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Re: compile on MacOS, Install and config information is a bit confusing


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: compile on MacOS, Install and config information is a bit confusing
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 10:21:49 +0300

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 08:27:09 +0200
> 
> Reading the INSTALL file in the nexstep directory I find
> 
> 
> ,----
> |   ./configure --with-ns
> `----
> 
> However when I run this option, I obtain a warning 
> (I have seen in GNU/Linux)
> 
> ,----
> | WARNING: This configuration installs a 'movemail' program
> | 
> | that does not retrieve POP3 email.  By default, Emacs 25 and earlier
> | 
> | installed a 'movemail' program that retrieved POP3 email via only
> | 
> | insecure channels, a practice that is no longer recommended but that
> | 
> | you can continue to support by using './configure --with-pop'.
> | 
> | configure: You might want to install GNU Mailutils
> | 
> | <https://mailutils.org> and use './configure --with-mailutils'.
> `----
> 
> Isn't this a  bit confusing.

Why is it confusing?  What is unclear about that warning?



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