On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:52:32 -0700 Michael Wang <postfix-u...@pandadesigns.com> wrote:
>I've been running my current email system using Postfix 2.3.X since >the end of 2006. It's a very small system since it's just my personal >email on various domains I own. However I'm loathe to mess with it >since it has been running rock solid and it does have quite a few >"moving parts" to it. > >Is there stuff in the new versions that would make it worth upgrading >to me? > >I don't really care about the "internal" facing stuff (or do I care?) >like performance and filter changes and thinks like that since my >volume is so low and I'm not planning on changing any of the other >pieces of the mail system in the near term. > >But would my server, for example, be a "better citizen" from the >perspective of other email servers talking to it if I upgraded? I.e. >are there protocol changes/new protocols that make the new versions >better? Is 2.3 end-of-life coming any time soon? There are other factors to consider, such as, how old is your OS? I just rebuild my system. I had FreeBSD-6.4 installed. By rebuilding with FreeBSD-7.2, I not only got better performance, I was also able to replaced dozens of old, outdated or just plain depreciated programs with up-to-date versions. I guess it depends on your particular situation and demands. -- Gerard postfix.u...@yahoo.com TO REPORT A PROBLEM see http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail TO (UN)SUBSCRIBE see http://www.postfix.org/lists.html Mosher's Law of Software Engineering: Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
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