15 Jan 2012
A new version of Dovecot has been released, I’ve installed it on my test servers and production server without a problem. I would advise you to upgrade this time as the SSL stuff is recommended to be used. The noticeable changes are:
- Proxying now supports sending SSL client certificate to server with ssl_client_cert/key settings.
- doveadm dump: Added support for dumping dbox headers/metadata.
- Fixed memory leaks in login processes with SSL connections
- vpopmail support was broken in v2.0.16
Comments
5:13 pm
hey Richard/Drew,
any hints on how to upgrade Dovecot 2.0.16 to 2.0.17 ?
i mean, i cant just install it, do i? i’d think, i should get rid of old version stuff, no?
6:49 pm
@Mono, just follow the installation instructions completely, then kill the original Dovecot process and if you setup the automatic startup it should restart the new version automatically.
If something goes wrong, repeat the steps but then with the previous version.
8:01 pm
thanks Richard!
all i did was:
make uninstall the old version
configure, make, make install the new version, reboot.
/usr/local/etc/dovecot stayed untouched.
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.diymacserver.dovecot.plist stayed untouched.
it works nicely
8:52 pm
There are pages with instructions for upgrading most of the other components. It would be nice to have one for dovecot, even though it is so simple.
10:47 pm
@Dan, you are so correct. I’ve added it to my to-do list!