Changes in this Release

The following changes have been made in the Solaris 10 7/10 release release:

• The default version of sendmail has been updated to 8.14.

• The sendmail instance was split into two instances to provide better management of the traditional daemon (svc:/network/smtp:sendmail) and the client queue runner (svc:/network/smtp:sendmail-client).

• The system can be configured to automatically rebuild the sendmail.cf and the submit.mc configuration files. The required steps are documented in How to Automatically Rebuild a Configuration File.

• By default, the sendmail daemon runs in the new local daemon mode. The local–only mode only accepts incoming mail from the local host or loopback SMTP connections. For instance, mail from a cron job or between local users would be accepted. Outbound mail is routed as expected, only the incoming mail is changed. The -bl option is used to select the local-only mode, also known as the Become Local mode. For more information about this mode, see the sendmail(1M) man page. For instructions on how to change back to the -bd or Become Daemon mode, see How to Use sendmail in the Open Mode.