[cobalt-users] sendmail update

[Martin Vetter <Martin.Vetter@xxxxxxxx>]

hi,

a while ago i asked for help with adding
support for smtp-auth to sendmail 8.9.3 on a qube2.
my boss just came up with a nice idea:

why not put an smtp proxy with net access on the same box,
use it as a pass-through relay for the builtin sendmail, and
disconnect the builtin sendmail from the net?

this way you could pick your favorite mail server
to connect securely to the net, but without the need to
wrestle with the tight integration between sendmail 8.9.3
and the cobalt admin interface.

just a thought - perhaps this could ease
upgrading from sendmail 8.9.3 to 8.12.8 ...

regards,

martin vetter


ps: for adding support for smtp-auth to my qube 2,
    i will try to use "delegated" from http://www.delegate.org/,
    the swiss-army knife of application level proxy servers ;^)

pps: i had a (quick) look at the patches and config files contained
     in the sendmail source packages on ftp://ftp-eng.cobalt.com/
     and i think i understand why sun doesn't hurry to
     upgrade sendmail on the cobalt appliances to 8.12 :^)