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<h1>Building Courier RPMs</h1>
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<p>You can build binary Courier RPMs directly from the tarball, using RPM
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version 4.0.2 or higher. For example:</p>
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<pre>rpmbuild -ta courier-<em>version</em>.tar.bz2</pre>
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<p>Because the RPMs can be built directly from the tarball, binary RPMs will
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not be distributed separately.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong></p>
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<p>The first attempt to build binary RPMs will likely result in an error
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message requesting additional RPMs to be installed first, such as the LDAP
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server, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, and various other development
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<p><span style="color: #ff4040">Do not blow off these requirements, and
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attempt to hack your way around them.</span> Install the required RPMs,
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and try again. These RPMs are required to build the full complement of
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Courier packages, and they may be removed after building Courier.</p>
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<p>Parts of Courier that use these optional RPMs will be built into
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separate, optional subpackages, and will not be required to run Courier.
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The optional RPMs must be installed only for the duration of the build
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<p>Note that Courier does not allow itself to be built as root. A single
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mistake -- especially when trying to build a system-level utility -- can have
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serious consequences. Therefore the configuration script won't let you.
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There's an undocumented flag to disable the check, for folks who don't make
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mistakes :-) See the <a href="FAQ.html">FAQ</a> for instructions on how to
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configure RPM to build packages as non-root.</p>
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<p>Building the RPM packages yourself will also result in the packages being
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customized for your system. This procedure builds the following packages:</p>
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<li><code>courier.rpm</code> - the base mail server.</li>
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<li><code>courier-smtpauth.rpm</code> - install this package to enable
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authenticated ESMTP, in the ESMTP server.</li>
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<li><code>courier-ldap.rpm</code> - module to authenticate against an LDAP
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directory. Install this module if you would like to use an LDAP directory
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to authenticate and manage mail accounts. LDAP support requires the
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OpenLDAP library to be installed. If OpenLDAP development libraries are
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not installed, this package will be empty.</li>
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<li><code>courier-mysql.rpm</code> - module to authenticate using a MySQL
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database. Install this module if you would like to use a MySQL database
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to authenticate and manage mail accounts. If MySQL development libraries
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are not installed, this package will be empty.</li>
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<li><code>courier-pgsql.rpm</code> - module to authenticate using a
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PostgreSQL database. Install this module if you would like to use a
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PostgreSQL database to authenticate and manage mail accounts. If
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PostgreSQL development libraries are not installed, this package will be
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<li><code>courier-fax-<em>version</em>--1.%{_arch}.rpm</code> - several
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supporting scripts for sending E-mails by fax.</li>
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<li><code>courier-pop3d.rpm</code> - the POP3 server.</li>
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<li><code>courier-imapd.rpm</code> - the IMAP server.</li>
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<li><code>courier-webmail.rpm</code> - the webmail server.</li>
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<li><code>courier-webadmin.rpm</code> - the web-based administration tool
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(just the <code>cgi-bin</code> wrapper, actually, the remaining files are
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installed by other packages).</li>
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<li><code>courier-maildrop.rpm</code> - <i>maildrop</i> mail filter
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(required if you want to implement mail filtering).</li>
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<li><code>courier-mlm.rpm</code> - the <i>couriermlm</i> mailing list
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<li><code>courier-sendmail-wrapper.rpm</code> - install this package to
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create soft links from <code>/usr/bin/sendmail</code>,
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<code>/usr/lib/sendmail</code>, and several other popular places, to
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Courier's sendmail wrapper. This package will not be created on Red Hat
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7.3 and later, which uses the Debian-derived alternatives mechanism. The
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alternatives mechanism will be incorporated into the main Courier
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<li><code>courier-maildrop-wrapper.rpm</code> - install this package to
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create soft links in the <code>/usr/local/bin</code> subdirectory, for
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applications which expect to find <code>maildrop</code> in the
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<code>/usr/local/bin</code> directory. <code>maildrop</code> is also
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available as a standalone package, which normally installs in the
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<code>/usr/local/bin</code> subdirectory. Courier includes an integrated
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version of <code>maildrop</code>, and you can install this package to
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allow applications that are configured for the standalone
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<code>maildrop</code> version to use Courier's integrated version
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> these packages are built with certain directories
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in a non-default location. Specifically, the configuration files are
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installed in <code>/etc/courier</code>, the mail spool is installed in
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<code>/var/spool/courier</code>, and the manual pages are installed directly
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in <code>/usr/man</code>. Other configuration settings are left at their
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defaults. If you need to change the defaults, you will have to build your own
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> the first time the system boots after installing
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the Courier RPM, the system may pause for several minutes at the "Starting
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Courier" prompt. That's because the startup script automatically creates test
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SSL certificates the first time the script is executed (provided that SSL
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support is available). This can take as much as 5-6 minutes on a slow
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machine. Subsequent starts should take only a few seconds. Have patience.
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Also note that the main Courier RPM has the ESMTP server turned off. You must
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manually enable receiving mail via ESMTP by editing the <code>esmtpd</code>
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configuration file.</p>
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