote:
>
>> I've heard good things about Courier as a mail server. I don't see
>> it on the YDL dist list. Is there an RPM somewhere that someone has
>> had good luck with on YDL 2.0?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>Hi Rob,
>
>There aren't really RPMs of courier out there anywhere. It's too dependent
>on the version of all sorts of things on the system. However it's REALLY
>easy to build an RPM of it as it's already set up for you! Once you have a
>non-root ID (any id whatsoever) set up for building RPM packages all you
>have to do is log in what that ID and type 'rpm -ta courier-0.35.tar.gz' (or
>whatever version of courier you're building). It takes about 45 minutes to
>an hour on a G3 class machine to build the RPM packages, and then you can
>install them as normal. There's no configuration to be done with Courier,
>the spec file and everything is all set up already.
>
>To build RPM packages as non-root, follow these instructions from the
>Courier FAQ:
>
>Q: I don't know how to build the RPM packages as non-root
>
>A: You should really go out and get a copy of "Maximum RPM". It's very out
>of date, but if you learn the basics, you'll be able to figure the rest out
>by yourself. The following instructions are applicable to RPM 3.0.4, or
>higher. First, you need to create a mirror image of the main RPM directory
>in your account:
>
>mkdir $HOME/rpm
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/SOURCES
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/SPECS
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/BUILD
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/SRPMS
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/RPMS
> mkdir $HOME/rpm/RPMS/i386 (Use ppc, or alpha, or whatever's
>appropriate.)
>
>Finally:
>
>echo "%_topdir $HOME/rpm" >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
>
>That's it, now you can build your RPMs:
>
>rpm -ta courier-0.20.tar.gz (or whatever .tar.gz file you have downloaded
>for Courier)
>
>The RPMS will be created in $HOME/rpm/RPMS/ppc/
>
>You can then switch to root and install them as normal.
>
>(ps. I'm running courier, I love it!!!! GREAT mail system which has
>performed so well for me it's not even funny)
>
>Bryn
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