Category: Email

Upgrade RedHat 9 to Sendmail 8.12.11

July 28, 2004


wget ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz
tar -xvzf sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz
cd sendmail-8.12.11/
cd sendmail
sh Build
cd ../cf/cf
cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc  .
sh Build sendmail.cf

cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.bak
cp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.bak

sh Build install-cf

cp /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail.bak

cd ../../sendmail
mkdir /usr/man/man1
mkdir /usr/man/man5
mkdir /usr/man/man8
sh Build install

service sendmail stop
cp /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
service sendmail start
rm /usr/sbin/sendmail
ln -s /etc/alternatives/mta /usr/sbin/sendmail

wget ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz

tar -xvzf sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz

cd sendmail-8.12.11/

cd sendmail

sh Build

cd ../cf/cf

cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc .

sh Build sendmail.cf

cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.bak

cp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.bak

sh Build install-cf

cp /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail.bak

cd ../../sendmail

mkdir /usr/man/man1

mkdir /usr/man/man5

mkdir /usr/man/man8

sh Build install

service sendmail stop

cp /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail

service sendmail start

rm /usr/sbin/sendmail

ln -s /etc/alternatives/mta /usr/sbin/sendmail

Upgrade RedHat Enterprise 2.1 AS to Sendmail 8.12.11

July 28, 2004


Note: BerkeleyDB.4.2 was previously installed from source onto the
system so there was not need to install this package. On a purely 
stock install this would have been required.

Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add line:

  /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib

to the end of the file.

> ldconfig

> wget ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz
> tar -xvzf sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz
> cd sendmail-8.12.11/

> cd devtools/Site

Create a file site.config.m4 with:

  define(`confMAPDEF', `-DNEWDB')
  define(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/include/') 
  define(`confLIBDIRS', `-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib/')

> cd ../../sendmail
> sh Build
> cd ../cf/cf
> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc .

Edit sendmail.mc and comment out the line:

   define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl

so that it reads:

   dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl

Also change the line:

  FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl

to read:

  FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl

Finally change the line:

  define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

to:

  dnl define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl


> sh Build sendmail.cf

> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.bak
> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.bak

> sh Build install-cf

> cp /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.bak

> cd ../../sendmail
> groupadd -g 25 smmsp
> useradd -g smmsp -u 25 smmsp
> chsh -s /sbin/nologin smmsp
> sh Build install

> chown smmsp.smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue
> chmod u+rwx,g+rwx,o-rwx /var/spool/clientmqueue
> chown root.wheel /var/spool/mqueue
> chmod u+rwx,g-rwx,o-rwx /var/spool/mqueue

Note: BerkeleyDB.4.2 was previously installed from source onto the

system so there was not need to install this package. On a purely

stock install this would have been required.

Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add line:

/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib

to the end of the file.

> ldconfig

> wget ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz

> tar -xvzf sendmail.8.12.11.tar.gz

> cd sendmail-8.12.11/

> cd devtools/Site

Create a file site.config.m4 with:

define(`confMAPDEF', `-DNEWDB')

define(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/include/')

define(`confLIBDIRS', `-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib/')

> cd ../../sendmail

> sh Build

> cd ../cf/cf

> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc .

Edit sendmail.mc and comment out the line:

define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl

so that it reads:

dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl

Also change the line:

FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl

to read:

FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl

Finally change the line:

define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

to:

dnl define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

> sh Build sendmail.cf

> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.bak

> cp /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.bak

> sh Build install-cf

> cp /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.bak

> cd ../../sendmail

> groupadd -g 25 smmsp

> useradd -g smmsp -u 25 smmsp

> chsh -s /sbin/nologin smmsp

> sh Build install

> chown smmsp.smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue

> chmod u+rwx,g+rwx,o-rwx /var/spool/clientmqueue

> chown root.wheel /var/spool/mqueue

> chmod u+rwx,g-rwx,o-rwx /var/spool/mqueue

Preferences vs. Command Line Options

July 28, 2004

Here’s my question answered by the author of DSpam – Jonathan Zdziarski:


> When calling dpsam, what takes precedence - user preferences or command line
> options?

User preferences; if you don't want your users to be able to override
certain ones, you'll need to remove them from the prefs page.

> When calling dpsam, what takes precedence - user preferences or command line

> options?

User preferences; if you don't want your users to be able to override

certain ones, you'll need to remove them from the prefs page.

Qmail FAQ

July 28, 2004

Here’s a link to a qmail faq: http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq.html Don’t know if it’s the most recent version.

In qmail, relaying is usually controlled by the tcpserver wrapper which uses a config file at either /etc/tcp.smtp or /home/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp. The config file must be compiled into a binary format – “tcp.smtp.cdb” for actual use. Here’s the command line:


tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp

tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp

You don’t need to restart qmail after rebuilding the database.

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Upgrade RedHat 9 to Sendmail 8.12.11

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Upgrade RedHat Enterprise 2.1 AS to Sendmail 8.12.11

Preferences vs. Command Line Options

Qmail FAQ

Relay Control

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