When a new beta comes out we test it on our backup mail servers. They get the least amount of production traffic. If the beta is stable after a couple of days we will move the beta to the production server.
One thing that we don't do is run interim release at all unless there is a need to (i.e. Scott fixes something that did not work as expected in the beta).
Darrell
Andy Schmidt writes:
May be it makes sense for everyone to look at: http://www.declude.com/relnotes.htm
Officially, there is a 1.76 Beta that started at 19-Sep-2003.
This document no longer reflects the "feature set" that I get when I
download the beta (plus the interim release that I need to actually use the
beta). My point is, after 2 months it may be time to "catch-up" this
document with reality of what the "current" 1.76 version contains.
And please - no one tell me that most of us are NOT running the "beta"
versions in production? Who wants to seriously say that you are duplicating
your entire SMTP traffic so that it can also run through the beta servers
and then compare results?
Or are you installing Declude Beta on an SMTP server that has no SMTP
traffic whatsoever (since any "production" traffic, but definition) would no
longer make this a test server. How does a beta test without actual SMTP
traffic constitute a "test".
It's the biggest joke of the software industry. Every software manufacturer
knows, that the REAL beta testing is usually done with PRODUCTION data -
otherwise it's not much of a test.
Best Regards
Andy Schmidt
Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)
Fax: +1 201 934-9206
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