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general

source: sendmail (main)
version: 8.18.2-2
maintainer: Debian QA Group (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 8.15.2-22+deb11u3
oldstable: 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2
old-bpo: 8.18.1-6~bpo12+1
stable: 8.18.1-6
testing: 8.18.2-2
unstable: 8.18.2-2

versioned links

8.15.2-22+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.1-6~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.1-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.18.2-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libmilter-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libmilter1.0.1 (5 bugs: 0, 3, 2, 0)
rmail (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
sendmail (37 bugs: 0, 26, 11, 0)
sendmail-base (6 bugs: 0, 5, 1, 0)
sendmail-bin (5 bugs: 0, 5, 0, 0)
sendmail-cf (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
sendmail-doc
sensible-mda (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)

action needed

1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-08-22 07:30

4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-08-15 Last update: 2026-08-22 07:30

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that sendmail depends on which need a new maintainer are:

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Build-Depends: libdb-dev

Created: 2023-11-04 Last update: 2026-08-22 07:00

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit c3456154df4c3d8088ebdc5b7004f00e3016eb1b
Author: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Aug 20 08:50:50 2026 +0200

    Drop kfreebsd support

https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/debian%2Fsendmail API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.

Created: 2026-08-20 Last update: 2026-08-20 09:02

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-08-05 Last update: 2026-01-28 00:30

O: This package has been orphaned and needs a maintainer. normal

This package has been orphaned. This means that it does not have a real maintainer at the moment. Please consider adopting this package if you are interested in it. Please see bug number #740070 for more information.

Created: 2017-12-02 Last update: 2017-12-02 00:26

debian/patches: 24 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 24 debian patches available in version 8.18.2-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

24 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-06-09 16:18

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-09 12:15

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-06-14] sendmail 8.18.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-09] Accepted sendmail 8.18.2-2 (source) into unstable (Aurelien Jarno)
[2026-02-01] sendmail 8.18.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-27] Accepted sendmail 8.18.2-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2025-10-26] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-8 (source) into experimental (Andreas Beckmann)
[2025-08-17] sendmail 8.18.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-12] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-7 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-10-25] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-6~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-08-11] sendmail 8.18.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-04] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-6 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-07-06] sendmail 8.18.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-01] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-5 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-06-25] sendmail 8.18.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-19] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-14~deb10u3 (source) into oldoldstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-19] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-22+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-17] Accepted sendmail 8.17.1.9-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-16] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-4 (source) into unstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-06-14] Accepted sendmail 8.15.2-14~deb10u2 (source) into oldoldstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-05-19] sendmail 8.18.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-19] sendmail 8.18.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-13] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-3 (source) into unstable (Bastien Roucariès) (signed by: Bastien ROUCARIÈS)
[2024-05-03] sendmail 8.18.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-15] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-02-14] sendmail 8.18.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-09] Accepted sendmail 8.18.1-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Beckmann)
[2024-01-15] Accepted sendmail 8.18.0.2-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Beckmann)
[2023-08-15] Accepted sendmail 8.17.2-1~bpo12+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Beckmann)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 59 60
RC: 0
I&N: 44 45
M&W: 15
F&P: 0
patch: 4
help: 1

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