The build/install procedure for serialmail is the usual make setup check.

First, obtain the source distribution for the package. Right click on the link above; use ftp, wget, curl, lynx -dump; whatever works for you. The installation procedure described below assumes the package will be available on your system in /usr/local/djb/dist/serialmail-0.75.tar.gz.

Verify the MD5 checksum:

# cd /usr/local/djb/dist
# md5 serialmail-0.75.tar.gz
MD5 (serialmail-0.75.tar.gz) = e6a3049863ae8577b1780fcd9fbc98a9

If the reported checksum doesn't agree, the package has been altered or corrupted. Delete the package and download it again from a trusted source.

Unpack the archive into your build directory:

# cd /usr/local/djb/build
# tar -xzvf ../dist/serialmail-0.75.tar.gz

You should now find a new directory in /usr/local/djb/build named serialmail-0.75. Change into this directory:

# cd serialmail-0.75

Apply patches as necessary. The errno patch is for GNU glibc systems as described in the appendix errno patches.

# patch -p1 < ../../patches/serialmail-0.75.errno.patch

Then continue with the build/install:

# make
# make setup check

Let Bernstein know how everything worked out, using your own name in the following:

# (echo 'Jennifer Aniston'; cat `cat SYSDEPS`) | mail djb-qst@cr.yp.to 

The package includes plain-text documentation files:

• TOISP, forwarding mail to a connected relay
• FROMISP, getting mail from a connected mailserver
• AUTOTURN, simulating ETRN

These describe the basic principles of operation and will be useful background to the discussion that follows, qmail in the bush.