Sendmail 8.13.
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Table of Contents 1 Sendmail 8.13.3 Release Notes....................................................................................................5 Announcement.....................................................................................................................6 What is in This Version.........................................................................................................6 Sendmail 8.13.3 Features...........................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 4 Sendmail 8.13.3 Man Pages.........................................................................................15 Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 on HP-UX 11i v1 Operating System......................17 Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating System................19 Defects Fixed in the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating System................................................
1 Sendmail 8.13.3 Release Notes This document discusses the new and changed features in the Sendmail 8.13.3 software. It also describes how to install Sendmail 8.13.3, and how to migrate from earlier version of Sendmail. This document addresses the following topics: • • • • • • • • • • “Announcement” (page 6) “What is in This Version” (page 6) “Sendmail 8.13.3 Features” (page 6) “Removed Features” (page 9) “Installing Sendmail 8.13.3” (page 9) “Migrating from Sendmail 8.11.1 to Sendmail 8.13.
Announcement Sendmail is an electronic mail transport agent (MTA) that sends and receives mail messages. Sendmail also acts as a post office, which routes all the messages. Sendmail 8.13.3 is the latest Web upgrade version of Sendmail available on the HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2 operating systems at: http://www.software.hp.com Sendmail 8.13.3 is available in the core HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. You can also download Sendmail 8.13.3 for HP-UX 11i v3 from http://www.software.hp.com. Sendmail 8.13.
LDAP recursion allows LDAP queries to return a new query, a DN, or an LDAP URL, which is in turn queried. — The default LDAP specifications for AliasFile (O AliasFile=ldap:) and file classes (F{X}@LDAP) are extended to include support for LDAP recursion using new attributes. • • • • • • The daemon process ID (PID) files are locked so that other daemons cannot overwrite PID files of each other. Sendmail 8.13.3 includes the authinfo feature to allow a separate database for SMTP AUTH information.
— The SIGHUP signal now restarts a Sendmail process that runs the queue at an interval of 15 minutes. — The NiceQueueRun option sets the priority of queue runners. — The -qf and -v option run the Sendmail queue in the foreground. Normally, Sendmail runs the queue in the background when Sendmail is invoked with the -q option. Sendmail runs the queue in the background when Sendmail is invoked with -q option. However, if you use the new -qf option or -v option, Sendmail runs the queue in the foreground.
• value also limits the number of processes to deliver the envelopes; if more envelopes are created they are only queued up and must be processed by a queue run. A new command-line option -T in identd(1M). This option specifies the maximum number of seconds a server waits for the client's input before closing the connection on timeout. By default, the timeout limit is 0 (zero); that is, the server waits for an indefinite amount of time. This option is ignored for invalid timeout intervals.
a. Go to the HP Software Depot Web site at: http://www.software.hp.com b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Search for “Sendmail” and read the “Overview” and “Installation” pages for Sendmail 8.13.3. Select the Receive for Free >> option at the bottom right of the Overview page. Select the Sendmail 8.13.3 software for the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Enter your registration information. Read and accept the Terms and Conditions statements. Select Download at the bottom of the page.
NOTE: Previously, Identd and Sendmail were delivered under the same product bundle name. You did not have the choice to install these products separately. Starting with the product bundles B.11.11.02.001 and B.11.23.1.001, Identd and Sendmail are delivered as separate products in the Sendmail depot. The Identd product delivered with Sendmail 8.13.
NOTE: The Sendmail 8.13.3 Web upgrade for the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems, delivers a new copy of the Sendmail configuration file as /usr/newconfig/etc/mail/sendmail.cf. You must merge your site-specific customizations with this new configuration file sendmail.cf. You must also run the following commands at the HP-UX prompt to stop and start the Sendmail daemon, respectively, after modifying the sendmail.cf file: # /sbin/init.d/sendmail stop # /sbin/init.
If you install only Sendmail 8.13.3, the following output is displayed: Sendmail-Upgrade.SMAIL-UPGRADE B.11.23.1.007 sendmail(1M) 813 special release upgrade If you install only Identd, the following output is displayed: Sendmail-Upgrade.SMAIL-IDENT • B.11.23.1.007 identd(1M): User Identification protocol On the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating System If Sendmail 8.13.3 is installed successfully on the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system, the following message is displayed: HPUX-MailServer.Sendmail C.8.13.3.
• IPC is replaced by TCP as the first mailer argument (A=) for [IPC] builtin mailer pathnames. If IPC is used as a first mailer argument in the mailer pathnames, the following warning messages are logged in the /var/adm/syslog/mail.
• • necessary. Sendmail can use links to refer to queue files, and it can store the path of data files in queue files. An instance of the MSP may not be started during installation. This is because of lack of the proper permissions, the appropriate user and groups, or unavailability of the configuration file in the system. Sendmail continues to process messages as a set-uid program (similar to Sendmail 8.11.1), if migration changes are not executed properly. See, “Migrating from Sendmail 8.11.
Table 1-1 Sendmail 8.13.3 Man Pages (continued) Man Page Description sendmail.1m Sends a message to one or more recipients or addresses, routing the message through necessary networks. identd.1m Specifies the TCP/IP IDENT protocol server. Product Documentation For more information on Sendmail, see the HP-UX Mailing Services Administrator’s Guide at: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Internet%20Services RFCs Supported by Sendmail 8.13.3 Following are the RFCs supported by Sendmail 8.13.
• • • RFC 2822 (Internet Message Format) RFC 2852 (Deliver By SMTP Service Extension) RFC 2920 (SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining) Defects Fixed in This Release This section discusses the defects fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 in the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.
Table 1-2 Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 on HP-UX 11i v1 Operating System (continued) Identifier Description JAGag50268 When the delay_check feature is enabled, sendmail(1M) does not accept a null (<>) sender address and displays the following error message: 501 5.5.4 Domain name required for sender address MAILER-DAEMON JAGag47402 Under certain circumstances, an identd(1M) process waits indefinitely on a read(2) system call. Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 (B.11.11.02.
Defects Fixed in the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating System Table 1-3 lists the defects fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 running on the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system. Table 1-3 Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating System Identifier Description Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 (B.11.23.1.007) QXCR1001007291 Certain characters in a X.509 certificate are not handled properly by Sendmail 8.13.3. QXCR1001014527 Sendmail 8.11.
Table 1-3 Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating System (continued) Identifier Description JAGag20640 When sendmail(1M) is invoked as a Mail Submission Program (MSP) with the STARTTLS feature, it does not work as expected and logs the following message in the /var/adm/syslog/mail.log file: random number generator not seeded JAGag16550 sendmail(1M) does not work with the greet_pause feature. Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 (B.11.23.1.
Table 1-4 Defects Fixed in the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating System (continued) Identifier Description QXCR1000899676 The boot time for Sendmail 8.13.3 on HP-UX 11i v3 requires optimization. Defects Fixed in Sendmail 8.13.3 (C.8.13.3.3) QXCR1000865276 Under certain circumstances, previously freed variable is referenced and the Sendmail daemon dumps core. QXCR1000861552 Sendmail logs the following additional message in the /var/adm/syslog/ mail.
