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[IKEDA Soji <address@concealed>]

Hi,

On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 21:38:39 +0200
Christian F Buser <address@concealed> wrote:

> Hi all 
> 
> Excuse me if my question seems to be unnecessary or is already answered 
> elsewhere... 
> 
> I presently run 2 lists on a local machine here - a Macintosh mini with OS 
> X 10.7 - using the "LetterRip" software. The software itself works as 
> expected, but OS X 10.6.8 is very old and will not run on a newer Mac 
> (should my present Mac break down), and the software does not work on any 
> newer MacOS (I think it needs "Rosetta" to run PPC applications on Intel 
> Macs) - I need to find a replacement. 
> 
> The LetterRip software gets its list messages from POP3 mail accounts at my 
> provider, handles them and sends the messages to the list of subscribers 
> via my provider’s SMTP server (or discards them if they are from 
> unauthorized addresses, i.e. non-subscribers). Of cours, I get a daily 
> summary about messages sent etc. 
> 
> I also have a web space with my provider running the website for the same 
> domain as the list server uses. I have FTP acces there, and can also 
> install a database. However, I have no idea about the operating system used 
> with my wirtual server. 
> 
> Would it be possible to run SYMPA on a machine like my present Mac? I have 
> a newer Mac on which I could use and install OS X Sierra 10.12, and I also 
> have a copy of the Server application for MacOS if this is needed to 
> operate SYMPA. Or would it be better to try installing it on the web space 
> (I can make additional sub-domains, if needed)? 

I had played with macOS Sierra.  To install Sympa from source,
following software were required:

* Perl 5 interpreter: Perl 5.18 or so has already been installed.

* Database: SQLite may be used for low-volume site. It does not need
  database server (see below).

* MTA: Postfix has already been installed.
  Sympa need MTA (inbound and outbound) running on the same host.

* HTTP server: Apache HTTP server 2.4 has already been installed.
  Sympa typically needs HTTP server running on the same host.

* tar: bsdtar (/usr/bin/tar) has already been installed.

* homebrew: It is useful to install other required packages:
  - C compiler: gcc (clang) will be installed together with homebrew.
  - make.
  - GNU gettext.
  - GNU autoconf.
  - GNU automake.

  Note that XCode also includes homebrew but you need not install
  XCode at all: You may simply go to homebrew home page <https://brew.sh>
  and follow instruction.  Once you have installed, you can install
  packages above by:

     $ brew install gettext

  and so on.

* External Perl modules: To install them, including SQLite, follow
  installation instruction.

For detailed steps see draft documentation: https://sympa-community.github.io/


One trouble I have occurred was location of gettext.  Before running
configure script, PATH had to be set:

    $ export PATH=/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:$PATH

And if you will install development version (clone of GitHub
repository, run autoreconf as:

    $ autoreconf -i -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/share/aclocal

(Running autoreconf is not required if you install from source
tarball).


Hope this helps.

-- Soji


> I would appreciate any help available for my "project" - best would, of 
> course, be a step-by-step instruction... 
> 
> Thank you in advance
> Christian 
> 
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