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author | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-01-15 21:09:13 +0000 |
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committer | Todd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-01-15 21:09:13 +0000 |
commit | 5062bcecfa81a7e0dd07894d6e93655a97239964 (patch) | |
tree | fd0e0dd2a71271dbe81c195cd9fbdd57fb7c20fb /gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README | |
parent | 91deaea81040227b9ba537ff047f1f863f75fc31 (diff) |
sendmail 8.11.2 with BSD Makefiles
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README')
-rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README | 35 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README index 8b9b9123e7e..dcd78e8e311 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README +++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/README @@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ complaining, you MUST execute the following command: You will probably have to tweak this for your environment (for example, some systems put the spool directory into /usr/spool instead of -/var/spool and use /etc/mail for aliases file instead of /etc). If you -set the RunAsUser option in your sendmail.cf, the /var/spool/mqueue -directory will have to be owned by the RunAsUser user. As a general rule, -after you have compiled sendmail, run the command +/var/spool). If you set the RunAsUser option in your sendmail.cf, the +/var/spool/mqueue directory will have to be owned by the RunAsUser user. +As a general rule, after you have compiled sendmail, run the command sendmail -v -bi @@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ the items in the file to be marked as safe for file and program delivery. Other files affected by this strengthened security include class -files (i.e. Fw /etc/sendmail.cw), persistent host status files, and -the files specified by the ErrorHeader and HelpFile options. Similar +files (i.e. Fw /etc/mail/local-host-names), persistent host status files, +and the files specified by the ErrorHeader and HelpFile options. Similar DontBlameSendmail flags are available for the class, ErrorHeader, and HelpFile files. @@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ Important RFCs for electronic mail are: RFC2033 Local Mail Transfer Protocol (LMTP) RFC2034 SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes RFC2476 Message Submission + RFC2487 SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over TLS RFC2554 SMTP Service Extension for Authentication Other standards that may be of interest (but which are less directly @@ -200,6 +200,27 @@ MB, MR, or MG DNS resource records, as defined (as experiments) in RFC1035. ++---------+ +| WARNING | ++---------+ + +Since sendmail 8.11 and later includes hooks to cryptography, the +following information from OpenSSL applies to sendmail as well. + +PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EXPORT/IMPORT AND/OR USE OF STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY +SOFTWARE, PROVIDING CRYPTOGRAPHY HOOKS OR EVEN JUST COMMUNICATING +TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT CRYPTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE IS ILLEGAL IN SOME +PARTS OF THE WORLD. SO, WHEN YOU IMPORT THIS PACKAGE TO YOUR +COUNTRY, RE-DISTRIBUTE IT FROM THERE OR EVEN JUST EMAIL TECHNICAL +SUGGESTIONS OR EVEN SOURCE PATCHES TO THE AUTHOR OR OTHER PEOPLE +YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY EXPORT/IMPORT +AND/OR USE LAWS WHICH APPLY TO YOU. THE AUTHORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR +ANY VIOLATIONS YOU MAKE HERE. SO BE CAREFUL, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. + +If you use OpenSSL then make sure you read their README file which +contains information about patents etc. + + +-------------------+ | DATABASE ROUTINES | +-------------------+ @@ -364,4 +385,4 @@ sendmail Source for the sendmail program itself. test Some test scripts (currently only for compilation aids). vacation Source for the vacation program. NOT PART OF SENDMAIL! -$Revision: 1.3 $, Last updated $Date: 2000/04/07 19:20:25 $ +$Revision: 1.4 $, Last updated $Date: 2001/01/15 21:08:50 $ |