@lbutlr:
> On 29 Apr 2021, at 17:05, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> > This release requires "postfix stop" before updating, or before
> > backing out to an earlier release, because some internal protocols
> > have changed. Otherwise, long-running daemons (pickup, qmgr,
> > verify, tlsproxy, postscreen) may fail to communicate with the
> > rest of Postfix, causing mail delivery delays until Postfix is
> > restarted.
>
> This seems to be contradicting itself. Do we have to stop postfix before =
> updating, or do we have to restart postfix after updating?
No it doesn't.
You must STOP Postfix before updating or backing out.
If you don't STOP then you must RESTART to clean up the mess
that you created.
Wietse
> Restarting postfix is much faster than than stopping it, installing the =
> update, and then starting, so I wold prefer to restart if will work.
>
>
> --=20
> Julia: I=E2=80=99m not going to help you; I=E2=80=99m going to take over =
> entirely for you.
> Todd: Oh thank god because I am dangerously underqualified for this.
>
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