The latest release is 3.16. 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.
+The latest release is 4.50. This is a bug fix and + features release in the 4.xx series of releases - see the + download pages. Documentation has been + updated for 4.50. Versions 4.43 and prior had some security + related bugs and should either be patched + or updated to 4.44
-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 releases are also best upgraded.
+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.
+ +All versions of exim previous to version 4.x are now + considered obsolete and everyone is strongly recommended to + upgrade to a current release.
+ +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 @@ -28,6 +37,6 @@