Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:37:44 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Jason Williams <jwilliams@courtesymortgage.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail questions Message-ID: <20040209183744.GA2846@alex.lan> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040209101005.00adadc0@pop.courtesymortgage.com> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040209101005.00adadc0@pop.courtesymortgage.com>
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:14:29AM -0800, Jason Williams wrote: > Morning everyone. > > I have a few questions in general about Sendmail and a few in regards to > sendmail on FreeBSD. > (NOTE: I do use postfix for a lot of my mail servers, but for one > particular instance, I need to use Sendmail.) > > My first question is about resources for learning Sendmail. I currently > have the "Bat book" and have been using it to work my around sendmail, but > the learning curve is pretty steep and im looking for other resources as > well. Does anyone recommend any web sites other books that can help start > the learning process for sendmail? I can be quite trivial at times. :) > > Second question is in regards to Sendmail on FreeBSD. I'm currently running > FreeBSD 4.9 and the version that comes shipped with 4.9 is 8.12.9p I > believe. > > I want to know what is the best way to go about upgrading sendmail on > FreeBSD boxes? Is it better to build sendmail out of the ports tree? > Or, is it better to d/l the source and compile it manually. > > Is there a difference? Is one better than the other? > > I appreciate the help. > > Jason Dear Jason, To answer your first question: I usaly go to www.sendmail.org; I did find this website hard to follow the first couple of time. So this may also be the case for you. To anser you second question: The difference is that the port version is more up to date. I personaly stick with the the default, unleas I have reason to do otherwise. I have trust in the FreeBSD team and update the base system when this is needed so i'm not wurried about the securty. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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