The latest release is 4.01. This is a major upgrade - over the 3.x versions - which will require configuration files to be rewritten (there - are tools to help with this). As an early release of a major - new version cautious users may wish to test carefully before - moving to production services. 4.01 is a bug fix release - over 4.00
+The latest release is 4.41. This is a bug fix and new + features upgrade in the 4.xx series of releases - see the + download pages. Documentation has been + updated for 4.40. Version 4.40 had a bug which can cause the + daemon to die - it should be upgraded to 4.41
-The latest 3.x release is 3.35. This is the latest bug fix - release in the 3.3x series. They are an incremental upgrade over - the 3.2x series with a few new features. There is a security - issue (rare but exploitable) with versions previous to 3.34 - so upgrading is strongly recommended. - Old 3.0x configuration files should be fully compatible. - New features are documented in the CHANGES and NewStuff files.
+New features are documented in the doc/ChangeLog and doc/NewStuff files within + the distribution. These files are also available separately from + the main package files on the main ftp site and its mirrors in the + ChangeLogs directory - see + the download pages.
-The previous 3.2x release is 3.22. This is an - incremental upgrade with a small number of new features and some - bug fixes, however old 3.0x configuration files should be fully - compatible. New features are documented in the CHANGES and - NewStuff files Upgrading from previous releases is worth doing, - particularly since a denial-of-service hole has been fixed over - 3.0x and lower versions.
+All versions of exim + previous to version 4.x are now considered obsolete and + everyone is strongly recommended to upgrade to a current + release.
-There were a number of early beta versions of exim with version - numbers less than 1.0. These should now be avoided. - Versions earlier than 2.0x should also be upgraded. - Version 3.0x and 3.1x releases are also best upgraded.
+The last 3.x release was 3.36.
There may be beta versions with available from the ftp sites in the Testing directory. Many people are using these without @@ -44,6 +36,6 @@