- update to 8.15.1 - cleanup options - tlsext.patch removed, now part of distribution0275ae5d48
sendmail -- race condition vulnerabilityentered 2006-03-24
Port details
mail/sendmail 8.18.2_1
Reliable, highly configurable mail transfer agent with utilities
Port info
- Maintainer
- dinoex@FreeBSD.org
- Packages
- latest: 8.18.2_1
- Upstream
- up to date
- Last update
- to 8.18.2_1 · 61f6338738
- Quarterly
- 2026Q4: 8.18.2_1
- WWW
- https://www.sendmail.org/
- Links
- cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data
Install
- Package
# pkg install sendmailinstalls 8.18.2_1 fromlatest; fromquarterly(2026Q4) 8.18.2_1- Port
# cd /usr/ports/mail/sendmail && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/mail/sendmail config # change options first
- Size
- 1.3 MiB download · 4.4 MiB installed
- Depends on
- security/cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28_6, security/cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd 2.1.28_4
- License
- Sendmail
- Creates
- user
smmsp, groupsmmsp - Options
- 13 of 21 on in the package: BLOCKLISTD DANE DOCS IPV6 LA MILTER NIS PICKY_HELO_CHECK SASL SASLAUTHD SEM SHMEM TLS
Show the 8 options that are off
BDB CYRUSLOOKUP GDBM LDAP MTA_STS SMTPUTF8 SOCKETMAP TLS_CERT_CHAIN - pkg-message
Shown after installing
you should add in /etc/make.conf: SENDMAIL_CF_DIR= /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf To deliver all local mail to your mailhub, edit the last line of submit.mc: FEATURE(`msp','[mailhub.do.main]`)dnl To update your configuration look at /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf/README. --------------------------------------------------- To use the binaries supplied by the port you should add the following lines to your sendmail.mc file before any mailer or feature definition: define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/local/libexec')dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/local/bin/uux')dnl --------------------------------------------------- To activate sendmail as your default mailer, run: $ cd /usr/local/etc/mail && cp mailer.conf.sendmail mailer.conf Your '/usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf' should look like this: # # Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail # sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail hoststat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail purgestat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail You may also need to update /etc/rc.conf.
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 | 8.18.2_1 |
version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.
Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)
No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by
pkg audit for the packaged version 8.18.2_1.Fixed (1)
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Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.
Commits (306)
- fix LDOPS which is parsed twice by m4 now48a0dae4fb
- enable options TLS SASL SASLAUTHD by default - new option TLSEXT_PADDING The port disables TLSEXT_PADDING by default. This fixes "TLS handshake failed" errors when sending to Ironport appliances.634ecc67fe
net/openldap24-*: - Convert to USES=libtool and bump dependent ports - Avoid USE_AUTOTOOLS - Don't use PTHREAD_LIBS - Use MAKE_CMD databases/glom: - Drop :keepla - Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip databases/libgda4* databases/libgda5*: - Convert to USES=libtool and bump dependent ports - USES=tar:xz - Use INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip - Use @sample databases/libgdamm: - Drop :keepla - USES=tar:bzip2 - Use INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip databases/libgdamm5: - Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip - Drop --enable-static (inherited from old repocopy) devel/anjuta x11-toolkits/py-gnome-extras: - Drop :keepla dns/powerdns dns/powerdns-devel: - Convert to USES=libtool - Add INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip - Disable static modules - Stop creating library symlinks with .0 suffix, not needed for dynamically opened modules mail/dovecot2: - Add USES=libtool mail/dovecot2-pigeonhole: - Drop CONFIGURE_TARGET (incorrect for Dragonfly) - Add USES=libtool and INSTALL_TARGET=install-strip math/gnumeric: - USES=libtool tar:xz Approved by: portmgr (implicit, bump unstaged ports)37f54e0f66
