ANNOUNCE: Version 4 released

[Julian Field]

At 17:17 20/10/2002, you wrote:
>I was starting MS by issuing /etc/rc.d/init.d/MailScanner restart
>
>To install, I just untarred the bunch of rpm's and ran ./install.sh
>
>I then made all the changes to my MailScanner.conf and tried starting
>it.  I looked through the initscript and found no references to
>/opt/MailScanner, so I just removed the symlink and the problem went
>away.

Is this caused by you having some/all of a V4 alpha test release on your
system?
You probably need to remove all traces of an alpha before installing the
production release.
The production RPM version doesn't live under /opt at all. You might want
to check your init.d script got replaced properly.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>Behalf Of Julian Field
>Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 11:14 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Version 4 released
>
>
>At 17:03 20/10/2002, you wrote:
> >I just installed V4 (rpm).  I did not reuse my old .conf file as there
> >are not THAT many modifications to be made.  One problem I had was the
> >following complaints:
> >
> >Syntax error(s) in configuration file: at
> >/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/Config.pm line 717 Unrecognised
> >keyword "highscoringspammodifysubject" at line 459 at
> >/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/Config.pm line 720 Unrecognised
> >keyword "highscoringspamsubjecttext" at line 464 at
> >/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/Config.pm line 720 Unrecognised
> >keyword "requiredspamassassinscore" at line 604 at
> >/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/Config.pm line 720 Aborting due to
> >syntax errors. at /opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner/Config.pm line 725
> >
> >I removed the symlink /opt/MailScanner, restarted MS and no more
> >complaints.  Not sure why MS was still referring to /opt/MailScanner
> ><?>
>
>How were you starting MS? The check_MailScanner command (also known as
>check_mailscanner) is the best way. How did you install/upgrade it? I
>can't quite see what you have done.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> >Behalf Of Julian Field
> >Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 8:42 AM
> >To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >Subject: ANNOUNCE: Version 4 released
> >
> >
> >Hi folks!
> >
> ><stage lighting="dim" sound="drumroll">
> >
> >Well, I've finally made it, here is MailScanner Version 4.
> >
> >There are loads of new features, but here are the most important. For
> >everything else, read the ChangeLog in the downloads.
> >
> >- Completely redesigned and rewritten from scratch
> >- Multiple concurrent scanning processes makes it run much faster as
>all
> >     the CPU's in the server can be fully loaded at all times
> >- Ran 4 times faster than version 3 in speed tests on a dual-CPU system
> >- Virtually all configuration options can have their value calculated
> >from
> >    a ruleset allowing you to set different values depending on the
>From:
> >    address, the To: address or the IP address of the computer sending
> >you
> >    the message
> >- Now supports 13 virus scanners:
> >    Sophos, McAfee, Command, Kaspersky, Inoculate, Inoculan, Nod32,
> >F-Secure,
> >    F-Prot, Panda, RAV, AntiVir and Clam.
> >- Added traps for all known Outlook, Outlook Express, Internet Explorer
> >    and Eudora security vulnerabilities.
> >    MailScanner is now a complete e-mail security system, not just a
> >virus
> >    scanner.
> >- Actions to take when a message is detected as being spam include any
> >    combination of
> >    "deliver" it to the intended recipient as normal
> >    "store"   it in the spam archive
> >    "delete"  it altogether
> >    "bounce"  it back to the sender by sending them a warning message
> >    "forward" it to any other email addresses
> >     "striphtml" to remove all HTML content and images, leaving only
> >plain text
> >- Supports multiple mqueue.in directories, either by specifying a
> >wildcard
> >    in the MailScanner.conf file, or else by giving the name of a file
> >    that contains the list of directories.
> >- A 4th security patch added to MIME-tools to handle messages better
> >that
> >    have badly-formed MIME headers in sections of the message.
> >
> >Notes:
> >======
> >1) This release can only be used with sendmail. Exim support for this
> >version will be released soon.
> >2) People who have been using the alpha test versions: I have removed
> >the "Load SpamAssassin" option. You will need to ensure you remove this
>
> >from your conf file as its presence will stop MailScanner starting.
> >
> >Download it all from www.mailscanner.info
> >
> >All comments to mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk or this mailing list
> >please. I hope you like it!
> >
> >Jules.
> >--
> >Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> >jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> >Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
>
>--
>Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>                              Southampton SO17 1BJ

--
Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