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Backup Courier config files
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Backup sysconfdir. (/usr/lib/courier/etc or /etc/courier)

Backup and/or check /etc/pam.d/ "webmail", "imap", "pop3", or "esmtp"
PAM service services.



Building Courier from source
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Typical installation commands:

./configure [options]
make
make check       # Optional -- see below
make install
make install-configure



Building Courier rpms
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rpmbuild -ta courier-version.tar.bz2

Fix any dependecies, and re-try until successful.

rpm -Uvh the following files:

courier.rpm
courier-pop3d.rpm
courier-imapd.rpm
courier-webmail.rpm


The configuration files are installed in /etc/courier, the mail spool
is installed in /var/spool/courier, and the manual pages are installed
in /usr/man. Other configuration settings are left at their
defaults.



Create/update system startup scripts
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The system startup script must be modified to run the new command:
"/usr/lib/courier/sbin/webmaild start" 

You will need to modify your system startup script to run
/usr/lib/courier/libexec/courier/sqwebmaild start.