On 10-Jun-2009, at 03:52, Michael Wang 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.
Upgrading postfix has nearly always been a completely pain-free
experience, so the real reason is, "Why wouldn't you?"
Also, as others have mentioned, updating the OS is a good idea. I am
currently on FreBSD 6.4 and Postfix 2.5*mumble*, but will be moving to
7.2 very soon as I will get a more secure system (and from what I
hear, leaner and faster too) with the OS update. That will likely move
me up to postfix 2.6*mumble*
Is there stuff in the new versions that would make it worth
upgrading to me?
The biggest new "feature" is milters. You might not need them, but
they are nice to have when you suddenly think, "Hey, I'd like to do...
this." and the answer is "milters".
But would my server, for example, be a "better citizen" from the
perspective of other email servers talking to it if I upgraded?
Certainly it would be if you update the OS. Keepig the OS up-to-date
is crucial for any machine with an Internet connection just because of
the security. Doubly so for a mailserver because of the risk of
getting rooted and turned into a spam-factory.
Is 2.3 end-of-life coming any time soon?
Well, 2.2 has been EOL for several months? a year? So I'd guess 2.3
will be EOLed sometime soonish.
--
You may be anti anti-spam-kook if: Despite having invented the
FUSSP you not only don't know the difference between the SMTP
envelope and SMTP headers; you doubt there is such a thing as
the SMTP envelop because email doesn't involve paper.
