Solaris Version of sendmail
This section, which includes the following topics, describes some of the differences in the
Solaris version of sendmail as compared to the generic Berkeley version.
Flags Used and Not Used to Compile sendmail
Starting in the Solaris 10 release, the following flags are used to compile sendmail. If
your configuration requires other flags, you need to download the source and recompile the
binary. You can find information about this process at https://www.sendmail.org.
Table 14-1 General sendmail Flags
Flag |
Description |
|---|
SOLARIS=21000 |
Support for the Solaris 10
release. |
MILTER |
Support for the Mail Filter API. In version 8.13 of sendmail, this flag
is enabled by default. See MILTER, Mail Filter API for sendmail. |
NETINET6 |
Support for IPv6. This flag has been moved from
conf.h to Makefile. |
Table 14-2 Maps and Database Types
Flag |
Description |
|---|
NDBM |
Support for ndbm databases |
NEWDB |
Support for Berkeley DB databases |
USERDB |
Support for the
user database |
NIS |
Support for nis databases |
NISPLUS |
Support for nisplus databases |
LDAPMAP |
Support for LDAP maps |
MAP_REGEX |
Support for
regular expression maps |
Table 14-3 Solaris Flags
Flag |
Description |
|---|
SUN_EXTENSIONS |
Support for Sun extensions that are included in sun_compat.o. |
SUN_INIT_DOMAIN |
For backward compatibility, support for
the use of NIS domain names to fully qualify the local host name. For
more information, look for vendor-specific information in https://www.sendmail.org. |
SUN_SIMPLIFIED_LDAP |
Support for a simplified LDAP API, which
is specific to Sun. For more information, look for vendor-specific information in https://www.sendmail.org. |
VENDOR_DEFAULT=VENDOR_SUN |
Selects Sun
as the default vendor. |
The following table lists generic flags that are not used to compile the version
of sendmail that is delivered with the Solaris 10 release.
Table 14-4 Generic Flags Not Used in the Solaris Version of sendmail
Flag |
Description |
|---|
SASL |
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(RFC 2554) |
STARTTLS |
Transaction Level Security (RFC 2487) |
To see a list of the flags that are used to compile sendmail, use
the following command.
% /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -d0.10 < /dev/null
Note - The preceding command does not list the flags that are specific to Sun.
MILTER, Mail Filter API for sendmail
MILTER, sendmail's Mail Filter API, enables third-party programs to access mail messages as they
are being processed to filter meta-information and content. You do not need to build
the filter and configure sendmail to use it. This API is enabled by default in
version 8.13 of sendmail.
For more details, see the following:
Alternative sendmail Commands
The Solaris release does not include all of the command synonyms that are provided
in the generic release from sendmail.org. This table includes a complete list of the
command aliases. The table also lists whether the commands are included in the Solaris
release and how to generate the same behavior by using sendmail.
Table 14-5 Alternate sendmail Commands
Alternate Name |
In the Solaris
Release? |
Options With sendmail |
|---|
hoststat |
No |
sendmail -bh |
mailq |
Yes |
sendmail -bp |
newaliases |
Yes |
sendmail -bi |
purgestat |
No |
sendmail -bH |
smtpd |
No |
sendmail -bd |
Versions of the Configuration File
Starting in the Solaris 10 release, sendmail includes a configuration option that enables you to
define the version of the sendmail.cf file. This option enables older configuration files to
be used with the current version of sendmail. You can set the version
level to values between 0 and 10. You can also define the vendor. Either
Berkeley or Sun is a valid vendor option. If a version level is specified
but no vendor is defined, Sun is used as the default vendor setting. The following
table lists some of the valid options.
Table 14-6 Version Values for the Configuration File
Field |
Description |
|---|
V7/Sun |
Setting that was used for version 8.8 of
sendmail. |
V8/Sun |
Setting that was used for version 8.9 of sendmail. This setting was included in
the Solaris 8 release. |
V9/Sun |
Setting that was used for versions 8.10 and 8.11 of sendmail. |
V10/Sun |
Setting
that is used for version 8.12 and version 8.13 of sendmail. Version 8.12
is the default for the Solaris 9 release. Starting in the Solaris 10 release,
version 8.13 is the default. |
Note - You are urged not to use V1/Sun. For more information, refer to https://www.sendmail.org/vendor/sun/differences.html#4.
For task information, refer to Building the sendmail.cf Configuration File in Chapter 13, Mail Services (Tasks).
