[X-Unix] POPFile and Perl installation and setup

[Tom Shaw]

At 3:40 AM +1200 4/11/05, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>I'm wanting to try POPFile <http://popfile.sourceforge.net/> so I can
>get decent spam filtering with MacSOUP. Unfortunately I haven't a clue
>how to get the Perl modules I need up and running or how to get POPFile
>setup. The help files are all in high level geek so I'm left out in the
>cold.
>
>I don't suppose anyone knows of any step by step guides that could help
>me out, please? I'm not stupid and am a long time Mac user, but all the
>info on POPFile and Perl module installation and setup I can see assumes
>too much knowledge - knowledge that I don't yet have. I wish for once
>people developing OS projects would consider that low level geeks like
>myself might want to use them!
>
>TIA for any help you can give. I know you're busy people so if it would
>be too time consuming to babysit me through the necessary steps I'll
>fully understand. I wouldn't expect that. But any possible help URLs you
>might have - if any - would be great.
>
>I'm running 10.3.8 Personal edition, MacSOUP 2.7 (not that it really
>matters what email client I'm using - I think) and run my own SMTP
>server using Postfix.
>

Get yourself a entry level perl book

See http://cpan.org/

In terminal type

sudo cpan


then help after initial setup

Then install modules that you want/need

Tom

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