The V Configuration Command

The V configuration command was added to V8 sendmail to prevent old versions of configuration files from breaking when used with V8 sendmail. The syntax for the V configuration command looks like this:

VlevelV8.1 through V8.5
Vlevel/vendorV8.6 and above

We describe the level and vendor parts in the next two sections.

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