glfs/server/mail/qmail/qmail-config.xml
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<sect2>
<title>Configuring qmail</title>
<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><userinput>/etc/inetd.conf and boot scripts</userinput></para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para><screen><userinput>
echo "smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \
tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd" >> /etc/inetd.conf
</userinput></screen></para>
<para>To automate the running of qmail, use following command to
create the init.d script:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>
cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail &lt;&lt; "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/qmail
# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
source /etc/sysconfig/rc
source $rc_functions
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting Qmail..."
/var/qmail/rc &
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping Qmail..."
killall qmail-send
;;
restart)
$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
# End $rc_base/init.d/qmail
EOF
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant rc.d directory with the following commands:
<screen><userinput>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc0.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc1.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc2.d/K25qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc3.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc4.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc5.d/S35qmail &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc6.d/K25qmail</userinput></screen></para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuring mailers to work with qmail</title>
<para>Configuration information for some commonly used MUAs can be
found in the <filename>/var/qmail/doc/INSTALL.mbox</filename>
file. Most MUAs can be configured to use qmail Mailbox format buy
putting the following in ~/.profile:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>
MAIL=$HOME/Mailbox; export MAIL
</userinput></screen></para></sect3>
</sect2>