sendmail 8.13.x?

[Christopher Murtagh]

On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 19:31, D.B. Koch wrote:
> Thanks Chris. Are there instructions on what to do with the 
> /etc/alternatives/mta-xxx directory entries? Is it as simple as changing 
> everything to *.postfix?

No, I think the /etc/alternatives directory is for when you run the
redhat-switchmail (/usr/sbin/redhat-switchmail on YDL 3 machines). First
check to see if you have Postfix installed (rpm -qa | grep postfix), if
so, then try running red-switchmail. It should switch your mta to
postfix I believe.

 I don't remember if I simply un-installed Sendmail and then installed
Postfix or not. Try a google search for 'switching from sendmail to
postfix'. It shouldn't be too hard of a switch at all. It's been a while
since I've done it, but it went really smoothly for me.

Cheers,

Chris


> Dan
> 
> Christopher Murtagh wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 18:24, D.B. Koch wrote:
> > 
> >>The local security folks flagged my YDL 3.0.1 mail server as running 
> >>sendmail 8.12.8 instead of something equal or greater than 8.12.10. I 
> >>looked but did not find an updated rpm. Anyone here know if a security 
> >>update will be forthcoming? If not, what's the alternative? I need to 
> >>act fast.
> > 
> > 
> >  Postfix is your friend. It is a really nice drop-in sendmail
> > replacement. I switched a couple of years ago and never looked back.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
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McGill University
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