Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:43:39 -0600
From:  Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet <cobaltfacts (at mark) virtbiz.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:15003] Re: long time since yum update
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Jim Dory wrote:
> I have a server (mail) that has not been updated in maybe a year or so. 
> In reading the list there had been email problems - flat file vs. db 
> files for users and other possible gotchas - so I held off. I'm now 
> ready to tackle it and wondering if anything needs to be done after a 
> yum update? Have these issues been laid to rest or should I look back in 
> the archives to find patches/fixes for email and other potential 
> problems? I'm a newbie (essentially) so just thought i better ask..

You ought to be safe to yum update, and indeed you should do this 
regularly.

The only thing you might want to be careful about is the iptables issue 
that is appearing with newer kernels but that's easy enough to resolve.

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