Author: Eric "Shubes" Date: Subject: HylaFax and metamail
(glad to see that the list server had a problem and it wasn't my email
server)
I was working at installing Hylafax on a RH9 box today. Tried to RPM -i
the binary, and it warned me that the package wasn't keyed (I had rpm
--import 'd the public key), then said that it was dependent on the
metamail and sharutils packages. I found sharutils with the installation
RPMS and installed it, but was unable to find metamail on the RH9
installation RPMS (three CDs I've loaded to the HDD in /opt partition).
The doc says metamail (or compatable) is a UU-encoding program, used for
(optional) fax-to-mail gateways. I understand that UU-encoding has been
around a while so I'm reluctant to install metamail thinking that
sendmail might have a (different) module that it uses (in place of
metamail). I don't need the optional fax-to-mail gateway anyhoots..
So should I hunt down the metamail program and install it (to satisfy
the binary rpm) or build it from the source rpm? I've built wine from
source, but kinda prefer binaries when they're available. I figure
someone on this list is likely to point me in the right direction.