HP-UX Mailing Services Administrator's Guide (B2355-91064)

Table 2-4 Option Values for DontBlameSendmail (continued)
DescriptionOption Value
Allows delivery to files that are hard links.
FileDeliveryToHardLink
Allows delivery to files that are symbolic links.
FileDeliveryToSymLink
Allows writes to maps that are hard links.
WriteMapToHardLink
Allows writes to maps that are symbolic links.
WriteMapToSymLink
Allows the status file to be a hard link.
WriteStatsToHardLink
Allows the status file to be a symbolic link.
WritesStatsToSymLink
Allows Sendmail to run programs that are in
writable directories.
RunProgramInUnsafeDirPath
Allows Sendmail to run programs that are group-
or world-writable.
RunWritableProgram
Accept world-writable alias files.
WorldWritableAliasFile
Disabling Privacy Options
You can now disable the ETRN and VERB privacy options by using the noetrn and
noverb flags:
• PrivacyOptions=noetrn
The noetrn flag disables the SMTP ETRN command, enabling Sendmail to process
its queue in a synchronous mode.
• PrivacyOptions=noverb
The noverb flag disables the SMTP VERB command, turning off verbose mode.
For more information on the different privacy options, see the Sendmail configuration
file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.
Enabling SMTP Authentication Based on RFC 2554
A new option to set AUTH parameter in MAIL FROMcommand has been added in the
sendmail.cf file. By default, this appears as follows:
#O AuthOptions
Sendmail supports SMTP AUTHas defined in RFC 2554 (SMTP Service Extension for
Authentication), which is based on Simple Authentication and Security Layer – RFC
2222 (SASL). SMTP authentication provides a robust tool to control relaying with
maximum flexibility. SASL is mainly used for roaming users whose IP address and
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