no, backwards compatibility doesn't change with an update in patch 
level, just when you update the "version number"...

i.e. 3.4 clients are still supported as you update from 4.5 to 4.5 with MP2.


At 7:52 AM -0500 1/15/03, Nash, Ebon wrote:
>Does 4.5 MP2 for the server support the same clients as 4.5.  We have NB 4.5
>server running with 3.4 clients.  If we upgrade to 4.5 MP2 on the server, do
>we have to upgrade the clients?  I looked in the readme for  that patch and
>couldn't find anything defintive, however it implies that the client must be
>upgraded as well.
>
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