TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              ptf637 - Sendmail v8.6.10
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300113
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               03Mar95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         ptf637

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

This is a new version of ptf637 that contains v8.6.10 of the Berkely
'sendmail' program. This new version also corrects a problem that the 
old (v1.1) version's sendmail program had in reading it's mail queue.

SYMPTOM

NA

SOLUTION

Apply the ptf637 file.


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf637.Z and ptf637.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.


2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the
    instuctions to add the packages to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/ptf637.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/'ptf637' 'ptf637'

Solution Specifics

General Description
-------------------
     This is a new version of ptf637 that contains v8.6.10 of
     the Berkely 'sendmail' program.  This new version also
     corrects a problem that the old (v1.1) version's sendmail
     program had in reading it's mail queue.

     These release notes acquaint you with the contents of the
     UnixWare PTF637 patch for UnixWare.  This patch provides
     a newer version of the Berkeley 'sendmail' program (v8.6.10).
     The 'sendmail' program is a general purpose mail router.
     This patch also provides a new version of the 'rmail'
     program that works better with 'sendmail'.  

     If the Network Information Service (NIS) from Update 1.1.2
     or 1.1.3 is installed, a new 'mkalias' command is installed.
     The new 'mkalias' command can read the 'ndbm' format database 
     files used to save aliases in the new 'sendmail'.  This alows
     one central point of alias administration for NIS and
     'sendmail'.

New Features
------------
     Mail delivered by 'sendmail' will now place the original
     sender's name in the 'From' field rather than 'smtp'.  This
     was fixed by adding a new version of 'rmail' that accepts
     the name of the original sender as an option.

     Among the changes in the 'sendmail' program are:
          
          o Performance Enhancements
          o RFC 1123 Conditional Compliance
          o Extended SMTP Support (RFCs 1425, 1426, 1427)
          o Eight-Bit Clean
          o User Database
          o Improved BIND Support
          o Keyed Files
          o Multi-Word Classes and Macros in Classes
          o IDENT Protocol Support
          o Separate Envelope/Header Processing
          o Owner-List Propagates to Envelope
          o Command Line Flags (-B, -p, -X, -q)
          o New Configuration Line Types
          o New and Extended Configuration Options
          o New Mailer Definitions
          o New or Changed Pre-Defined Macros
          o New and Changed Classes
          o New Rewriting Tokens
          o Bigger Defaults
          o Different Default Tuning Parameters
          o Auto-Quoting in Addresses
          o Symbolic Names On Error Mailer
          o New Built-In Mailers
          o SMTP VRFY Doesn't Expand
          o Aliases Extended
          o Portability and Security Enhancements

     For more information on the new version of 'sendmail',
     see:

          Costales, Allman, and Rickert, _Sendmail_.  O'Reilly &
               Associates.
          Nemeth, Snyder, and Seebass, _Unix System Administration
               Handbook_.  Prentice-Hall.
          Carl-Mitchell and Quarterman, _Practical Internetworking with
               TCP/IP and UNIX_.  Addison-Wesley.
          Hunt, _TCP/IP Network Administration_.  O'Reilly & Associates.


     A new manual page for 'sendmail' is included in this package.  
     The new manual page can be found using the Finger Tip Librarian, 
     or in the file:

          /var/sadm/pkg/ptf637/install/sendmail.1m

     For a sample sendmail Version 8 configuration file, see:

          /var/sadm/pkg/ptf637/install/cs-exposed.cf


Software Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
     To install ptf637, the BSD Compatibility (bsdcompat) package
     must be present on the system.


Hardware Notes and Recommendations
----------------------------------
     None

Installation instructions
-------------------------
     Place the diskette in the drive, and at the shell prompt type

          pkgadd -d diskette1

     Or use the desktop installation procedure.

     If Update 1.1.2 or Update 1.1.3 is installed after ptf637,
     then ptf637 must be re-installed for the Network Information
     Service (NIS) to function properly.


Troubleshooting
---------------
     The original UnixWare version of 'sendmail' used some SUN-style
     semantics in the configuration file (/etc/sendmail.cf).  If,
     when running the new version of 'sendmail', you see messages
     of the form:

          /etc/sendmail.cf: line 273: replacement $3 out of bounds

     And line 273 looks something like:

          R$*<@$%y>$*         $1<@$2.LOCAL>$3               user@ether
     V8 sendmail doesn't recognize the Sun "$%y" syntax, so as far as it
     is concerned, there is only a $1 and a $2 (but no $3) in this
     line.  Read Rick McCarty's paper from the sendmail distribution
     on "Converting Standard Sun Config Files to Sendmail Version 8".
     for a full discussion of how to do this.  The file is located in:

          /var/sadm/pkg/ptf637/install/converting.sun.configs

     Other sendmail documentation is available from the sendmail
     distribution.  The sendmail distribution can be gotten by
     anonymous FTP from:

          FTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU 
          
     in the directory:

          /ucb/sendmail