@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <h1>Contents</h1>
1919 < ul >
2020 < li > < a href ="#instance "> The Instance</ a >
2121 < li > < a href ="#startcmd "> Command Line Tool</ a >
22- < li > < a href ="#startweb "> E-Mail Interface</ a >
22+ < li > < a href ="#startmail "> E-Mail Interface</ a >
2323 < li > < a href ="#startweb "> Web Interface</ a >
2424 < li > < a href ="#users "> Users and Access Control</ a > (Users and permissions, Adding users)
2525 < li > < a href ="#issues "> Issues</ a >
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ <h2><a name="startcmd">Command Line Tool</a></h2>
156156 < br > roundup's internal use (problems, etc)
157157</ ol >
158158
159- < h2 > < a name ="startweb "> E-Mail Interface</ a > </ h2 >
159+ < h2 > < a name ="startmail "> E-Mail Interface</ a > </ h2 >
160160
161161< h3 > Setup 1: As a mail alias pipe process</ h3 >
162162Set up a mail alias called "issue_tracker" as (include the quote marks):
@@ -179,30 +179,36 @@ <h3>Setup 1: As a mail alias pipe process</h3>
179179</ blockquote >
180180
181181
182- < h3 > Setup 2: As a regular cron job</ h3 >
183-
182+ < h3 > Setup 2: As a regular cron job using a mailbox source</ h3 >
184183Set the roundup-mailgw up to run every 10 minutes or so. For example:
185184< blockquote >
186- < tt > 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <instance_home> <mail_spool_file></ tt >
185+ < tt > 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <instance_home> mailbox <mail_spool_file></ tt >
187186</ blockquote >
188-
189187Where the mail_spool_file argument is the location of the roundup
190188submission user's mail spool. On most systems, the spool for a user
191189"issue_tracker" will be "/var/mail/issue_tracker".
192190
191+ < h3 > Setup 3: As a regular cron job using a POP source</ h3 >
192+ To retrieve from a POP mailbox, use a similar cron entry to the mailbox
193+ one:
194+ < blockquote >
195+ < tt > 10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw <instance_home> pop <pop_spec></ tt >
196+ </ blockquote >
197+ where pop_spec is "username:password@server" that specifies the roundup
198+ submission user's POP account name, password and server.
193199
194200< h2 > < a name ="startweb "> Web Interface</ a > </ h2 >
195201This software will work through apache or stand-alone.
196202< p >
197203< strong > Stand-alone:</ strong >
198204< ol >
199205 < li > Edit roundup-server at the top - ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES needs to know
200- about your instance. *** command-line option
206+ about your instance. You may also specify the values for
207+ ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES on the command-line using "name=home" pairs.
201208 < li > < tt > roundup-server [hostname port]</ tt > (hostname may be "")
202209 < li > Load up the page < tt > /<instance name>/index</ tt > where
203210 instance name is the
204211 name you nominated in < tt > ROUNDUP_INSTANCE_HOMES</ tt > .
205- *** command-line option
206212</ ol >
207213
208214< strong > Apache:</ strong >
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1288+ $Id: index.html,v 1.23 2001-12-31 03:07:04 richard Exp $
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