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84 lines
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SAVE COPIES OF YOUR OUTGOING MAIL! Like any other piece of software (and
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information generally), the qmail system comes with NO WARRANTY. It's
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much more secure and reliable than sendmail, but that's not saying much.
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Things you have to decide before starting:
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* The qmail home directory, normally /var/qmail. To change this
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directory, edit conf-qmail now.
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* The names of the qmail users and the qmail groups. To change these
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names, edit conf-users and conf-groups now.
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To create /var/qmail and configure qmail (won't interfere with sendmail):
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1. Create the qmail home directory:
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# mkdir /var/qmail
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2. Read INSTALL.ids. You must set up the qmail group and the qmail
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users before compiling the programs.
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3. Compile the programs and create the qmail directory tree:
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# make setup check
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4. Read INSTALL.ctl and FAQ. Minimal survival command:
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# ./config
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5. Read INSTALL.alias. Minimal survival command:
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# (cd ~alias; touch .qmail-postmaster .qmail-mailer-daemon .qmail-root)
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# chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail*
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6. Read INSTALL.mbox and INSTALL.vsm.
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7. Read INSTALL.maildir.
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8. Copy /var/qmail/boot/home (or proc) to /var/qmail/rc.
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To test qmail deliveries (won't interfere with sendmail):
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9. Enable deliveries of messages injected into qmail:
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# csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
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10. Read TEST.deliver.
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To upgrade from sendmail to qmail:
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11. Read SENDMAIL. This is what your users will want to know about the
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switch from sendmail to qmail.
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12. Read REMOVE.sendmail. You must remove sendmail before installing
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qmail.
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13. Read REMOVE.binmail.
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14. Add
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csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
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to your boot scripts, so that the qmail daemons are restarted
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whenever your system reboots. Make sure you include the &.
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15. Make qmail's ``sendmail'' wrapper available to MUAs:
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# ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
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# ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
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/usr/sbin might not exist on your system.
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16. Set up qmail-smtpd in /etc/inetd.conf (all on one line):
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smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
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tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
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17. Reboot. (Or kill -HUP your inetd and make sure the qmail daemons
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are running.)
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18. Read TEST.receive.
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That's it! To report success:
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% ( echo 'First M. Last'; cat `cat SYSDEPS` ) | mail djb-qst@cr.yp.to
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Replace First M. Last with your name.
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If you have questions about qmail, join the qmail mailing list; see
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http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html.
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