Commit fdbf1ce7 authored by jocuri%softhome.net's avatar jocuri%softhome.net

Documentation patch for bug 213262: add instructions on how to get sendmail to…

Documentation patch for bug 213262: add instructions on how to get sendmail to work with Bugzilla on Mac OS X; patch by A. Karl Kornel <karl@kornel.name>, r=colin.ogilvie, r=justdave.
parent 5133b605
......@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>
maildeliverymethod
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This is used to specify how email is sent, or if it is sent at
all. There are several options included for different MTAs,
along with two additional options that disable email sending.
"testfile" does not send mail, but instead saves it in
<filename>data/mailer.testfile</filename> for later review.
"none" disables email sending entirely.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
shadowdb
</term>
<listitem>
......@@ -154,25 +170,6 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>
passwordmail
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Every time a user creates an account, the text of this parameter
(with substitutions) is sent to the new user along with their
password message.
</para>
<para>
Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. For
instance, many people choose to use this box to give a quick
training blurb about how to use Bugzilla at your site.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
movebugs
</term>
<listitem>
......@@ -294,6 +291,22 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
sendmailnow
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When Bugzilla is using Sendmail older than 8.12, turning this option
off will improve performance by not waiting for Sendmail to actually
send mail. If Sendmail 8.12 or later is being used, there is
nothing to gain by turning this off. If another MTA is being used,
such as Postfix, then this option *must* be turned on (even if you
are using the fake sendmail executable that Postfix provides).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
......@@ -1295,7 +1308,9 @@
resulted in a user acquiring permanent membership in a group.
To remove a user from a group the user was in due to a regular
expression in version 2.16 or earlier, the user must be explicitly
removed from the group.</para>
removed from the group. This can easily be done by pressing
buttons named 'Remove Memberships' or 'Remove Memberships
included in regular expression' under the table.</para>
</note>
<warning>
<para>If specifying a domain in the regexp, make sure you end
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<chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
<title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
......@@ -1638,6 +1638,29 @@ C:\perl&gt; <command>ppm install &lt;module name&gt;</command>
<section id="os-macosx">
<title><productname>Mac OS X</productname></title>
<para>Making Bugzilla work on Mac OS X requires the following
adjustments.</para>
<section id="macosx-sendmail">
<title>Sendmail</title>
<para>In Mac OS X 10.3 and later,
<ulink url="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</ulink>
is used as the built-in email server. Postfix provides an executable
that mimics sendmail enough to fool Bugzilla, as long as Bugzilla can
find it.</para>
<para>As of version 2.20, Bugzilla will be able to find the fake
sendmail executable without any assistance. However, you will have
to turn on the sendmailnow parameter before you do anything that would
result in email being sent. For more information, see the description
of the sendmailnow parameter in <xref linkend="parameters"/>.</para>
</section>
<section id="macosx-libraries">
<title>Libraries &amp; Perl Modules on Mac OS X</title>
<para>Apple did not include the GD library with Mac OS X. Bugzilla
needs this for bug graphs.</para>
......@@ -1694,12 +1717,13 @@ C:\perl&gt; <command>ppm install &lt;module name&gt;</command>
</callout>
<callout arearefs="macosx-make">
<para>You should watch the output from these make commands,
especially <quote>make test</quote> as errors may prevent XML::Parser
from functioning correctly with Bugzilla.
especially <quote>make test</quote> as errors may prevent
XML::Parser from functioning correctly with Bugzilla.
</para>
</callout>
</calloutlist>
</section>
</section>
<section id="os-mandrake">
<title>Linux-Mandrake 8.0</title>
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