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Version of the qf fileV8.7 and above

As sendmail evolves, it will continue to add new abilities to the qf file. To protect old versions of sendmail from wrongly misinterpreting new configuration files, the V line has been introduced. Note that prior to V8.7 sendmail there was no V line. The V line, and qf fileversion numbers for more modern implementations of sendmail, are shown in Table 11-8.

Table 11-8. qf file version numbers

qf version

sendmail versions

V1

V8.7.5 and earlier

V2

V8.7.6 through V8.9.3

V4

V8.10 through V8.11

V5

V8.10 through V8.11 with _FFR_QUEUEDELAY defined

V6

V8.12

V7

V8.12 with _FFR_QUEUEDELAY defined

If the version found in a qf file is greater than that currently supported by sendmail, the following error will be printed if in verbose mode: 

Version number in qf (bad) greater than max (max)

and the following message will be logged:

Losing qf file unsupported queue file version

The bad qf file will then be turned into a Qf file (marked as lost).



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Some Basics
    		Part I: Build and Install
    		Part II: Administration
    		Chapter 6. Tune Performance
    		Chapter 7. How to Handle spam
    		Chapter 8. Test Rule Sets with -bt
    		Chapter 9. DNS and sendmail
    		Chapter 10. Maintain Security with sendmail
    		Chapter 11. Manage the Queue
    		11.1 Overview of the Queue
    		11.2 Parts of a Queued Message
    		11.3 Using Multiple Queue Directories
    		11.4 Queue Groups (V8.12 and Above)
    		11.5 Bogus qf Files
    		11.6 Printing the Queue
    		11.7 How the Queue Is Processed
    		11.8 Cause Queues to Be Processed
    		11.9 Process Alternate Queues
    		11.10 Pitfalls
    		11.11 The qf File Internals
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    		Chapter 12. Maintain Aliases
    		Chapter 13. Mailing Lists and ~/.forward
    		Chapter 14. Signals, Transactions, and Syslog
    		Chapter 15. The sendmail Command Line
    		Chapter 16. Debug sendmail with -d
    		Part III: The Configuration File
    		Part IV: Appendixes
    		Bibliography