From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <320095285153-0001@t-online.de> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX,FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout05.sul.t-online.com (mailout05.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.82]) by cvs.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D443255A2B for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:19:23 -0700 (MST) Received: from fwd07.sul.t-online.com by mailout05.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14Lr0I-0001EB-01; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:20:14 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.230]) by fwd07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14Lr06-220WVUC; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:20:02 +0100 Received: (qmail 4062 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jan 2001 21:01:16 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 25 Jan 2001 21:01:16 -0000 Message-ID: <3A7067C1.9B570C8E@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Mail Stuff References: <20010125003302.A1974@kabbu.akopia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Jan 25 11:20:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:52:01 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 1f53c264-a444-4dc6-881f-335301332567 X-Archives-Hash: b54bb03b24782c6d24490c54931c0b16 "Jerry A!" wrote: > Hey, I've been working on trying to update the way mail portages are > installed for a while now. Well, actually, the real job (tm) has been > getting in the way. > > Anyway, what I've been trying to do is come up with a method of > installing various types MTA setups (plain, LDAP, etc...) without having > multiple ebuilds (for fear of them getting out of sync). > > So, I'm attaching my "work-in-progress". I'd really appreciate if if > people out there would test this stuff out and provide me with some > feedback. > > Okay, now the details: > > Options are set via the "USE" variable in /etc/make.conf. The existing > options are mta-ldap, mta-mysql and mta-tls. The ebuild should check > for the variables and do it's magic. > > Right now, I've got ebuild files for exim and postfix. Once these are > ironed out and committed, I'll start work on qmail. Also, I've created > a mailbase portage. All this does is create /etc/mail and stuff an > aliases file there. I did this because exim, postfix and sendmail all > use the same format, and most people just keep it in /etc/mail. Also, > this solves the issue duplication (ie each MTA portage installing the > same file, and thus a chance for aliases to get out of sync). > > Some more notes. These portages install basic config files that should > allow it to work "out-of-the-box." The config files are the standard > ones from the MTA, just modified to deliver to ~/.maildir. I figured > that since the base config files have copious comments, it would help > the users out with configuration questions. > > Okay, this message is getting long enough as it is. Just yank out the > tarball and let me know what you think!!! > Sounds like lot of work Jerry, thank you for that, I'll give it a try on my fresh installed rc4_pre2 test system. achim* > > --Jerry > > name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a > phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... > email: jerry@akopia.com || ...It's much more important > || than that! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: mailstuff.tar.bz2 > mailstuff.tar.bz2 Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) > Encoding: base64