Carlos Williams:
> I am getting ready to remove my Postfix installation of 2.3 which is
> the latest version RHEL / CentOS have to offer for stability reasons
> in place for the 2.6.5-1 RPM I downloaded from Simon. I have Postgrey,
> Amavisd-new, Dovecot, and ClamAV all integrated or interacting with
> the Postfix 2.3 MTA package. I backed up my entire /etc/postfix
> directory and /etc/aliases* file from the server. Do you guys know if
> I should be fine or know of anything I should be careful with before I
> set ahead with removing the 2.3 RHEL package and install the 2.6 RPM I
> downloaded from Simon? Just trying to get some expert advise of what I
> should be aware of before I blindly remove the package maintainers
> version of Postfix and install the latest and greatest version.
> According to Redhat, I am obviously on my own for support on this
> package if something breaks. Thanks for any support and or information
> before I perform this upgrade!
I suggest that you review the Postfix 2.6 RELEASE_NOTES file, and
look for any incompatibilities that might affect your configuration.
When upgrading, allow Postfix to upgrade your existing configuration
files (postfix upgrade-configuration). Otherwise, lots of things will
not work.
Wietse
