ANNOUNCE: Beta 4.26.6 released

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Jan 30 11:24:15 GMT 2004


Please do check that it is still catching everything it should be!

At 11:18 30/01/2004, you wrote:
>We noticed the same error. Regarding load - one server's load has almost
>disappeared as a result of upgrading:
>-MS to latest beta
>-SA to latest
>-DCC to latest
>Prior to the upgrade an MS process had been hugging resources almost
>constantly for the previous 24 hours
>
>
>Mr. Michele Neylon
>Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
>http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Randal, Phil
> > Sent: 30 January 2004 10:53
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Beta 4.26.6 released
> >
> >
> > It's a minor bug in Config.pm.  All the rules still work.
> >
> > As an aside, my load average seems to have dropped a bit with
> > this version.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > Phil Randal
> > Network Engineer
> > Herefordshire Council
> > Hereford, UK
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > > Behalf Of Stein, Mr. Fred
> > > Sent: 29 January 2004 19:27
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Beta 4.26.6 released
> > >
> > >
> > > I have just upgraded from ver 4.26.5 to 4.26.6 Now I get the error isw
> > > maillog Jan 29 14:24:46 butters MailScanner[6361]: Invalid
> > > rule of type
> > > , rule is ""
> > > Jan 29 14:24:46 butters last message repeated 709 times
> > > RH9
> > > Spamassassin 2.63
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Fred Stein
> > > Network Administrator
> > > The Hill School
> > > 717 High Street
> > > Pottstown, PA 19464
> > > 610-326-1000 ext. 7356
> > > fstein at thehill.org
> > > www.thehill.org
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:25 AM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: ANNOUNCE: Beta 4.26.6 released
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I have just posted 4.26.6 on the website for you all. Download from
> > > www.mailscanner.info as usual.
> > >
> > > This is intended as a final testing release before 4.26 goes stable,
> > > which
> > > will hopefully be this weekend. If you could test it out and
> > > let me know
> > > of
> > > any problems as soon as possible, I will get them fixed.
> > >
> > > Thanks folks!
> > >
> > > Changes this time are:
> > >
> > > * New Features and Improvements *
> > > - Improved configuration engine so that rules can now contain 2 tests
> > >    separated by "and".
> > > - Added "notify" Spam Action and High Scoring Spam Action. This will
> > > cause a
> > >    short text notification message to be sent to the recipients of the
> > > spam
> > >    message. The filename of the report is set with the "Recipient Spam
> > > Report"
> > >    configuration setting. There is also an MCP equivalent of this
> > >    functionality. See the MCP documentation for details of
> > > the settings.
> > > - Removed the "bounce" spam action.
> > > - Added regular rebuild of Bayes database. Has 2 options
> > > associated with
> > > it
> > >    which I haven't included in the conf file yet.
> > > - Added "Rebuild Bayes Every" and "Wait During Bayes Rebuild"
> > > options to
> > >    configure the operation of the regular Bayes database rebuilds.
> > > - Added commented "bayes_auto_expire 0" line to
> > > spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> > > as
> > >    you will want to uncomment this line if you are using the regular
> > > scheduled
> > >    Bayes database expiry feature given above.
> > > - Added "Minimum Stars If On Spam List" setting so that
> > > people who just
> > > filter
> > >    on the "Spam Stars" can catch messages which only trigger the "Spam
> > > List"
> > >    trap.
> > > - Added "Log Non Spam" option to allow logging of all non-spam, which
> > > can be
> > >    coerced into logging SpamAssassin scores of non-spam mail.
> > > - Added support for Norman virus scanner (www.norman.de).
> > > - Added logging of ids of dropped silent viruses.
> > > - Added "Too Many Attachments" error report in a message
> > > instead of old
> > >    report saying it could not analyse the message.
> > > - No longer stops or restarts after RPM upgrade.
> > > - Added MCP patches for SpamAssassin 2.61 and 2.63.
> > > - Added 'SpamAssassin Site Rules Dir' setting to locate
> > > /etc/mail/spamassassin.
> > > - Spanish translations of languages.conf updated from Debian
> > > translators.
> > > - Added Catalan translation of all report files.
> > > - Added bogusmx list to supplied spam.lists.conf.
> > > - Added spamhaus-XBL and SBL+XBL lists to supplied spam.lists.conf.
> > > - Changed the version number scheme from major.minor-teeny to
> > > major.minor.teeny.
> > > - Forced owner to be root.root in both RPM spec files, so can be
> > > re-built by
> > >    non-root users.
> > > - Added my Amazon.co.uk "wish list" to the donations page.
> > > - Detailed spam report now includes auto-learn status if it was
> > > auto-learnt.
> > >
> > > * Fixes *
> > > - Fixed creation of MCP quarantine directory bug.
> > > - Fix to Postfix message duplication problems. Must find "end of
> > > message"
> > >    record now.
> > > - Fix to duplicate recipient listing in postmaster notices.
> > > - Fixed bug so filename/filetype rules configuration setting can be
> > > blank.
> > > - Exim per-message log files are deleted correctly now.
> > > - Fixed recipient duplication problems in sender messages and other
> > > reports.
> > > - Fixed bug where extra ": " appears in VirusWarning.txt when
> > > MailScanner's
> > >    own checks find multiple problems with 1 attachment.
> > > - Fixed bug where _SCORE_ in subject line modifications is never more
> > > than 60.
> > > --
> > > Julian Field
> > > www.MailScanner.info
> > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> > >
> > > PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
> > >
> >

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Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
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