Sendmail 8.11.1 Release Notes

2 Installation Information
Read this chapter before installing version 8.11.1 of Sendmail.
Compatibility with Previous Versions
Customers currently using any 8.x version of Sendmail do not need to modify their
configuration file. It is compatible with this release of Sendmail. However, it is highly
recommended to use the Sendmail 8.11.1 configuration file (.cf) version9 delivered with
this release in order to effectively use the new features and changes incorporated in
this version.
System Requirements
To install Sendmail 8.11.1, you must have the following system components:
• Hewlett-Packard 9000 Computer
• HP-UX operating system Version 11.0
Installing Sendmail 8.11.1
The pre-installation requirements for Sendmail 8.11.1 are same as those for Sendmail
8.9.3. This release of Sendmail is available as a web upgrade on HP-UX 11.x platform.
The web upgrade depot will be posted on www.software.hp.com from where you
can download the installable version.
You need to run the following command to install Sendmail 8.11.1:
swinstall -s “<destination path>”
where <destination path> is the absolute path where you downloaded the
Sendmail web upgrade depot.
The web upgrade version of Sendmail 8.11.1 is now available for use.
Please note that Sendmail 8.9.3, delivered as a part of HP-UX 11.x is also installed on
the system.
“enable_inet sendmail”is the command used to enable the Sendmail web upgrade
that you installed on your system as specified above. The Sendmail 8.11.1 web upgrade
depot takes care of the enabling process automatically.
Upon installation of this depot, it is strongly recommended that administrators run
the following commands:
• /usr/sbin/newaliases
• /usr/sbin/mailstats (if the mail statistics file is already existing)
If administrators choose to collect the mail statistics in future, mailstats needs to be
run immediately after creating the mail statistics file.
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