Second speed test

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sun Sep 22 23:43:56 IST 2002


At 23:33 22/09/2002, you wrote:
> > >When can we expect a RPM release?
> >
> > When I'm quite happy that it works as well as I can get it to. Still
> > finding bugs at the moment.
> > I have to assume that people needing an rpm aren't as experienced as those
> > who don't. Fault-finding comes with experience, so I only want the
> > most-experienced people to be trying it now.
> >
> > Hope you understand, it's for your benefit (and that of your customers
> > too). I hope I'm not being seen as condescending in any way, I'm just
> > trying to protect everyone involved.
>
>I agree but am waiting patiently for all the new bells and whistles.  I have
>installed applications such as MRTG without an RPM but if all it takes is a
>week or so of patiance, I'll wait.  RPM's also have an uninstall option as
>well I beleive.  Should the version 3 Mailscanner rpm be removed before
>version 4 goes in?

See Mike Kercher's earlier comment on this thread (and my followup to it).
That should get you started...

It's likely to be well over a week before I'm confident enough to release a
non-alpha/beta version. Remember that all your mail is trusted to my code,
and I don't want to put you and your customers at risk due to some screw-up
I have made in the re-write.
--
Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ



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