Ted Cooper wrote: > Jens Hoffrichter wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> On one of the systems I administer, I have a strange problem I can't >> really get a grasp of why it happens. >> >> The Exim running here is a 4.66 on RHEL 4. > > Your best bet might be upgrade Exim as there are a few issues with the > retry code in 4.66 that were fixed in 4.67. > > There are not configuration or compatibility issues preventing you from > upgrading to the latest version 4.69. > ... and even 4.67 or 4.68 would fix that particular problem if the ports or packages available for a given OS / distro are not 100% up to date...
> (This question could be considered for FAQ inclusion) > Seconded, PLUS a general reinforcement '..should keep Exim as current as practical to minimize time wasted chasing things already fixed in newer releases..' w/r compatibility issues: JFWIW, a large, but not overly sophisticated 'configure' file has remained workable from 4.53 thru 4.69 w/o need of change, and our 4.4X configure might have done nearly as well had we kept it. NB: ISTR we skipped 4.66, though. Accident of timing, not on purpose. ;-) Still - Exim is about as good as it gets in the seamless upgrade regard. Bill Hacker -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
