> I have Postfix/Dovecot/MySQL, low usage, several virtual domains, due to > whatever, remote server crashed, not sure at this time if the old data > will be recovered, so I have new server, out of the box, it's missing > amavisd (and other things... most likely) > > so, pending recovery of old server, I'm looking at doing fresh amavis > install on the new server: > > dumb question: > try 2.8 pre? or, stick with 2.7.1 ?
If you are not depending on other people preparing packages and the like, I'd go for the 2.8-pre. Should be compatible with 2.7, and is better tested than 2.7.1 due to its regular use on a production server. If you also need to collect and install all dependencies, I'd use some package/port and let it install all dependencies, then put amavisd from 2.8 in its place. Note that the distributed tarball does not contain package-specific modifications such as Debian/Ubuntu changes (like a multi- config file support), or a startup script. If you need such modifications, you'll need to apply their patch to the 2.8 code - should not be too difficult, but manual intervention would be needed. Mark
