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<dt>
<b>
- <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
- The Exim Specification - Version 4.1x</a>
- </b>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- <b>
- <a href="exim-html-3.30/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
- The Exim Specification - Version 3.3x</a>
+ <a href="exim-html-4.20/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
+ The Exim Specification - Version 4.2x</a>
</b>
</dt>
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<dt>
<b>
- <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/filter.html">
- The Exim Filter Specification - Version 4.1x</a>
- </b>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- <b>
- <a href="exim-html-3.30/doc/html/filter.html">
- The Exim Filter Specification - Version 3.3x</a>
+ <a href="exim-html-4.20/doc/html/filter.html">
+ The Exim Filter Specification - Version 4.2x</a>
</b>
</dt>
<dd>Additional information on the exim filter language.</dd>
</ul>
<h2>Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ</h2>
<p>The <a href="FAQ.html">exim FAQ</a> is now available, and a new
- version for <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/FAQ.html">exim 4</a>.</p>
+ version for <a href="exim-html-4.20/doc/html/FAQ.html">exim 4</a>.</p>
<h2>Copies of Documentation</h2>
<p>A number of FAQs are in preparation and will be made available shortly.
Please contact me if you have material to contribute.</p>
- <h2>Old Documentation</h2>
+ <h2>Obsolete Documentation</h2>
<p>Old versions of documentation are still on-line:-</p>
<table>
+ <tr><th>Version 4.1x</th>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
+ specification document</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/filter.html">filter</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-4.10/doc/html/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
<tr><th>Version 4.0x</th>
<td>
<a href="exim-html-4.00/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
<a href="exim-html-4.00/doc/html/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr><th>Version 3.2x</th>
+ <tr><th>Version 3.3x</th>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-3.30/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
+ specification document</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-3.30/doc/html/filter.html">filter</a>
+ </td>
+ <td>
+ <a href="exim-html-3.30/doc/html/FAQ.html">FAQ</a>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr><th>Version 3.2x</th>
<td>
<a href="exim-html-3.20/doc/html/spec.html" target="_top">
specification document</a>
<hr>
<address><a href="mailto:Postmaster@exim.org">Nigel Metheringham</a></address>
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<h2>Current Versions</h2>
<p>
- Current Exim versions are <b>3.36</b> and <b>4.14</b>, both of
- which are bug fix releases over the previous versions.
+ Current Exim versions are <b>4.20</b>.
</p>
+ <p>Exim 3 and previous versions are now considered obsolete. It
+ 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>
+
<h2>Exim Course</h2>
<p>The University of Cambridge Computing Service is hosting a <a
<hr>
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<h1>Versions of exim</h1>
- <p>The latest release is <b>4.14</b>. This is a bugfix release
- in the <b>4.1x</b> series of releases The 4.x series is a major
- upgrade over the 3.x versions which will require configuration
- files to be rewritten (there are tools to help with this).</p>
+ <p>The latest release is <b>4.20</b>. This is a minor upgrade
+ on the <b>4.1x</b> series of releases, however the documentation
+ has been updated to match.</p>
- <p>The latest 3.x release is <b>3.36</b>. 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 <b>strongly</b> recommended.
- Old 3.0x configuration files should be fully compatible.
- New features are documented in the CHANGES and NewStuff files.</p>
+ <p>New features are documented in the CHANGES and NewStuff files.</p>
- <p>The previous 3.2x release is <b>3.22</b>. 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.</p>
+ <p> All versions of exim
+ previous to version <b>4.x</b> are now considered obsolete and
+ everyone is <b>strongly</b> recommended to upgrade to a current
+ release.</p>
- <p>There were a number of early beta versions of exim with version
- numbers less than <b>1.0</b>. These should now be avoided.
- Versions earlier than <b>2.0x</b> should also be upgraded.
- Version 3.0x and 3.1x releases are also best upgraded.</p>
+ <p>The last 3.x release wass <b>3.36</b>.</p>
<p>There may be beta versions with available from the ftp sites in
the Testing directory. Many people are using these without
<hr>
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