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<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.75 2004/09/14 05:48:54 justdave%bugzilla.org Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.76 2004/10/09 20:49:42 jocuri%softhome.net Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
<title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
</para>
</step>
<step>
+ <para><link linkend="install-MTA">Install a Mail Transfer Agent</link>
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
<para>Configure all of the above.
</para>
</step>
@@ -478,6 +482,27 @@
</para>
</section>
</section>
+ <section id="install-MTA">
+ <title>Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)</title>
+
+ <para>Bugzilla is dependent on the availability of an e-mail system for its user
+ authentication and for other tasks. </para>
+
+ <para>On Linux, any Sendmail-compatible MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) will suffice.
+ Sendmail, Postfix, qmail and Exim are examples of common MTAs. Sendmail is the
+ original Unix MTA, but the others are easier to configure, and therefore many people
+ replace Sendmail with Postfix or Exim. They are drop-in replacements, so that Bugzilla
+ will not distinguish between them.</para>
+
+ <para>Consult the manual for the specific MTA you choose for detailed installation
+ instructions. Each of these programs will have their own configuration files where you must
+ configure certain parameters to ensure that the mail is delivered properly. They
+ are implemented as services, and you should ensure that the MTA is in the
+ auto-start list of services for the machine.</para>
+
+ <para>If a simple mail sent with the command-line 'mail' program succeeds, then
+ Bugzilla should also be fine.</para>
+ </section>
</section>