This ifmail stuff

Larry (larrywyb@arn.net)
Wed, 28 May 1997 18:22:31 -0500 (CDT)

I am wondering how ifmail works.
I have been using Fidonet for years
and am wondering if ifmail acts
like a mail frontend such as
frontdoor? Does it get the fidonet
packages in and convert the packets
to a type of mail that can be read
by a internet type news reader?

Do I have to setup C-news or I-news
to use it?

Do I have to have a UUCP account or
can I feed the fidonet packets into
a spooler and read them with an NNTP
Spool reader such as SLRN?
I don't have a UUCP account and I
really don't want to have to pay for
one if it's not nessecary, NNTP works
great for me and I don't need the
extra expense.

How do I connect to my hub to get the
fidonet packets? Is that a part of the
ifmail package?

And why does it do this every time I
try to build it?

In file included from nlindex.h:9,
from nlindex.c:19:
/usr/include/ndbm.h:38: conflicting types for `datum'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:38: previous declaration of `datum'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:42: conflicting types for `DBM'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:42: previous declaration of `DBM'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:47: conflicting types for `dbm_open'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:47: previous declaration of `dbm_open'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:51: conflicting types for `dbm_fetch'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:51: previous declaration of `dbm_fetch'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:59: conflicting types for `dbm_firstkey'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:59: previous declaration of `dbm_firstkey'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:61: conflicting types for `dbm_nextkey'
/usr/include/ndbm.h:61: previous declaration of `dbm_nextkey'
make[1]: *** [nlindex.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/ifmail/ifgate'
make: *** [install] Error 2

I am using the 2.0.30 kernel with Slackware
and so far haven't had a bit of trouble
building any files but this one. Is it
because i don't have one of the major mailers
set up such as C-news or whatever?

Thanks in advance for any info.

Larry