if this is connected to the internet, upgrade! (Or at least install the
updates from the redhat site.)
Otherwise, if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
On 25 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Opinion Time!
>
> Background:
> I've set up a linux system where I work to act as an
> small, staff-only, Email server. About 10months ago
> I installed RedHat 5.2 and manually compiled/installed
> the services I needed to use (Sendmail 8.9.3, Fetchmail
> 5.03, Bind 8.2.1 *which I think has been exploited*,
> WU IMAP/POP3 4.6beta, kernel 2.2.12). All of this
> installed on a 486-turned-Cyrix M2 PR266MHz, 64Megs
> SDRAM, and a 4.3Gig UDMA EIDE HD.
>
> Should I ...
> Update the services I use (Bind, Fetchmail, IPOP3,
> and kernel)?
> OR
> Upgrade to a different/new distribution?
>
> Any thoughts/warnings/issues I should know about before
> performing either function?
>
> NOTE: MAYBE, as a project for slow working periods, I
> might set up a way to allow web access to a persons
> email.
>
> Thanks to all your help!
>
> Peter Verhagen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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