Re: [Exim] Exim 3.3x -> 4.1.x conversion difficulty?

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Author: Kevin P. Fleming
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 3.3x -> 4.1.x conversion difficulty?
Jonathan Rogers wrote:
> - How big should I expect the conversion task to be to move my exim.conf
> from 3.3x to 4.1.x?


If you are using any sophisticated features of 3.3x (which it sounds like you
are), it will most likely be a fairly large task.

>
> - How good/extensive are the automated tools that can assist this process?
> Will they just give up when they hit something they can't deal with (which
> would be fine) or do they take their best shot
> (meaning I really need to go over what they did with a fine-tooth-comb)?


I did not use conver4r4 when I did my conversion; rather, I rebuilt my
configuration from scratch so I could take advantage of all the new features ot
Exim 4.x (which actually simplified my configuration a great deal). That was
back with 4.0x; there have been so many things added since then I'd for sure
want to do it that way no.

However, I am not an ISP, and don't host any virtual domains, we're really just
a single-domain with lots of spam trapping and filtering, and using amavisd for
virus scanning. I don't consider that a complicated configuration, but your
opinion may differ :-)