Summary - Sendmail Configuration Version Confusion

I want to say thanks to everyone that responded so
quickly.  Many commented that I should upgrade to a
newer version that the version of Solaris sendmail is
crap.  I already knew about the other sendmails, but
because I'm relatively new at Unix stuff I thought it
might cause more trouble for me.  The bottom line is
I'm running Version 8.8.8 but the config that Solaris
provides is very old.   I think I will plan to
download the latest version from sendmail.org (since I
just bought the book) and start from scratch. 
Apparently Solaris sendmail is very poor and with the
help of this list I'm sure I can make it through.

Thanks again to everyone, individual replies are
below.
Mario Henley Becerril Geldis
Alex Dreyer 
Neill
Ahmed 
JIM BLEVINS
Eric Paul
Jay Lessert 
Max Trummer 
Chris Cariffe 
Rick McKinney 
Bara Zani 
Srinivas_Arella 
Hindley Nick 

Srinivas_Arella 
As sendmail can read and go on with any syntax that it
can understand, u will not hav any problems running on
files with files with older syntax. It doesnt matter
as long as your sendmail binary can interpret it. Your
sendmail version comes from what the binary is and not
the .cf file. So beleive what u r getting on the
telnet....:)

Hindley Nick 
The version is reported by the sendmail string is your
version. The sendmail people have tried hard to ensure
that older config files are still capable of being
read to enable people to upgrade their sendmail
binaries wothout having to change their sendmail.cf 

Mario Henley Becerril Geldis
  you are running 8.8.8 ....

  your version is set by binary sendmail,
/usr/lib/sendmail....y not sendmail.cf

  sorry for my bad english..(Mario you english is
fine, trust me you are much better an I would be if
the tables were reversed  Thanks you for your help)
 
  salu2 from Mexico...

Alex Dreyer 
In the file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf is the statement of
the version. The default Solaris 2.6 install uses the
V7/Sun format. This indicates you are using Version 8
of sendmail in a standard 2.6 install. Funky, but
true. The statement in the sendmail.cf file is one
count off by default. 

Neill 
Sendmail version "8.8.8+Sun" with a sendmail version
"SMI-SVR4" version config file.

Ahmed 
You are most likely running version 8. But someone had
upgraded sendmail from version 7 and at that time
sendmail.cf wasnt updated properly. Just my 2cents.
Thanks, Nabeel 

JIM BLEVINS 
/usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0.1 < /dev/null will tell you
the version and some other goodies. -jim 

Eric Paul 
You are running Sendmail 8.8.8, which you really
should upgrade, as it has a number of MAJOR security
holes. Sendmail will read earlier config files, and
depending on how old the file is, may work or may not.
Either pull down the latest stable version from
sendmail.org or switch over to qmail. I switched all
my mailservers over to qmail 6 months ago, and have
been SO happy! Administration is a dream, and no more
pesky upgrading once a month (at least) because a new
security hole was found. Check out qmail.org and
lifewithqmail.org if you are interested in switching
things over. HTH. Don't forget to summarize! 

Jay Lessert 
To be precise, you're running a sendmail executable
that thinks it is "8.8.8" + a sendmail.cf that says
"DZSun/SMI-SVR4". For sure, the Sun-supplied "main.cf"
and "subsidiary.cf" junk had "OQ" in them through 5.6.
As of 5.8, they say, "O QueueDirectory", but the files
themselves are still junk. :-) 

Max Trummer 
not that it's an answer to your question, but if i
were you i'd go get the latest version from
sendmail.org. sun's sendmail has a less-than-savory
reputation. fwiw, i just built version 8.11.3 (ok, a
couple of months ago) and it came up easily ( not
first time, but not a struggle ). security and
anti-spam features are much better. 

Chris Cariffe 
www.sendmail.org download and build the latest. it
will be much more secure and up to date than sun's.
your config file will be /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and the
new binary will be /usr/lib/sendmail build the config
from your sendmail-8.11.X/cf/cf directory then put it
in /etc/mail 

Rick McKinney 
because the 8.8.8+Sun actually still uses the old 8.7
stuff it is a pain in the ass ... I have compiled the
new version 8.11.4 ( and run it ) but you can get
8.9.1 from http://www.sunfreeware.com what type of
system is this running on ... 

Bara Zani 
to find sendmail version : /usr/lib/sendmail -d0.1 -bt
< /dev/null will print the version and compiled otions





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