What's New in V4 alpha 1

[Julian Field]

At 18:58 20/09/2002, you wrote:
>Will it be possible to add scanners after install?

Don't quite understand your question.


>Peter
>
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>On 20/09/2002 at 5:30 PM Julian Field wrote:
>
> >Here's the "What's New" list. It may not be complete, and some of the
> >features are far more flexible than I can give space to here, but it
>should
> >give you a flavour of what is new in this release.
> >
> >- 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
> >
> >- 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
> >
> >- Support for 12 virus scanners:
> >   Sophos, McAfee, Command, Kaspersky, Inoculate, Inoculan, Nod32,
> >F-Secure,
> >   F-Prot, Panda, RAV and AntiVir.
> >
> >- Can report messages back to people who sent you spam, explaining what
> >   detected it as spam. Different messages depending on whether it
> >triggered
> >   an RBL, SpamAssassin or both.
> >
> >- Complete hiding of directory paths in virus reports sent to users, so
> >   as not to confuse them or give away configuration information about
>your
> >   servers
> >
> >- A header can be added to every message indicating the SpamAssassin score
> >   by giving 1 character per point, so a message with a score of 7 would
> >   contain "sssssss" in the header (the character is configurable).
> >
> >- Notices about viruses no longer have to go to the local postmaster, they
> >   can go to any address
> >
> >- All messages sent back to senders are created so that they cannot
>bounce,
> >   but can be replied to
> >
> >- Messages already signed as being clean will not be re-signed by another
> >   MailScanner server on your site (but they will still be scanned)
> >
> >- 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
> >
> >- Completely separate set of actions can be used when the message scores
> >   above a certain SpamAssassin "High Score" threshold
> >
> >- Mail for any group of users can be archived to a directory or forwarded
> >   onto another address. The original recipient should not be able to
> >   detect this has happened, if you choose not to tell them
> >
> >- Spam whitelists and blacklists can be far more complex than before, if
> >   you need them to be
> >
> >- Not only can you choose a list of addresses whose mail you want to scan,
> >   you can also choose a list of addresses whose mail you do not want to
> >scan
> >
> >- You can choose not to run SpamAssassin on messages that have already
> >   triggered an RBL blacklist
> >
> >--
> >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

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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