> Actually there's little visibly different if you're using 1.x for just the 
> basics.  Most of the work in 2.x was done in libdkim; some of it was 
> bugfixes but most of it was overhauling the code to be able to deal with 
> messages bearing more than one signature.
>
> One thing you sacrifice with 2.x is the ability to sign or verify messages 
> whose format followed DKIM specs earlier than the RFC.  If you need 
> maximum versatility right now, don't upgrade.
>
> 2.1.1 appears to be stable, and I currently have no pending development or 
> open bugs so there are no plans for newer versions at this time.  The 
> to-do list is big but none of it is pressing.
>
> Here's a quick summary since 1.2.0:
>
> NEW FEATURES
>       ClockDrift (tolerance for out-of-sync clocks)
>       SyslogSuccess (logging even successful operations)
>       RemoveARFrom, RemoveARAll (Authentication-Results: header removal)
>       RemoveOldSignatures (remove old signatures)
>
> VISIBLE CHANGES
>       New SSP draft from the IETF working group
>       New Authentication-Results: format
>       Tidy up some 64-bit portability issues
>       Support for DNS over TCP for handling long DNS replies
>       Now handles arbitrarily large headers (was capped at 4k each)
>       Clean up pid file on shutdown
>       _FFR_DIFFHEADERS ("diff" old/new headers to find verification issues)
>       Added buffering around the crypto functions for faster performance
>
> THINGS REMOVED
>       Support for pre-RFC signature formats
>
> BUGS FIXED
>       Crash bugs tripped by some malformed messages
>       Numerous minor non-crash issues
>
> INVISIBLE STUFF
>       Lots of library cleanup
>       Lots of library extensions for developers
>       Full library support for multiple signatures
>
>
>   
Excellent, thanks for the info. I think I will take the plunge later 
this week.

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