FreeBSD Port: courier-0.39.3

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:28:28 -0000
"Richard Laxton" <ict at owps.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> Got FreeBSD5.0 Release trying to install courier and running into a problem.
> I've tried using the documentation on the courier website, but the paths are
> different in FreeBSD to what is listed in the manual so I am well and truly
> confused.
> 
> What I am trying to do is configure the webadmin to run from my Apache
> cgi-bin folder; all I get is
> "For security reasons, the default configuration of webadmin prevents access
> from non-local IP addresses without SSL. See INSTALL for more information."
> 
> So I read the manual and it says I need to create a file saying its okay to
> not use SSL ... that's where my problem starts. I don't actually have the
> same file path it suggests. This is the part of the readme I am attempting
> to follow :
> http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html#webadmin
> It gives and error when I try to run step 2 (it says make doesn't how to run
> the command given) and the little note right under step 3 is where I get a
> folder doesn't exist message.
> 
> I'd be appreciate of any help, even if you know where there might be a guide
> / manual for installing courier that uses FreeBSD as its base instead of
> whatever branding of *nix that guide uses :)


the ports version of courier-mta is horribly outdated and broken in many ways...
install the latest version from source instead...

"touch /usr/local/etc/courier/webadmin/unsecureok" to create the file making
non-ssl ok...