Sendmail upgrade advice

[Brent Bailey]

hope this helps

im going to use 8.12.10 as an example....i think the instructions are
referring to this: when you unpack sendmail-8.x.x  it makes a dir called
sendmail.8.x.x (whatever the version name)

cd into that dir. theres a INSTALL file that pretty much says everthign i
said here....but  oh well...who reads instructions anyway

you will also see a dir oddly enough called "sendmail" cd into that
....that is where you run the
sh Build

then it wants you to go to the cf/cf dir  todo so do:
cd ../cf/cf

then copy the .mc file that matches your environment. do this:
cp generic-bsd4.4.mc   sendmail.mc

edit the sendmail.mc file you just copied adding whatever options you
want...i use the following
----------SNIP--------------------------------
FEATURE(nouucp, reject)
FEATURE(local_procmail)
FEATURE(access_db, `hash -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash /etc/mail/virtusertable')
FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
FEATURE(use_cw_file)
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `relays.ordb.org', "BLACKLISTED  - see
<http://ORDB.org/lookup/?host="$&{client_addr}"")dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', "SPAM BLOCKED -  see
<http://spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip="$&{client_addr}"")dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `sbl.spamhaus.org', `"571 ACCESS DENIED to <"$&f"> thru
"$&{client_name}" by /spamhaus/ ; Please see
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/"')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `list.dsbl.org', `"571 ACCESS DENIED to <"$&f"> thru
"$&{client_name}" by /dsbl/ ; Please see
http://dsbl.org/listing.php?ip="$&{client_addr}
')dnl
define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `whatever.domain')dnl
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `goaway,authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy')
------------SNIP---------------------------------------
just a note about the above snippet...i use RBL checks also above that i
have enabled virtusertable & access & procmail for a local mailer.

1.virtusertable allows you to have virtual users for domain hosting
envronments make sure /etc/mail/virtusertable exists

2. access is used to help limit allow or deny certain users or IPs or
domains...for spam or abuse purpuses make sure /etc/mail/access exists

as well as /etc/mail/relay_domains if it doesnt already

3. i use procmail as my local mailer also to help with spam filtering
theres alot of procmail recipies you can find on the net.
ANYHWO---
make sure each "FEATURE" & "define" is on a line by itself
then save and then run
sh Build sendmail.cf

make backups of your current sendmail configs in /etc/mail ( if ya want )

then do:
sh Build install-cf

then go back to the "sendmail" dir by doing

cd ../../sendmail
then run:
sh Build install


thats it ...your done ...upgraded sendmail :-)



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Brent Bailey CCNA
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mrb at bmyster.com
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> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:58:15 -0400
> "Rob" <freebsd at computersthatrock.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I had some problems with Sendmail a few weeks ago and it was suggested
>> that I upgrade. I am finally able to do this but am now experiencing
>> further problems. I downloaded 8.13 but the instructions just seem to
>> lead me in circles sending me from one readme to another.
>>
>> Ok, so it tells me the easiest way to build sendmail is to type sh Build
>> in the Sendmail directory. I just get an error:
>>
>> %sh build
>> build: Can't open build: No such file or directory
>> %sh Build
>> Configuration: pfx=, os=FreeBSD, rel=4.4-RELEASE, rbase=4,
>> rroot=4.4-RELEASE, arch=i386, sfx=, variant=optimized
>> Using M4=/usr/bin/m4
>> Creating
>> /usr/home/rob/sendmail-8.13.0/obj.FreeBSD.4.4-RELEASE.i386/sendmail
>> using
>> /usr/home/rob/sendmail-8.13.0/devtools/OS/FreeBSD sed: 1: "s/
>> //g
>> ": unterminated substitute pattern
>> sed: 1: "s/
>> //g
>> ": unterminated substitute pattern
>> ERROR: /usr/bin/m4 failed; You may need a newer version of M4, at least
>> as new as System V or GNU
>>
>> I see that it is using M4=/usr/bin/m4 so do I need to perform some sort
>> of upgrade on that file first?
>>
>> I also see that the instructions tell me to create any necessary site
>> configuration build files, as noted in devtools/Site/README. Well this
>> particular Readme tells me nothing on how to perform these file
>> creations.
>>
>> I have read through all the readme and install files and just can't seem
>> to get any further.
>>
>> Any help really appreciated. I am upgrading from 8.11.6.
>>
>> Rob.
>
> hello rob,
>
> would sendmail 8.12.11 be enough to satisfy your upgrading needs?  if so,
> no need to hassle with a manual build, because you'll find it in the ports
> tree.
>
>
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