X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/c40202d3d91242b22664e1bb056a13dde4205661..da571d9ecb8b8eeaa430b4e4d132bcdd4d1b0076:/INSTALL?ds=inline diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ca45be7e..1147641c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -209,20 +209,23 @@ Options for configure config.h for details. --with-mts=MTS (DEFAULT is smtp) - Specify the mail transport system you want to use. The two + Specify the default mail transport system you want to use. The two acceptable options are "smtp" (which is the default), and - "sendmail". - - If you use "smtp", this will enable a direct SMTP (simple - mail transport protocol) interface in nmh. When sending - mail, instead of passing the message to the mail transport - agent, `post' will open a socket connection to the mail - port on the machine specified in the `mts.conf' file - (default is localhost), and speak SMTP directly. - - If you use "sendmail", then `post' will send messages by - passing forking a local copy of sendmail. Currently it - will still speak SMTP with this local copy of sendmail. + "sendmail". This value will be put into the mts.conf file. You + may find it convenient to specify a value at configure-time, + however, so that each time nmh is reinstalled, the right value will + be there. + + If you use "smtp", this will enable a direct SMTP (simple mail + transport protocol) interface in nmh. When sending mail, instead + of passing the message to the mail transport agent, `post' will + open a socket connection to the mail port on the machine specified + in the `mts.conf' file (default is localhost), and speak SMTP + directly. + + If you use "sendmail", then `post' will send messages by forking a + local copy of sendmail. Currently it will still speak SMTP with + this local copy of sendmail. If you wish to use a transport agent other than sendmail, you will need to use a `sendmail wrapper'.