problems installing on fedora core 9

[Anthony Cartmell]

> Fedora is a very fast moving target.

Good point. Don't use Fedora if you don't want to upgrade your OS every 18  
months or so, and if you have no need for up-to-date versions of common  
software packages.

(Some people think that something that has new releases on such a frequent  
basis cannot be stable enough for production use. I, however, have been  
using RedHat Linux, and then Fedora, in production environments for many  
years, without any problems with the software.)

> But so much changes in MailScanner every few months that it is
> usually worth it for either features or fixes. Julian can really churn
> out the code.

Another good point. Try to keep fully up-to-date with MailScanner,  
preferably updating it at least every other month. This way you'll always  
have the best version of the code, with the most recent stable releases of  
ClamAV, spamassassin, etc.

(Some people think that something that has new releases on such a frequent  
basis cannot be stable enough for production use. I, however, have been  
using MailScanner in a production environment for many years, with only a  
few very minor problems with the software.)

YMMV, however, so feel free to use whichever version of MailScanner (or OS  
distro) that happens to suit your requirements. ;)

Cheers!

Anthony
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