05 January 2020

exmh

System: Slackware Linux (version 14.2)
CPUs: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @1.60GHz
Deps: compface-1.5.2.tar.gz, exmh-2.7.2.tar.gz,
expect-5.44.1.15.tar.bz2, faces, glimpse-master.zip,
nmh-1.7.1.tar.gz, q-agent-master.zip

Updated: 13-02-2020
In 2.8.0 B. Welch uses a
local rather than global
installed tcl/tk/expect.

Installation of exmh-2.7.2.tar.gz.

https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.1/source/tcl/

Install tcl, tk, and expect into --prefix=/opt.

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/compface/
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/network/nmh/

Use sbopkg to install compface and nmh.

Create a ~/Mail directory and then run 'install-mh' to create an ~/.mh_profile file.

bash-4.3$ cat ~/.mh_profile
Path: Mail
Msg-Protect: 600
Folder-Protect: 700
draft-folder: drafts
unseen-sequence: unseen
bash-4.3$

http://kinzler.com/ftp/faces/picons/db/

Download and extract into /usr/local/faces your desired databases.

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https://github.com/gvelez17/glimpse
glimpse-master.zip

https://github.com/vaerksted/q-agent
q-agent-master.zip

Install glimpse and quintuple agent into --prefix=/usr/local.

ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/exmh/
exmh-2.7.2.tar.gz

Copy the exmh lib/mime.types file to /usr/local/etc/.

There were some issues with XDG regarding mailcap files.

bash-4.3$ cat /etc/mailcap
application/postscript; gv %s
bash-4.3$ /opt/bin/expect -version
expect version 5.44.1.15
bash-4.3$ ed /usr/local/bin/exmh
4469
18,48p
# The following lines are patched by exmh.install
#CONFIGURATION
set wish /opt/bin/wish8.6
set exmh(version) {version 2.7.2 01/07/2005}
set exmh(name) exmh
set exmh(maintainer) welch@acm.org
set mh_path /usr/bin
set exmh(slocal) /usr/libexec/nmh/slocal
set mime(dir) /usr/bin
set mailcap_default /etc/mailcap
set mimetypes_default /usr/local/etc/mime.types
set exmh(expect) /opt/bin/expect
set exmh(expectk) /opt/bin/expectk
set faces(dir) /usr/local/faces
set faces(set,user) {local users usenix misc}
set faces(set,unknown) {domains unknown}
set faces(set,news) news
set faces(defaultDomain) eng.sun.com
set faces(suffix) {xpm gif xbm}
set pgp(pgp,path) /usr/local/bin
set pgp(pgp5,path) /usr/local/bin
set pgp(gpg,path) /usr/bin
set pgp(pgp6,path) /usr/local/bin
set glimpse(path) /usr/local/bin
set sound(cmd) {/usr/bin/play -v 38}
set exmh(library) /usr/local/lib/exmh-2.7
set install(dir,bin) /usr/local/bin
set install(dir,man) /usr/man/man1
set install(dir,lib) /usr/local/lib/exmh-2.7

#END CONFIGURATION
q
bash-4.3$

cf: misc/netscape-remote.tar.Z

The headers stdlib.h and string.h might be added in netscape_remote.c.

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