Re: [cobalt-developers] sendmail updates - raq3i

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne Shroeder wrote:

> We have hired on a consultant to help with getting our Raq3i in better
> shape -- he says that our version of sendmail is from 99!  However, he does
> not have info on where to obtain the updates for sendmail peculiar to
> Cobalt?  Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but if anyone can
> provide guidance I"d appreciate it.

While the RaQ3 sendmail version (presuming you're up-to-date on all
revisions) is reasonably up-to-date (or at least was the last time I
looked at it), your consultant may not be sufficiently knowledgeable to
work on the "cf" and other files directly without affecting the gui
functionality.

The version of sendmail run by Cobalt in the RaQ3 is certainly
reasonably easy to keep up-to-date (again, or at least was the last time
I looked).

The gui does NOT change the .cf file, so your consultant can make
changes to it.  As long as s/he doesn't break any of the "rulesets" it
uses, s/he can even add additional rulesets.

The other files used by sendmail are fairly resilient when it comes to
changes... if you're going to make additions to the virtusertable file
you need to add them at the end of the file, where the internal
documentation indicates.

Rather than add anything to aliases, we create a new aliases.local,
which requires a simple change to sendmail.cf.

There are some good sendmail consultants who ARE RaQ-knolwedgeable. 
Some of us are active on the mailhelp list sponsored by Moongroup
Consulting.

Jeff
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