[Xeo]

I'm trying to set up a method of receiving e-mails and automatically saving the attachments as files. To do this, I am going to use a fetchmail, procmail, and metamail combination.

Fetchmail and procmail are already in OS X but metamail is not. I am having difficulty compiling metamail. Usually, if it doesn't compile on the first try, or I don't have step by step instructions to follow, I am lost.

Please help me get this installed. I don't know how to make it configure properly.

I am using the source on this page

Here is what I get when I follow the instructions of just typing "make":

Code:
(cd metamail ; make  CONFIGDIR=../.  CFLAGS="-g -I.   " CC="cc"  LDLIBS="")
rm -f metamail.o
cc -c  -I../. -g -I.    metamail.c
metamail.c: In function `main':
metamail.c:306: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:308: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:309: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:310: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:311: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:313: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:314: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:316: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:317: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
metamail.c:321: warning: passing arg 2 of `signal' from incompatible pointer type
rm -f codes.o
cc -c  -I../. -g -I.    codes.c
rm -f uue.o
cc -c  -I../. -g -I.    uue.c
rm -f shared.o
cc -c  -I../. -g -I.    shared.c
rm -f putenv.o
cc -c  -I../. -g -I.    putenv.c
rm -f metamail
cc -I../. -g -I.    -o metamail  metamail.o  putenv.o codes.o uue.o shared.o 
ld: Undefined symbols:
_gtty
_stty
make[1]: *** [metamail] Error 1
make: *** [basics] Error 2

Usually a "configure" file sets up the program before making but this one doesn't have that. What is the problem and how do I manually fix it?

[edit] Maybe progress... I've been searching for other people who have "undefined symbols" of _gtty and _stty and one solution is to use "termios" instead. However, I have no idea where to edit the code to make it use that. Where do I include it? What code should I change so it doesn't look for the tty's? Is this even on the right track?

Thanks.

[proton]

I haven't tested if it works after this, but it does compile correctly (albeit with the original signal warnings still in place).

Add the following lines of code to the top of the src/metamail/metamail.c file:

Code:
#define stty(fd,buf) ioctl(fd,TIOCSETP,buf)
#define gtty(fd,buf) ioctl(fd,TIOCGETP,buf)

- proton

[Xeo]

Well, I've never used metamail before, but that did let it compile correctly. And it appears to work too. I used it on some of their test files and it was able to read the attachments and save them as files and everything good like that.

I will post back later if it makes everything work.

Thanks so much.