COMMAND

    sendmail

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    HP 9000 series 700/800.

PROBLEM

    Following  is  based  on  HP  Advisory.   Some  important features
    provided by 8.8.6 includes a  new group of rulesets to  avoid mail
    "spamming" (i.e., sending of  unsolicited mail to large  number of
    users) and to  prevent mail "spammers"  from using your  host as a
    mail relay point.  Sendmail 8.8.6 provides four new named rulesets
    which can be used to check and reject abusive mail messages.

    Patches are  available from  the Electronic  Support Center  (ESC)
    patch  hub  for  HP-UX  10.20,  10.30,  and  11.0.   An upgrade is
    available  for  HP-UX  10.00,  10.01,  and 10.10.  Hewlett-Packard
    recommends  installing  sendmail  8.8.6  for  HP-UX  10.00, 10.01,
    and  10.10  as  an  optional  version  upgrade.   This  upgrade is
    not  available  from  the  Electronic  Support  Center (ESC) patch
    hub, but from:

        http://www.software.hp.com/software/HPsoftware/Sendmail/index.html

    There are numerous new configuration options available and various
    issues involved  in upgrading  to Sendmail  8.8.6.   The URL above
    provides  additional  information  regarding  the  impact  of  the
    upgrade.

SOLUTION

    For the HP-UX releases listed below, an official patch is
    available.

        HP-UX release 10.20:  PHNE_12836
        HP-UX release 10.30:  PHNE_12866
        HP-UX release 11.00:  PHNE_15509

    The VirtualVault product (HP-UX 10.24) is not affected.