usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/READ_ME


                        S E N D M A I L

Presumably by the time you get to this READ_ME file, you will have
already read the tape in, or will have received this distribution as
part of 4.2bsd.  If you do not yet have the distribution online, read
the tape in now -- you will need about one megabyte to hold the tape.

The first thing you should look at is the documentation.  The two
critical documents are "doc/intro.me" and "doc/op.me".  Read both
of these before proceeding with your installation.  If you have read
these before, you should still read through the second one again
anyhow, since the installation procedures change occasionally.

A brief tour:
        FILES     A list of the files on the tape.
        Makefile  A Makefile that will do a vanilla install for you.
        adb       A set of adb(1) scripts for printing out certain
                  sendmail data structures.
        adm       Administrativia.
        aux       Files that represent programs that are not really
                  "part" of sendmail, or old versions of some files
                  in src for use by people on other system types.
        cf        The configuration files for Berkeley, plus a few
                  prototype configurations for basic installation
                  types.
        doc       The documentation.
        include   The include files used by more than just the sendmail
                  program itself.
        lib       Library routines used by sendmail, but not really
                  "part" of sendmail itself; these might be candidates
                  for libc.a.
        md        Some m4 files used to isolate machine dependencies.
        src       The source for the sendmail program itself.
        test      Some files used for testing -- mostly these are
                  shell files intended as the targets for aliasing.

The following are the known major problems and their Problem Report
number:

012, 043        Names of files and programs cannot have upper case letters
                in them -- these get mapped to lower case due to the
                case mapping feature.
178             Because of the different syntaxes used in envelopes versus
                headers, we will occasionally allow syntactically incorrect
                headers go out.
226             Quote interpretation may be incorrect -- this is not well
                defined in the protocols.

Due to my present circumstances, I am unable to provide a formal
level of support for this system.  However, I will make whatever
attempt I can to answer a reasonable number of questions.  Since
the company I am working for is not working in this area, and has
indulged me tremendously in letting me work on this at all, I regret
that I am unable to accept phone calls.  I can be contacted as:

                OLD                     NEW
    Arpanet:    eric@Berkeley           eric@Berkeley.ARPA
    UUCP:       ucbvax!eric             eric@ucbvax.UUCP

Eric Allman
Britton-Lee, Inc.

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