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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ B) CONFIGURATION
2. Short description:
+ conf-home -- home dir of s/qmail [/var/qmail]
+ conf-queue -- separate queue directory [/var/qmail]
+
conf-break -- the character for VERP addresses [-]
conf-cc -- compiler (no change required)
conf-delivery -- qmail-start default-delivery
conf-djbdns -- DJBNDS libs (not supported yet)
conf-groups*) -- s/qmail groups
- conf-home -- home dir of s/qmail [/var/qmail]
conf-idn2 -- include optional path for libidn2
conf-ids*) -- Unix ids for s/qmail
conf-instances -- QMQ instances to be raised
@@ -82,12 +84,13 @@ B) CONFIGURATION
5. Directories and system interaction:
a) conf-home
- b) conf-qlibs
- c) conf-ssl
- d) conf-ucspissl
- e) conf-log
- f) conf-man
- g) conf-svcdir
+ b) conf-queue
+ c) conf-qlibs
+ d) conf-ssl
+ e) conf-ucspissl
+ f) conf-log
+ g) conf-man
+ h) conf-svcdir
6. Run-time issues:
@@ -126,10 +129,11 @@ C) INSTALLATION
3. Installation on OpenBSD
- s/qmail should be placed under
- /usr/local/qmail
- -- or --
- mount -u -o suid /var
+ s/qmail can be placed under
+ /usr/local/sqmail (binaries, contol, and others)
+ and queue at
+ /var/sqmail/(queue)
+ no requiring 'mount -u -o suid /var' any more.
4. Upgrade from an existing Qmail
@@ -187,6 +191,22 @@ C) INSTALLATION
- Check conf-cc for more restrictive settings.
+7. Splitted installation directories
+
+ s/qmail can be be splitted up two separate main directories
+ as givin in
+
+ * conf-home: followed by ./bin, ./user, ./alias, ./ssl, and others.
+ A typical place would be '/usr/bin/sqmail'.
+
+ * conf-queue: followed by ./queue and all required subdirectories.
+ A typical place would be '/var/sqmail/'.
+
+ Note: The legacy directory is however still '/var/qmail'.
+ Usage of a splitted directory setup is mainly forseen for
+ integrators providing binary packages of s/qmail with
+ the requirement to obey their particular installation paths.
+
D) DKIM CONFIGURATION
@@ -246,4 +266,4 @@ E) MISCELLANEOUS
Visit https://www.fehcom.de/sqmail/sqmail.html to
access online man-pages and documentation.
-Date: June, 18th 2023 (feh)
+Date: February, 5th 2024 (feh)