ln -s /usr/local/lib/sendmail.v8 /usr/lib/sendmail.mx
chmod 0000 /usr/lib/sendmail.old
chmod 0000 /usr/lib/sendmail.mx.old
Assuming, of course, that you have installed sendmail V8 in
/usr/local/lib/sendmail.v8.
Solaris
section of our Compiling Sendmail page
explains these.
Berkeley migration
(from SMI-8.6 to 8.X),
Sun migration
(from SMI-8.6 to 8.X+Sun), and
Differences
(5 sections comparing and contrasting config files and binaries).
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/aix-faq/.
2) There is a negative caching bug in AIX 3.2.5 with
/usr/sbin/named executables that are less than 103000
bytes long. Ask your IBM representative to give you PMP
3251, or the most recent patch that fixes this problem for
your particular configuration and version of the OS.
Q5.2.3 -- Why can't I get sendmail 8.7.1 to use MX records
with AIX 3.2.5?
Date: July 5, 1996
IBM, in their infinite wisdom, provided a header file that would
easily mis-compile. This resulted in the struct{} for the DNS query
to be mis-allocated, and MX processing would barf.
Fix 1) upgrade to 8.7.5 - this has a code fix for this problem.
Fix 2) Install the BIND 4.9.4 libraries and include files and
tweak the Makefile.AIX to use them - I *think* these Get It Right (if
not, at least it'll die during compile rather than failing weirdly at
runtime).
Fix 3) Hack Makefile.AIX to pass a -DBIT_ZERO_ON_LEFT to cause the
headers to use the right #ifdefs.
- 6.1 Reference material devoted exclusively to sendmail
- 6.2 Reference material with chapters or sections on
sendmail
- 6.3 Reference material on subjects related to sendmail
- 6.4 World-wide web index pages on sendmail
- 6.5 World-wide web index pages Internet email in general
- 6.6 Online tutorials for sendmail
- 6.7 Online archives of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups,
relating to Internet email
Q6 -- Additional information sources
Date: April 8, 1997
Updated: August 29, 1998
This probably isn't in strict RFC 1807 format, but I'm getting
closer. Unfortunately, the format detailed in RFC 1807 was never
intended to be used in this fashion, so I'm doing a bit of square-peg
fitting into round holes.
Note that the publisher ids that I've assigned should not be
misconstrued to imply that I have actually published all these
documents, it's just that I need some sort of reasonable entry for the
RFC 1807 "ID" field, and in lieu of information to the contrary
indicating what the actual publishers have registered, I have assigned
my own, independent, "third-party" IDs. Hopefully, the bibliographic
entries below make it obvious who the real publishers of the various
documents are.
sendmail home page for
late-breaking updates and other useful information.
If you want to be notified regarding future updates to sendmail and
other items of potential interest, you may want to subscribe to the
sendmail-announce mailing list. Address your subscription requests
to "majordomo@lists.sendmail.org" with "subscribe sendmail-announce"
as the body of the message.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/reference/1
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//book/ISBN/1-56592-222-0
ENTRY:: March 23, 1996
REVISION:: April 8, 1997; Updated entire entry re: 2nd Ed.
TYPE:: Reference book, hardcopy
TITLE:: sendmail
AUTHOR:: Costales, Bryan
AUTHOR:: Allman, Eric
CONTACT:: Bryan Costales <bcx@BCX.COM>
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
103 Morris Street, Suite A
Sebastapol, CA 95472
Order by phone: 800-998-9938 (US/Canada inquiries)
800-889-8969 (US/Canada credit card orders)
707-829-0515 (local/overseas)
DATE:: January, 1997
PAGES:: 1021
COPYRIGHT:: Copyright (c) 1997 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights
reserved.
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: See: URL:http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/
ABSTRACT::
The definitive reference for version 8 sendmail (specifically,
version 8.8). If you can have only one book on the subject of
sendmail, this one is it.
Bryan provides his consulting to the world in the form of his book,
unless you're willing to compensate him for his services as well.
