This may help you - Numerology
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/19961108.103709.820a9a9f.en.html
and later in the same thread
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/19961111.092749.4de42308.en.html
which lead to
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/19961113.112839.5e4a67f1.en.html
Nigel.
> James R Grinter <mailto:jrg@acm.org>
> 18 November 2015 at 12:05
>> On 16 Nov 2015, at 10:07, Andrew C Aitchison <andrew@???> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, James R Grinter wrote:
>>> I thought I might have first used 0.42, but the earliest I found on a quick search was 0.55 (and I seem to have 1.62 as the first post 1.x version, too) I can't find an online copy of the home directory I would have stored an earlier version in.
>
> This email nudged me to have another dig around. Sure enough, I found 0.42, hidden elsewhere.
>
> -rw------- 1 jrg 1000 545575 Apr 15 1996 src/exim-0.42.tar.gz
>
> The files inside the tar are dated March 1st 1996.
>
> The doc/ChangeLog file lists a number of versions prior to that (25 including 0.42, the earliest referenced being 0.18).
>
>> IIRC the version before 1.62 was 0.something
>> - Philip bumped the major number since there was a perception
>> that version 0.something was not of release quality :-)
>
> That sounds fairly plausible, though it looks like it could have been on/before 1.60? In 1.62, the ChangeLog references Versions 1.60 and 1.61, but notes that previous entries have been "archived" as of 1.60.
>
> The ChangeLog for 0.57 reveals that earlier entries were also archived before 0.43.
>
> Kate - if you are interested in looking back this far, just drop me an email.
> Andrew C Aitchison <mailto:andrew@aitchison.me.uk>
> 16 November 2015 at 10:07
> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, James R Grinter wrote:
>
>> On 13 Oct 2015, at 15:47, John Jetmore <jj33@???> wrote:
>>> Anyway, I still have it. No SVN, but releases for Exim 1, 2, 3, and 4,
>>> starting with 1.62. I suspect strongly that there're some releases
>>> missing, but it's more than I've seen anywhere else. You're welcome
>>> to a
>>> copy if you want it, just let me know
>>
>> I thought I might have first used 0.42, but the earliest I found on a
>> quick search was 0.55 (and I seem to have 1.62 as the first post 1.x
>> version, too) I can't find an online copy of the home directory I
>> would have stored an earlier version in.
>>
>> $ ls -ld src/exim-*
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg 1000 502171 Aug 25 1996 src/exim-0.55.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg 1000 580337 Nov 7 1996 src/exim-0.57.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg owner 655814 Jun 30 1997 src/exim-1.62.tar.gz
>
> IIRC the version before 1.62 was 0.something
> - Philip bumped the major number since there was a perception
> that version 0.something was not of release quality :-)
>
>> I've got a patch file from 0.55 to 0.56 as well.
>>
>> I expect Tony F might be able to lay his hands on other versions.
>
> James R Grinter <mailto:jrg@acm.org>
> 13 October 2015 at 23:07
>
> I thought I might have first used 0.42, but the earliest I found on a
> quick search was 0.55 (and I seem to have 1.62 as the first post 1.x
> version, too) I can't find an online copy of the home directory I
> would have stored an earlier version in.
>
> $ ls -ld src/exim-*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg 1000 502171 Aug 25 1996 src/exim-0.55.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg 1000 580337 Nov 7 1996 src/exim-0.57.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jrg owner 655814 Jun 30 1997 src/exim-1.62.tar.gz
>
> I've got a patch file from 0.55 to 0.56 as well.
>
> I expect Tony F might be able to lay his hands on other versions.
>
>
> John Jetmore <mailto:jj33@pobox.com>
> 13 October 2015 at 15:47
> Some years ago (around August 2007 it appears) I had an opportunity to get
> copies of old exim releases. I have no memory of why, maybe they were
> going to be dumped during a server move, or maybe someone asked about them
> like you have done and I jumped on it too.
>
> Anyway, I still have it. No SVN, but releases for Exim 1, 2, 3, and 4,
> starting with 1.62. I suspect strongly that there're some releases
> missing, but it's more than I've seen anywhere else. You're welcome to a
> copy if you want it, just let me know
>
> Kate Dawson <mailto:k4t@3msg.es>
> 12 October 2015 at 12:05
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking of doing an essay for a school project on the Exim MTA.
>
> I was wondering if there were any version control repositories that
> contain history of exim prior to 2004
>
> I can clone the github repo, but it would be interesting to look at code
> and version changes prior to that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kate Dawson
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