RE: How to locate the version of sendmail

On 31-Jul-97 John Gianni wrote:
> Q:What is the best way to locate the version of sendmail one is using?
>
> I'm using whatever sendmail comes with SunOS 5.5.1, and, the manpages
> don't seem to list a -version command (-v is verbose mode, but, I can't
> seem to get it to spit out the version).
>
> According to procmail digests, I want to at least make sure the sendmail
> is
> version 8.8.5 or better.
>
> Thanks for helping me and others,
> John
        The easiest way is to just "telnet localhost 25" and unless you've
changed your sendmail.cf not to say, it should spit out the version number
on connection.
              -Scott

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