Sendmail 8.7.3

Sendmail 8.7.3 installation for Solaris 2.5.

• Unpack sendmail.8.7.3.tar.gz and go to the directory sendmail-8.7.3/src/Makefiles. Make the file Makefile.SunOS.5.5 writable.
• I am using currently the following settings for Makefile:
  1. DBMDEF= -DNEWDB
  2. LIBS= -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lelf -ldb
  3. INCDIRS=-I/usr/local/sww/include
  4. LIBDIRS=-L/usr/local/sww/lib
  I am not using NIS at my mail relays, and I use stock SUNs bind (this is the reasons for the DBMDEF and LIBS settings). /usr/local/sww is the place where Berkeley NEWDB package lives at my hosts (db.1.85).
• cd .. and then ./makesendmail
• There is no Make clean. If something goes wrong and you want to edit Makefile again and to repeat Make completely, simply remove the directory src/obj.SunOS.5.5.sun4
• Go to the directory src/obj.SunOS.5.5.sun4 and test new sendmail. The testing sequence depends on your local configuration. Typically I use at least the following checks:
  • ./sendmail -bv er
  • ./sendmail -bv er@ra
  • ./sendmail -bv er@ra.sai.msu.su
  • ./sendmail -bv er@sai.msu.su (all these test must give me the message
    deliverable: mailer local, user er).
  • ./sendmail -bv er@neptun.sai.msu.su (another host. The write result is
    deliverable: mailer smtp, host neptun.sai.msu.su., user er@neptun.sai.msu.su).
  • ./sendmail -bv user1@sai.msu.su (for some users the mail host is neptun.sai.msu.su, so the correct answer is
    user1@neptun.sai.msu.su... deliverable: mailer smtp, host neptun.sai.msu.su., user user1@neptun.sai.msu.su).
  • ./sendmail -bv user2@sai.msu.su (for all other users the mail host is lnfm1.sai.msu.su, so the correct answer is
    user2@sai.msu.su... deliverable: mailer relay, host lnfm1.sai.msu.su, user user2@lnfm1.sai.msu.su).
• strip ./sendmail (optional)
• mv ./sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail.new (This is important. Don't override your old sendmail!)
• chgrp sys sendmail.new ; chmod 6555 sendmail.new
• This is the time to kill your running sendmail.
• mv sendmail sendmail.old ; mv sendmail.new sendmail
• /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h
• Try your new sendmail in real work and enjoy !