Beta release 4.62.1

Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem root at doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
Wed Jun 6 11:32:52 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:38:47AM +0100, Julian Field wrote:
> 
> 
> Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the 
> Problem wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 03:32:26PM +0100, Julian Field wrote:
> >  
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> >>I have fixed 2 major bugs in the auto-zip feature, and I have changed 
> >>the session handling in the clamd support to Rick's latest code.
> >>
> >>Download as usual www.mailscanner.info.
> >>
> >>The Change Log is:
> >>
> >>* New Features and Improvements *
> >>1 Direct support for the "clamd" virus scanner -- now talks directly to 
> >>the
> >>  clamd daemon without any overhead of calling clamd-wrapper or clamdscan.
> >>  As a result, this should be faster than the previous clamd support.
> >>  It also has a much smaller memory footprint than the "clamavmodule" 
> >>scanner.
> >>  This is all thanks to Rick Cooper who wrote the original code.
> >>  New configuration options are
> >>  - Clamd Port = 3310
> >>  - Clamd Socket = /tmp/clamd
> >>  - Clamd Lock File = /var/lock/subsys/clamd
> >>  - Clamd Use Threads = no
> >>  The use of these settings is explained in the MailScanner.conf file.
> >>2 Changed session handling in direct clamd virus scanner support.
> >>
> >>* Fixes *
> >>2 Fixed bug in auto-zip feature with a message containing 2 attachments 
> >>with
> >>  the same filename.
> >>2 Fixed bug in auto-zip feature that would allow zipping of an attachment
> >>  which had been cleaned out of the message.
> >>
> >>Jules
> >>
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> >>
> >>    
> >
> >Julian, will the above work with clmd 0.88.7 ?
> >  
> I honestly don't know. Give it a try :)

Shall do.  The problem lies in the fact that I think the HD is about to /dev/null
at some point.

> >Also will there be a revised edition of the book coming out? 
> >  
> If I can find the enthusiasm to get started on it, yes.
>

Please do.  IT looks as if new clamav/SA might imply 
a revision for the MAilScanner Book.
 
> Jules
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