[BlueOnyx:07737] Re: sendmail version

[Gerald Waugh]

Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
>> BlueOnyx is currently running sendmail 8.13.1-6
>> http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.5
>> 8.14.5 is available and has some very good anti-spam features.
>> One that I like is, badmx
>>
>> 2007-01-31 Sendmail 8.14.0 was available Jan 31, 2007.
>> Are we running such an old version of sendmail because CentOS does?
> 
> Correct.  And I would not anticipate any version "upgrades" - only 
> patches.  The only work-around would be if the BlueOnyx dev team rolls 
> its own Sendmail and replaces the CentOS version.  In and of itself, 
> that's not a show-stopper, but it is more work on an already 
> hard-working volunteer task-force!   That said, if somebody wanted to 
> roll it and maintain it, talk to the dev admins... maybe that would be 
> an option.
> 
>> Is it a difficult task to upgrade sendmail on BlueOnyx?
> 
> Doing so will take the box out of the standard RPMs, so that may wind up 
> breaking YUM updates.
> 
> The good news: Next-gen BX (the current Beta on SL6) is running Sendmail 
> 8.14.4, so that should get you what you are looking for.  Of course, it 
> will mean a migration to get it.
> 
Thanks Chris,

I like the later option ;)

-- 
Gerald