[Dovecot] Suggestions for upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 Redhat EL 5.x

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:

>> I don't know Redhat, but it seems to be wise to upgrade. What's the
>> "Known Bug List" or "Known Security Holes" in Redhat EL 5.x?
>
> What do you mean by that? BTW it's strange to me that Redhat never
> updated the main imap server part in there lon tearm supported
> enterprice distribution ... (RH EL 6 comes with dovecot 2.0 ok ... )

Are there security considerations to upgrade the base system, kernel 
remote exploits a.s.o.

You could look into building Dovecot from source to get v2.1 or v2.2.

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Steffen Kaiser
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