Use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS as a MTA gateway

[Karl F. Larsen]

Peter Sørensen wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I am aware of the reasons to avoid compiling software but in between
> you have to do this when trying to put several pieces together.
>
> Currently I have the problem with Sophie which is a IN-Memory email
> virus-scanner based on Sophos IDE files. This is'nt supplied as
> a package so I need to compile/link this ( sophos is payable software )
>
> This is working on a 9.04 ( with gcc4.3.3 ) but not on 8.04 lts (gcc 4.2.4 )
>
> Someone suggested to use 8.04 lts due to drivers for specifick hardware.
> I will try 9.04 on the same hardware and see if this is a problem.
>   

    The point someone tried to make is that 8.04 is a version that gets 
updates for several years. The next version to get this is going to be 
9.10 and it will be out then.

    Suggest you get your mail server working in 9.04 with a plan to 
upgrade to 9.10 when it arrives. This should get you set up for several 
years.

73 Karl



> best regards
>
> Peter Sorensen
> 		
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Karl F. Larsen
> Sent: 4. juni 2009 14:17
> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: Use Ubuntu 8.04 LTS as a MTA gateway
>
> Peter Sørensen wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am quite new to this list and trying to figure out where to put questions
>> related to setting up a Mail Gateway server based on postfix, amavisd-new, sophie, clam...
>>   
>>     
>     The only thing I see that I know about is postfix which I'm sure you 
> can get through a apt-get install postfix call.
>   
>> We've been running this service on a redhat RHEL platform until now but would like 
>> to change, primarily because updates on the RHEL is'nt good - often forcing us to compile
>> all software from source.
>>
>>   
>>     
>     Compiling a new software for your computer used to be the way it was 
> done. But it was not good because often you are short a lib file or 
> something and finding that can be hard.
>
>     For most things on Ubuntu you can get them and they also bring all 
> the other things needed to run the software.
>   
>> What I've seen so far - the update mechanism is quite good in Ubuntu. The packages are quite
>> knew so this seems fairly OK.
>>
>> I've already put a question concerning the gcc 4.2.4 compiler/linker but
>> ain't sure this is the right place to put it.
>>   
>>     
>     Here is what is on the Ubuntu version 9.04:
>
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i486-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 
> 4.3.3-5ubuntu4' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs 
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr 
> --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls 
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --program-suffix=-4.3 
> --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc 
> --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --with-tune=generic 
> --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu 
> --target=i486-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4)
>
>     So gcc is quite a bit newer than you want.
>   
>> Can anyone shed some light on this ?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>> Peter Sorensen
>>
>> University of Southern Denmark/email:maspsr at sdu.dk				
>> 		
>> Karl Larsen Retired EE and son of Frode Larsen from Slangerup DK.
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