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<h1>The Exim Home Page</h1>
University of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected to the
Internet. It is freely available under the terms of the <b>GNU
General Public Licence</b>. In style it is similar to <b>Smail
- 3</b>, but its facilities are more extensive, and in particular it
- has some defences against mail bombs and unsolicited junk mail in
- the form of options for refusing messages from particular hosts,
- networks, or senders. It can be installed in place of sendmail,
- although the configuration of exim is quite different to that of
- sendmail.</p>
+ 3</b>, but its facilities are more general. There is a great deal
+ of flexibility in the way mail can be routed, and there are
+ extensive facilities for checking incoming mail. Exim can be
+ installed in place of sendmail, although the configuration of exim
+ is quite different to that of sendmail.</p>
- <p>An expanded <a href="intro.html">introduction is available</a>.</p>
+ <hr>
+ <center>
+ <i>This is a volunteer run website with no connection to The
+ University of Cambridge or any other institution.</i>
+ </center>
+ <hr>
+
+ <h2>Current Versions</h2>
+ <p>
+ The current version of Exim is <b>4.42</b>. See the <a
+ href="mirrors.html"><b>Download</b></a> page to get a copy.
+ There were a number of issues with earlier <b>4.3x</b> versions
+ so their use is discouraged. Security fixes in this release
+ mean that all previous versions should be obsoleted in favour of
+ 4.34 or 4.41. Users of 4.40 should be aware that there is an
+ issue which may cause the exim daemon to die - this is fixed in
+ 4.41.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>RPM builds of exim for many versions of Red Hat and Fedora
+ distributions are available at <a
+ href="ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/rpms-for-exim/"><tt>ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/rpms-for-exim/</tt></a></p>
+
+ <p>Exim 3 and previous versions are now considered obsolete. Exim 3
+ is not being developed any further, nor is it being actively
+ maintained, though if a really serious bug were found, it would be
+ looked at.</p>
+
+ <p>The old system filter has been deleted from the site - it is
+ not appropriate for current mail configurations. If you are still
+ using it please discontinue immediately - it creates severe
+ collateral spam issues.</p>
+
+ <h2>Mailman</h2>
+
+ <p>The <a href="howto/mailman21.html">Exim/Mailman HOWTO</a> for
+ Mailman 2.1 with Exim 4 has been rewritten.</p>
+
+ <h2>Exim Books</h2>
+
+ <p>The new <a href="http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book/"> Exim 4
+ book</a> is available. See the <a
+ href="http://www.uit.co.uk/exim-book/">book website</a> for
+ further information.</p>
- <h2>New Things</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>
- Exim Version 3.34 is available - see the <a
- href="mirrors.html">availability</a> pages to get hold of a
- copy. Documentation has been patially updated to match.
- Version 3.34 fixes an exploitable (in rare configurations)
- security bug - upgrading is strongly recommended.
- </li>
- <li>
- Printed copies of the <a href="http://www.bsdmall.com/emexmailtran.html">
- Exim 3 documentation</a> are available from BSDMall as part of Prime
- Freeware's <a href="http://ptf.com/dossier/">Dossier</a>
- project</a> (NB this is a printed form of
- documents bundled in electronic form with Exim).
- </li>
- <li>
- The information on the <a href="maillist.html">Mailing
- Lists</a> also now contains a search form.
- </li>
- <li>
- A <b>Generic Windows Executable Content</b> filter is
- available at <a href="ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/filter/">
- ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/filter/</a> or <A
- HREF="system_filter.exim">here</A>. This is an exim system
- filter which attempts to detect executables including the
- types responsible for the Windows/Outlook mail worms, and also
- the recent bugs with header length checking (see this <A
- HREF="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/article.html%3Fid%3D61">
- BugTraq article</A>). It is not infallible, but many sites
- may find it useful. The file contains installation
- instructions. Version 0.13 released on 22 May.
- </li>
- </ul>
+ <p>The O'Reilly <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exim/">Exim 3
+ book</a> is still available.</p>
- <h2>Exim Book</h2>
- <p>The <a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exim/">definitive exim book</a>,
- written by Philip Hazel, is now available. Orders can
- be placed through a number of the on-line retailers.</p>
- <p><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exim/"><img border=0 src="images/exim.s.gif"></a>
- </p>
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<address><a href="mailto:Postmaster@exim.org">Nigel Metheringham</a></address>
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