[BlueOnyx:01236] Re: [coba-e:15578] Re: Re: sendmail-8.13.1-errata_cataddr.patch

[Gerald Waugh]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rickard Osser" <rickard.osser at bluapp.com>
To: <coba-e at bluequartz.org>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:30 AM
Subject: [coba-e:15578] Re: [BlueOnyx:01232] Re: 
sendmail-8.13.1-errata_cataddr.patch


> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 08:13 -0600, Gerald Waugh wrote:
>> Chris Gebhardt Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:54 PM
>> > Gerald Waugh wrote:
>> >> /var/log/maillog when some MS Exchange servers try to email us. The 
>> >> error
>> >> is:
>> >> May 13 14:56:38 msi1 sendmail[20842]: n4DJubox020842:... cataddr: 
>> >> string
>> >> too
>> >> long
>> >>
>> >> There is a patch for sendmail that will fix this error
>> >> sendmail-8.13.1-errata_cataddr.patch
>> >> see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=131179
>> >> indicates
>> >>    Fixed in rawhide in rpm sendmail-8.13.1-2 or newer.
>> >>
>> >> This is on a BlueQuartz system, not sure which version BlueOnyx is 
>> >> using.
>> >> Do the sendmail updates come from CentOS repo or do they com from the
>> >> BQ/BX
>> >> repos?
>> >
>> > Hi Gerald,
>> > sendmail is a package in "base", so it's handled by CentOS.
>> >
>> > FWIW, our BQ machines are running Version 8.13.1, our BX boxes are on
>> > Version 8.13.8
>> >
>> Please excuse the crosspost, but I need a solution from someone, 
>> amywhere.
>>
>> Well, I wonder if I could manually update sendmail to a newer version
>> without screwing up the GUI
>> This is really a problen as email sent ny MS Exchange Servers bounce...
>> Need a fix.
>>
>> Any BlueQuartz Developers - Listening?
> Hi Gerald,
>
> you should actually be running sendmail-8.13.1-3.3.el4 which is what I
> have on my BQ... And that version is newer and contains the fix that you
> linked to. It's also in the centos-repos.
>
rpm -qa indicates that....
[root at fsn1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
sendmail-cf-8.13.1-3.3.el4
sendmail-8.13.1-3.3.el4
sendmail-doc-8.13.1-3.3.el4
Bus
[root at fsn1 ~]# sendmail -d0.1 -bt < /dev/null | grep Version
Version 8.13.1
And it does exhibit the bug issue with email from Exchange servers.
  cataddr: string too long

Help
Gerald