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====== Installing paclink-unix ======

===== Expectations =====

This wiki describes a basic Debian install of paclink-unix that will work with most e-mail clients. If you are installing paclink-unix on a machine with no keyboard or display then you will use a command line mail client like [[http://www.mutt.org/ | mutt]]. If the install is to a 'regular' linux box with keyboard & screen I'm going to assume you are using Thunderbird email client or something that allows configuring a Unix movemail account.

While I have installed & config'ed sendmail, the package, I think it is easier to config [[http://www.postfix.org/ | postfix]] for the MTA. There is usually some confusion over **sendmail**. There is [[wp>sendmail]] the package & sendmail the program which can be found in any of these Debian packages:

nbsmtp , smail, nullmailer, exim4-daemon-heavy, masqmail, courier-mta, msmtp-mta , esmtp-run, ssmtp, sendmail-bin, xmail, postfix, exim4-daemon-light.

Background on the default MTA debate for Debian can be found [[https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/DefaultMTA | here]]

For some background on how e-mail works I found this link helpful: [[http://wiki.mutt.org/?MailConcept | A short introduction to the notorious MxA bunch]].

You do **not** need to install an imap or pop3 server to get paclink-unix to work. For your initial install I advise against doing this. After you have confirmed that paclink-unix is working with just an MTA only then would I embark on configuring an imap or pop3 server. Why would you want an imap or pop3 server? One of the ways I use paclink-unix is from my Android Nexus tablet I use the K-9 Mail program & invoke the wl2k transport programs via a web interface. That code is in the paclink-unix cvs tree under webapp.

If you have suggestions for additions or corrections to this wiki please post them to the [[http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/paclink-unix/conversations/messages | paclink-unix yahoo group]].
====== Installation Steps ======
  * [[plu:verify_kernel | Verify kernel has AX.25 stack enabled]]
  * [[plu:install_ax25 | Install AX.25 Library, apps & tools]]
  * [[plu:install_plu | Install paclink-unix]]
  * [[plu:install_postfix | Configure postfix]]



===== Test & Verify =====
  * [[plu:test_verify | Tips to verify your paclink-unix configuration]]