[Mimedefang] Using a provided-version of sendmail (not self-compiled)

[David F. Skoll]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Rich Stanton wrote:

> Doing "sendmail -d0.1 -bv root" shows that the provided version has been
> compiled with milter support, but is there anyway to check whether it was
> compiled with "conf_libmilter_ENVDEF', `-D_FFR_MILTER_ROOT_UNSAFE'" or not
> (I'm following Mickey Hills guide here).

You don't absolutely need those; as long as MILTER appears in the -d0.1
output, you're OK.

> Secondly, the guide mentions copying the header & library files from the
> sendmail source.  I've checked in the destination folder where the guide
> says to put these files, and they aren't there.  So what is the best way of
> getting them (or are they likely to be installed elsewhere, or be available
> in an rpm - the distro is red-hat based).

There must be a sendmail-devel RPM; install that and you'll be OK.

Regards,

David.