exim end of life dates — full support timeline
40 of 41 tracked exim releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.99 | 2025-10-28 | not announced | 4.99.1 | supported |
| 4.98 | 2024-07-10 | 2025-10-28 | 4.98.2 | ended |
| 4.97 | 2023-11-04 | 2024-07-10 | 4.97.1 | ended |
| 4.96 | 2022-06-25 | 2023-11-04 | 4.96.2 | ended |
| 4.95 | 2021-09-28 | 2022-06-25 | 4.95 | ended |
| 4.94 | 2020-06-01 | 2021-09-28 | 4.94.2 | ended |
| 4.93 | 2019-12-08 | 2020-06-01 | 4.93.0.4 | ended |
| 4.92 | 2019-02-10 | 2019-12-08 | 4.92.3 | ended |
| 4.91 | 2018-04-15 | 2019-02-10 | 4.91 | ended |
| 4.90 | 2017-12-19 | 2018-04-15 | 4.90.1 | ended |
| 4.89 | 2017-03-07 | 2017-12-19 | 4.89.1 | ended |
| 4.88 | 2016-12-18 | 2017-03-07 | 4.88 | ended |
| 4.87 | 2016-04-06 | 2016-12-18 | 4.87.1 | ended |
| 4.86 | 2015-07-26 | 2016-04-06 | 4.86.2 | ended |
| 4.85 | 2015-01-12 | 2015-07-26 | 4.85.2 | ended |
| 4.84 | 2014-08-11 | 2015-01-12 | 4.84.2 | ended |
| 4.83 | 2014-07-21 | 2014-08-11 | 4.83 | ended |
| 4.82 | 2013-10-28 | 2014-07-21 | 4.82.1 | ended |
| 4.80 | 2012-05-31 | 2013-10-28 | 4.80.1 | ended |
| 4.77 | 2011-10-10 | 2012-05-31 | 4.77 | ended |
| 4.76 | 2011-05-09 | 2011-10-10 | 4.76 | ended |
| 4.75 | 2011-03-22 | 2011-05-09 | 4.75 | ended |
| 4.74 | 2011-01-24 | 2011-03-22 | 4.74 | ended |
| 4.73 | 2010-12-26 | 2011-01-25 | 4.73 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported exim release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/exim, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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