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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:58:40 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Yen-Ming Lee <leeym@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/postfix Makefile distinfo pkg-message
Message-ID:  <20030310185840.GA4674@madman.celabo.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030310102650.H6284@znfgre.tberna.bet>
References:  <200303101720.h2AHKOVP026294@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030310102650.H6284@znfgre.tberna.bet>

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:27:47AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Yen-Ming Lee wrote:
> 
> > leeym       2003/03/10 09:20:24 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     mail/postfix         Makefile distinfo pkg-message
> >   Log:
> >   update postfix to 2.0.6
> >
> >   this is a security critical release --
> 
> My understanding is that postfix is unaffected by the bug itself. This
> update is simply to make postfix play nicer with sendmail. Is that
> correct?

That's correct.  I'm glad you brought it up.  The `security critical
release' bit is a large overstatement that may have alarmed some
people unnecessarily.

There is no postfix bug --- this release includes a new feature to
help limit the effects of the SENDMAIL bug.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@celabo.org>          http://www.celabo.org/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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