Re: sendmail update

"Keith Mastin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.enigma
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:34:19 -0500, vedwards wrote
>> will updating sendmail make any changes to the original config/ or
>> cause any interruption in the service?  thanks, vicki
>>
>
> no.  any config file changes are written as rpmnew and it's up to you to
>  integrate the changes into your existing configs.  Sendmail is
> restarted with  no interruption in service.
>
> vicki, you need to read up on sendmail.  Also put up a 2nd system that
> you  can play on.  It doesn't have to be a barn burner, just an ole
> junker.
>
> stew

This is from another (mail admin) list:
"Look at KNOWNBUGS if you want to get the warm fuzzy feeling that Sendmail
isn't going to be free of issues for a while...

Nulls in headers, MIME in headers and high binary values in headers are
all in the known bugs file."

It might be a good time to go shopping for a different MTA.

-- 
Keith Mastin
BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
Toronto, Canada
(416)696-6070
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