AppWatch: Sendmail 8.10.0 released | Linux Today

AppWatch: Sendmail 8.10.0 released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 8, 2000

[ Thanks to AppWatch
Staff
for this announcement: ]

Version 8.10 represents the largest new feature release in
sendmail’s history.

  • SMTP Authentication, allowing users to use cryptographic
    authentication in SMTP to gain additional privileges, such as
    ability to relay.
  • Performance improvements, including multiple queues,
    memory-buffered pseudo-files, and more control over resolver
    timeouts.
  • Support for “message submission agent”, as defined by RFC
    2476.
  • Ability to connect to servers running on named sockets.
  • Changes to support IPv6.
  • Better LDAP integration and support for LDAP-based
    routing.
  • Improved support for virtual hosting.
  • Even better anti-spam control features.
  • Several new map classes, including ph, arith, and macro.

Go directly to Sendmail.org
for downloads, or visit AppWatch.com for a synopsis including
all security related fixes.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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