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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd,net.unix
Subject: Re: sendmail bug (non-VAXen 4.2)
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 21:14:47 EDT
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The true fix, it seems to me, is to replace the `freeze' and `thaw'
code with a compiled .cf format, easily read but independent of
the exact binary version of sendmail and not containing all sorts
of random things that should *not* be saved.

At the same time, the uncompiled format of the configuration file
should be redesigned.  And sendmail should be split into many
programs---five at the very least:  two queue drivers (one for
input and one for output), an SMTP receiver, an SMTP sender, and
an address rewriter.  But I am not about to attempt this myself.
-- 
In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251)
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