Re: Best release for x86_64 Linux?

"Ger Hobbelt" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.crm114
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Which version should I be running (or testing) at the moment under Linux x86_64?
>
>  This question is inspired by the recent discussion on the list of
>  64-bit-related bugs that have been (are being?) fixed.

To respond to the last item first: both 'have' and 'are'.

I _may_ be pointed out to be opinionated about your first question ;-)
, so I'd rather have someone else answer this.

Nevertheless... I can give you a list of subjects (use of technology /
stability / error tolerance / support base) which I think are very
relevant for choosing which one to use, but better be brief for now:

my current advise is to use the GerH build for its binaries and use
the mail*.crm scripts from the original.

Why? because the GerH builds have been tested on 64-bit and contain
fixes which are not in the mainline, while my mail*.crm scripts are
currently in a state of flux as I only started using those (recall
that I do _not_ use crm114 for mail filtering but for completely
different purposes).
GerH CSS files are not binary compatible with the CSS files accepted
by 64-bit mainline crm114, but then the future mainline crm114 will
probably not accept its own CSS files when it has been 'fixed' for
64-bit entirely unless Bill does something very smart.

The latter means you should read up on the documentation about
recreating and learning bulk mail using mailreaver + mailtrainer
anyway, so you are able to recreate your CSS files any time in the
future from the original material: your emails. Which is sound
'backup/recovery' advise for _any_ system.


If you wish/need a more detailed and/or point-for-point evaluation, I
can provide that upon request.


-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,

Ger Hobbelt

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