Sendmail 8.13.3 Programmer's Guide

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About This Document
This document describes how to use Milter APIs with Sendmail 8.13.3 on
your HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 operating systems.
It is assumed that the HP-UX 11i v1 or the HP-UX 11i v2 operating
system software and the appropriate files, scripts, and subsets are
installed on your system.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for application developers who are responsible
for developing filter applications using the Milter APIs. Developers are
expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts, library
functions, and C coding. They should also have knowledge of
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
concepts, network configuration, and Sendmail basics. This manual is
not a C, Sendmail, or TCP/IP tutorial.
What Is in This Document
Sendmail 8.13.3 Programmer’s Guide is divided into several chapters,
each of which contains information about Milter APIs.
Table 1 briefly describes each chapter.
Table 1 Document Contents
Chapter Description
Introduction Presents an overview of the Milter
functionality and lists the components
that the Sendmail 8.13.3 software
contains.
Control Flow of Milter APIs Describes the call order sequence of
different Milter APIs. It also discusses
multithreading, resource handling,
and signal handling in Milter.
Configuring and Compiling
Milter APIs
Discusses how to configure and
compile Sendmail with a Milter
application.