Add DOCS to OPTIONS_DEFINE to ports that check for PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS.99afccd1ce
- fix build with clang34 PR: 191074, 19129073d9926eae
- update to 8.14.9 - fix MANPREFIXe594637457
- fix manpagesb2fa532046
- add -Wl to rpath22fbdf68ba
- use STAGEDIR - assume mailwrapper is installedae20f5b94c
- update to 8.14.8 - use OPT_USE - use OPT_*_DEPENDS6a6b6795b8
- fix CC handling - escape LD options PR: 183547554506ade4
- fix misplaced NO_STAGE in slaveports and ifdefs1e3119b07e
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat: mail)fd61959c15
- fix check for systems without milterd6d271fe1a
- note order for mc filesf116a0cfbc
- use OPTIONS_DEFINE - options MILTER_SHARED and PICKY_HELO_CHECK now default - drop all old options, please use make config - bump MILTER_SOVER1b8a310a8b
- update to 8.14.7 Feature safe: yes1440a644fd
- update to 8.14.6 - fix option sasl23acf732846
Update cyrus-sasl2 to 2.1.26. This bumps shlib version of libsasl2.dda3fab6a5
- cleanup comments Feature safe: yes851945b1eb
- extend CONFLICTS7158c487b8
- drop FreeBSD 4.x migration notes9344c2d6ca
- Add LDFLAGS to CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV (as it was done with LDFLAGS) - Fix all ports that add {CPP,LD}FLAGS to *_ENV to modify flags instead
PR: 157936
Submitted by: myself
Exp-runs by: pav
Approved by: pav6f6fbe4bdfUnbreak on -CURRENT Tell groff to tell grotty to not emit SGR sequences, they make ul(1) choke. Discussed with: rua97f3773f4
- Mark BROKEN on 9.0-CURRENT: does not build pic -C op.me | eqn -C -Tascii | groff -Tascii -me | ul -t dumb > op.txt ul: unknown escape sequence in input: 33, 133 Reported by: pointyhat7b95176b6f
- honor CC82df6a2a34
- update to 8.14.55bfe2a8864
- drop milter patch, as it might cause problemse14832c3cb
- use nanosleep Submitted by: Dewayne Geraghty - sendmail-milterrandom-8.14.1 Obtained from: http://antispam.imp.ch/patches/patch-sendmail-milterrandom0d2b4e6853
- drop old rc.d scripts6e81f97dc6
- update to 8.14.43f88fb5e9a
- fix WITH_SENDMAIL_PORT automatic detection PR: 140080 Submitted by: Petr Rehor6de1202020
- fix oder of patches when build WITHOUT_SHARED_MILTER reported by: QATcd83129626
- Security patch libmiter SECURITY: fix DOS vulnerability in libmiter Obtained from: Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruzbce06ee935
- disable checks on BUILDING_INDEX Suggested by: cperciva - cleanup CONFLICTS5e3e3844bb
- update to 8.14.3 - split patch into seperate files9833798928
- default enable a pool of milter threads - new option SENDMAIL_WITHOUT_MILTER_POOL to disable thise3e2a913f6
- new option SENDMAIL_WITHOUT_LA to turn off Load Averaging PR: 121843 Submitted by: Michael Stowe Reviewed by: Approved by: Obtained from: MFC after:435604a11e
- new options WITHOUT_MILTER_CFLAGS, WITHOUT_MILTER_LDFLAGS PR: 121529e2f15f0c25
- udpate to 8.14.295bcad1619
- fix DESTDIR for config stage4cf26145e8
- Remove the DESTDIR modifications from individual ports as we have a new, fully chrooted DESTDIR, which does not need such any more. Sponsored by: Google Summer of Code 2007 Approved by: portmgr (pav)42542fb076
- update to 8.14.18aa4b0128f
- remove support for cyrus-sasl < 2d52e405574
- update option SENDMAIL_WITHOUT_SHMEM6b44ea33c2
- detect early if sysvipc is not implementede4db5fb82e
- update to 8.14.0 - bump libmilterc063587ef2
- cleanup IGNORE - generate CONFLICTS3454da6cd1
- backout IGNORE Requestetd by: kris50d5e1bf98