Re: [exim] Problems with manualroute

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Author: David Cantrell
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Problems with manualroute
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:54:53PM -0700, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
> Jeremy Harris wrote:
> > Time you upgraded to a version-4 exim. Six years is
> > forever, in internet time. Few people here will
> > be able to help you with version 3.
> I agree. Though why are so many mailservers running ancient software
> such as sendmail and qmail? Or are those still actively receiving
> patches? Is it just because people find it too daunting a task to
> migrate, or perhaps it's mostly a political (holy war style) issue.


It took me forever to upgrade to exim 4. For someone who doesn't spend a
lot of time looking after mail servers, upgrading your own one is quite
daunting. Mail is the one service that you really don't want to break.

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