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Chapter 5. SVR4-style Tools

s-nail-14.9.25

Introduction to s-nail

The s-nail package is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1.

Package Information

s-nail Dependencies

Required Runtime

An MTA

Optional

MIT Kerberos and Apache SpamAssassin

Installation of s-nail

First, configure this package by executing the following command: 

VAL_BINDIR=/usr/5bin VAL_LIBEXECDIR=/usr/5lib      \
VAL_MANDIR=/usr/share/man/5man VAL_SYSCONFDIR=/etc \
make config

Install s-nail by running the following command: 

make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Optionally, make a few compatibility symlinks as the root user: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/ucb &&
ln -svf /usr/5bin/s-nail /usr/5bin/mailx &&
ln -svf /usr/5bin/s-nail /usr/ucb/Mail &&
ln -svf /usr/5bin/s-nail /usr/ucb/mail

Command Explanations

VAL_MTA=/usr/bin/sendmail: This variable sets the path to an MTA.

VAL_MTA_ARGV0=sendmail: This variable is used for mailwrapper(8) compatibility. Mailwrapper is a wrapper program that can be installed as sendmail which will automatically redirect queries to the installed sendmail-compatible MTA.

Contents

Installed Programs: Mail (link to s-nail), /usr/ucb/mail (link to s-nail), mailx (link to s-nail), s-nail, and s-nail-dotlock
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

Mail

is a symlink pointing to s-nail

/usr/ucb/mail

is a symlink pointing to s-nail

mailx

is a symlink pointing to s-nail

s-nail

is the Berkeley Mail 8.1-derived mail user agent

s-nail-dotlock

is a helper program for locking the mailbox