Like Eric, you should make sure you've exhausted all other courses of
action before you spend any of his valuable time.
END:: sendmail-faq//book/ISBN/1-56592-222-0
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//book/ISBN/1-55558-127-7
ENTRY:: March 23, 1996
TYPE:: Reference book, hardcopy
REVISION:: Sep 9, 1996; fixed typo
TITLE:: Sendmail: Theory and Practice
AUTHOR:: Avolio, Frederick M.
AUTHOR:: Vixie, Paul A.
CONTACT:: Fred Avolio <fma@al.org>, Paul Vixie <vix@al.org>
Digital Press
225 Wildwood Avenue
Woburn, MA 01801, USA
Ordering Info: voice 1 800 366 2665
fax 1 800 446 6520
DATE:: 1994
PAGES:: 262
COPYRIGHT:: Copyright (c) by 1995 Butterworth-Heinemann
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: See: URL:http://www.vix.com/vix/smtap/
ABSTRACT::
Centers more on IDA sendmail (at least partly because version 8 didn't
exist when they began the book). Written more like a college
Sophomore or Junior level textbook.
While you'll probably never let the Costales book out of your grubby
little hands (especially if you do much work with version 8 sendmail),
this is a book you'll probably read once or maybe twice, learn some
very valuable things, but then likely put on a shelf and not read or
reference again (unless you have to write up a bibliographic entry for
it). Makes a better introduction to sendmail for management types,
especially if you don't want them getting their hands on too much
"dangerous" technical information. Also a *lot* smaller and less
imposing.
If possible, I recommend getting both, but if you can only get one,
get Costales unless you're going to be working exclusively with IDA
sendmail, in which case Avolio & Vixie will probably be more useful.
Note that Paul Vixie is extremely busy working on further development
of BIND, the Internet de facto standard program for serving the DNS,
upon which all Internet services depend, mail being only one of them.
Like Eric and Bryan, he's also very busy. Unless you're willing to
compensate him for his services, please let him get real work done.
END:: sendmail-faq//book/ISBN/1-55558-127-7
DNS Resources Directory,
also by Andras Salamon.
A well-rounded site, for the amount of material it covers so far.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/index/14
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/index/15
ENTRY:: March 23, 1996
TYPE:: Online general Internet email index
REVISION:: March 27, 1996; moved URL from RETRIEVAL field to
OTHER_ACCESS field.
TITLE:: E-Mail Web Resources
AUTHOR:: Wall, Matt
CONTACT:: Matt Wall <wall+@cmu.edu>
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/cyrus/email/email.html
LANGUAGE:: English
ABSTRACT::
Another good index site, tends to be more focussed on client side and
LAN email packages. Also lists some email services, which no one else
that I've seen appears to have taken the time to catalog.
Excellent side-by-side feature comparison of various MUAs and their
compliance with various Internet protocols.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/index/15
6.6 Online tutorials for sendmail
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/tutorial/9
ENTRY:: March 23, 1996
TYPE:: Online sendmail tutorial
REVISION:: March 27, 1996; moved URL from RETRIEVAL field to
OTHER_ACCESS field.
REVISION:: August 29, 1998; updated URL.
TITLE:: Sendmail V8: A (Smoother) Engine Powers Network Email
AUTHOR:: Reich, Richard
CONTACT:: Richard Reich <richard@reich.com>
DATE:: February 8, 1996
COPYRIGHT:: Copyright (c) 1995 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/
008/008.txt.html
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: UnixWorld Online: Tutorial: Article No. 008
ABSTRACT::
Good technical introduction. Some useful references. Notably does
not reference this FAQ as a place to get more information.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/article/9
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/tutorial/16
ENTRY:: March 23, 1996
TYPE:: Online sendmail tutorial
REVISION:: March 27, 1996; moved URL from RETRIEVAL field to
OTHER_ACCESS field.
