Pemail version 1.2 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
Monday the 22nd of March, 2010

    version 1.2

      View the most recent changes for the pemail port at: pemail.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for pemail.
      The raw portfile for pemail 1.2 is located here:
      http://pemail.darwinports.com/dports/mail/pemail/Portfile
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      The pemail Portfile 59830 2009-10-23 15:40:04Z avsm macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: pemail
      Version: 1.2
      Category: mail
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: pop3 email client for the command line
      Long Description: pemail allows you to view POP3 email from the command line, with a fairly intuitive interface, much like the UNIX mail(1) command does. pemail also allows you to send email from the same interface, making it pretty much an all in one mail client for the UNIX command line.

      Homepage: http://pemail.sourceforge.net
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: md5 4fbd8f9e8a3912c3b86bbe4a69ed29cd

      depends_lib path:bin/perl:perl5
      depends_run port:p5-mail-pop3client port:p5-mime-lite port:p5-term-readkey

      configure {
      reinplace "s|/usr/bin/perl|${prefix}/bin/perl|g" ${worksrcpath}/pemail.pl
      }

      build {}

      destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 ${worksrcpath}/pemail.pl ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      xinstall -m 755 -d ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      xinstall -m 644 -W ${worksrcpath} BUGS FIXED INSTALL LICENSE README TODO ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/pemail
      % sudo port install pemail
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching pemail
      ---> Verifying checksum for pemail
      ---> Extracting pemail
      ---> Configuring pemail
      ---> Building pemail with target all
      ---> Staging pemail into destroot
      ---> Installing pemail
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using pemail with these commands:
      %  man pemail
      % apropos pemail
      % which pemail
      % locate pemail

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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