On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:33:34 -0700, "Bob Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Per Jessen wrote: > > > >> > who's still on 2.64 with no exact plans to upgrade? > > > > Me too. I'm a Debian user, so I'm sticking with 2.64 as long as it's > > working well. Unless 3.X goes into Sarge, which I suspect is unlikely. > > I am also a Debian user, running Debian woody stable, running the > www.backports.org spamassassin-3.0.2 version and am very happy with > it. Running Debian stable is not a good reason to avoid upgrading > spamassassin to the best available version.
Thus my conditional, "as long as it's working well." 2.64 is working for me, and VERY well: ~99% spam hits. I see no reason to upgrade unless the spammers start getting around it somehow. What makes you say 3.0.2 is the "best" version? Will I suddenly get an accuracy boost to 99.999%? > Running stable systems with unchanging versions of software is fine > when you are behind firewalls and isolated from the changing internet. > It is okay to run appliances there. But I would go so far as to claim > that if you are interacting with the quite hostile Internet then you > must keep the software that is doing the interacting up to date. You must keep on top of security vulnerabilities, yes. Asserting that new software == more secure software is a fallacy. Remember that security problems can be caused both by problems with the code, and problems with your configuration. If you keep up with the security patches, then changing your configuration all the time as the upstream source changes can only increase your chances of introducing a configuration error. > Many times people are simply thinking security updates only. But when > talking email it also includes virus checking filters and spam > checking filters too. > > Your system may be stable but the Internet is not. Which is why good spam filtration and virus checking software gets dynamic information from pattern update servers, RBLs, SURBL, Razor, DCC, etc. etc. etc. In a nutshell: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. -- snowjack(a)fastmail.fm
