diff INSTALL.txt @ 370:745f9cacfba0

Info on setting up a local spool handling mail gateway.
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Wed, 07 Nov 2001 05:38:57 +0000
parents 5a1c284dabea
children a28a80b714f9
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--- a/INSTALL.txt	Wed Nov 07 05:32:58 2001 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL.txt	Wed Nov 07 05:38:57 2001 +0000
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 
 Mail
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+
+Setup 1: As a mail alias pipe process
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as:
   "|/usr/bin/python /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <instance_home>"
 
@@ -94,6 +97,16 @@
   echo test |mail -s '[issue] test' issue_tracker@your.domain
 
 
+Setup 2: As a regular cron job
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+Set the roundup-mailgw up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example:
+10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <instance_home> <mail_spool_file>
+
+Where the mail_spool_file argument is the location of the roundup
+submission user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user
+"issue_tracker" will be "/var/mail/issue_tracker".
+
+
 
 Web Interface
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/