TITLE:: Sendmail -- Care and Feeding
AUTHOR:: Quinton, Reg
CONTACT:: Reg Quinton <reggers@julian.uwo.ca>
Computing and Communications Services
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5B7
Canada
DATE:: March 24, 1992
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:ftp://ftp.sterling.com/mail/sendmail/uwo-course/
sendmail.txt.Z
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: Postscript version also available. See ftp://ftp.sterling.com/
mail/sendmail/uwo-course/sendmail.ps.Z
ABSTRACT::
Dated. Only here until I find better.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/tutorial/16
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/tutorial/21
ENTRY:: March 27, 1996
TYPE:: Online sendmail tutorial
REVISION:: August 29, 1998; updated URL.
TITLE:: Explosion in a Punctuation Factory
AUTHOR:: Bryan Costales
CONTACT:: Becca Thomas <editor@unixworld.com>
DATE:: January 1994
COPYRIGHT:: Copyright (c) 1995 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/
01/01.txt.html
LANGUAGE:: English
ABSTRACT::
Good introduction on how sendmail re-write rules work.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/article/21
6.7 Online archives of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups,
relating to Internet email
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/18
ENTRY:: March 25, 1996
TYPE:: Online Usenet newgroup archive
REVISION:: March 27, 1996; moved URL from RETRIEVAL field to
OTHER_ACCESS field.
TITLE:: DejaNews
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://www.dejanews.com
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: Archives/indexes only Usenet news.
ABSTRACT::
The first, and still most focussed, Usenet news archive/index site.
Others archive/index news as well as other things, but none that I've
seen do it better.
Go to "Power Search" then "Query Filter" if you wish to restrict the
newsgroups you search on to something like just comp.mail.sendmail and
not all newsgroups.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/18
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/19
ENTRY:: March 25, 1996
TYPE:: Online Usenet newgroup archive
REVISION:: March 27, 1996; moved URL from RETRIEVAL field to
OTHER_ACCESS field.
TITLE:: AltaVista
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://www.altavista.digital.com
LANGUAGE:: English
NOTES:: Archives/indexes Usenet news and World-wide web pages.
ABSTRACT::
One of the leading indexes of world-wide web pages, and their
archive/index of Usenet news is obviously secondary.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/19
BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.1
ID:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/20
ENTRY:: March 25, 1996
TYPE:: Online Usenet newgroup archive
REVISION:: April 8, 1997; Additional information based on experience
TITLE:: InReference
OTHER_ACCESS:: URL:http://www.reference.com
LANGUAGE:: English
ABSTRACT::
Had promise to be the best Usenet news/publicly accessible mailing
list index/archive site in the world. The best minds that were
working on the project have since left, and the difference is
visible. You'll probably be happier with DejaNews instead.
END:: sendmail-faq//online/archive/20
Special thanks to:
| Eric Allman | The core of the material here comes from his FAQ for version 8.6.9 sendmail. I couldn't even have gotten started were it not for him. And if he hadn't written sendmail, there obviously wouldn't even be a FAQ. Heck, there might not even be an Internet. |
| Paul Southworth | Provides FAQ posting services, useful comments on various sections, and the mailclient-faq. I couldn't have kept doing this were it not for his help. |
| Ed Ravin | Virtually all the material regarding the use of sendmail on AIX is his, and most of it has been carried over verbatim. |
Thanks also to:
Neil Hoggarth, Andras Salamon, Johan Svensson, Christopher X.
Candreva, Bill Wohler, Matthew Wall, Henry W. Farkas, Claus
Assmann, Curt Sampson, Rebecca Lasher, Jim Davis, David
Keegel, Betty Lee, Alain Durand, Walter Schweizer, Christophe
Wolfhugel, Al Gilman, Valdis Kletnieks, John Gardiner Myers,
Paul DuBois, Adam Bentley, Dave Sill, Dave Wreski, Paul Caloca,
Eamonn Coleman, Michael Fuhr, Betty Lee, Derrell Lipman,
Era Eriksson, Richard Troxel, and the readers and posters of
comp.mail.sendmail.