The 8.9.1 daemon job stream file /SENDMAIL/PUB/JDAEMON is
not modified during the installation of 8.12.1, and it is not
compatible with the 8.12.1 distribution. You must use
/SENDMAIL/CURRENT/JDAEMON.sample as a template for manually
creating an 8.12.1-compatible /SENDMAIL/PUB/JDAEMON job
stream file
The 8.9.1 /SENDMAIL/PUB/SENDMAIL program file is renamed
during the 8.12.1 installation to SENDMAIL.bak and replaced by a
symbolic link that points to the 8.12.1
/SENDMAIL/CURRENT/SENDMAIL program file. Any existing
applications that refer to /SENDMAIL/PUB/SENDMAIL should
continue to work properly without modification.
All 8.12.1 distribution files live in different HFS directories
than the 8.9.1 distribution files. Once you are satisfied that 8.12.1
is working properly, you should purge the old 8.9.1 files to conserve
disk space and avoid confusion.
All 8.12.1 configuration files reside in the /etc/mail
directory instead of the old 8.9.1 location of
/SENDMAIL/PUB/etc. The 8.9.1 sendmail.cf file is not
compatible with 8.12.1, and so you will either have to use the
default 8.12.1 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file or create your own
customized configuration file from the 8.12.1 configuration macros in
/SENDMAIL/CURRENT/cf/cf.
All 8.9.1 database maps including the aliases file should be
rebuilt using the 8.12.1 makemap or newaliases utilities.
Any undelivered messages still on the 8.9.1 queue will not be
delivered by 8.12.1 which now has two separate queues residing at
/var/spool/clientmqueue and /var/spool/mqueue instead of the
previous single 8.9.1 queue location
/SENDMAIL/PUB/mqueue.
The implementation of local message submission has changed with
8.12.1. Previously with 8.9.1, the /SENDMAIL/PUB/SENDMAIL
program file would copy new messages from stdin directly into a queue
disk file. With 8.12.1, the SENDMAIL program file will read new
messages from stdin and contact the local HP e3000's port 25 to queue
the messages using standard SMTP protocol.
8.12.1 uses two configuration files:
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf for general mail routing, and
/etc/mail/submit.cf for submitting new e-mail messages from
the local host.
8.12.1 does not include the Majordomo mailing list software that
was bundled with 8.9.1. Majordomo is not supported by HP.