Advice on upgrading sendmail

From: Paul N. Youngblood <youngbp_at_email.uah.edu>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 10:58:37 -0600 (CST)

Hello sys admins,

I am running DU 4.0B (patch kit 4) with C2 security on an
AlphaServer 2100. My sendmail version appears to be 5.65,
according to the output of "/usr/lib/sendmail -d0.11 -bp".

I've seen some very good information from the archives about
getting and using sendmail version 8.8.x to prevent your machine
from being used as a mail relay (for spam attacks). I would
like to upgrade my sendmail, but have never done it before.

Does anyone have any helpful hints, advice, or warnings for
me about upgrading my sendmail from 5.65 to 8.8.8 ???
It seems like a big leap to me. I would really appreciate
any advice you might have, and I will certainly summarize.
Thank you very much.

Paul Youngblood
University of Alabama in Huntsville
e-mail: youngbp_at_email.uah.edu
Received on Wed Dec 03 1997 - 20:16:12 NZDT

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