How long is the support life cycle for a specific version/release of MetaDefender Email Gateway Security v5?
OPSWAT provides support on each release of MetaDefender Email Gateway Security v5 for 18 months after the publication of the last release of the product. In other words: once a new release is published –if not noted otherwise– OPSWAT is committed to support v5 for 18 months from the date of the release.
Email Gateway Security 5.2.0 was released on 17 Dec 2020. If that was the last release of v5, then –adding 18 months– this version of the product would be supported until 17 Jun 2022.
Bug fixes and enhancements are, however, applied only to the next release of a product, not to the current release or historical releases, even when those releases are still within the 18 months support window.
In some cases, hot-fixes can be provided for the current release of the product and then incorporated as a regular fix in the next release.
OPSWAT strongly encourages customers to upgrade to the latest release on a regular basis and not to wait until the end of a release supported life-cycle.
| Release number | Release date | End-of-life date |
|---|---|---|
| 5.6.0 | 19 Apr 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| 5.5.1 | 14 Feb 2022 | 19 Oct 2023 |
| 5.5.0 | 13 Dec 2021 | 14 Aug 2023 |
| 5.4.2 | 27 Sep 2021 | 13 Jun 2023 |
| 5.4.1 | 16 Aug 2021 | 27 Mar 2023 |
| 5.4.0 | 05 Jul 2021 | 16 Feb 2023 |
| 5.3.0 | 28 Apr 2021 | 05 Jan 2023 |
| 5.2.2 | 03 Mar 2021 | 28 Oct 2022 |
| 5.2.1 | 28 Jan 2021 | 03 Sep 2022 |
| 5.2.0 | 17 Dec 2020 | 28 Jul 2022 |
| 5.1.1 | 14 Oct 2020 | 17 Jun 2022 |
| 5.1.0 | 28 Sep 2020 | 14 Apr 2022 |
| 5.0.3 | 08 Sep 2020 | 28 Mar 2022 |
| 5.0.2 | 12 Aug 2020 | 08 Mar 2022 |
| 5.0.1 | 09 Jun 2020 | 12 Feb 2022 |
| 5.0.0 | 22 Apr 2020 | 09 Dec 2021 |
_This article pertains to all supported releases of MetaDefender Email Security v5 This article was last updated on_16 Dec 2021