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-$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.7 2004/04/24 05:29:36 schmonz Exp $
+$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.8 2004/07/21 22:35:59 schmonz Exp $
- To be able to view manpages either add "${QMAILDIR}/man/" to the
- _default line in /etc/man.conf or specify this directory in
- MANPATH variable in your environment.
+To activate ${PKGBASE} for local and outgoing deliveries:
+- Check the configuration files in ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}.
+- Modify /etc/mailer.conf (see ${EGDIR}/mailer.conf).
+- Set qmailsend=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
- To start qmail at startup, set qmail=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
- To start qmail-pop3d at startup, set qmailpop3d=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
- To start qmail-smtpd at startup, set qmailsmtpd=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
+To enable SMTP:
+- Set qmailsmtpd=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
+
+To enable POP3 (only for Maildirs):
+- Set qmailpop3d=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
+
+To allow local non-root users to see the queue:
+- Set qmailqread=YES in /etc/rc.conf.
+- Change the mailq entry in /etc/mailer.conf to qmail-qread-client.
+
+Alternatively, you can manage the qmail daemons with daemontools
+by creating appropriate run scripts in /service. There are many
+ways to do this; you may find the qmail-conf package helpful.
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