ANNOUNCE: Unstable 4.29.5 released

[Martin Hepworth]

hmm

binhex huh - well given I've got about 1/3 of my users are on Macs we'll
see how this goes ....

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Julian Field wrote:
> G'day all!
>
> Another unstable/beta release for you.
> There are currently no known problems with this release, not that I can
> remember anyway :-)
> Please report any problems you find, preferably by following up on this
> thread in the main mailing list. I don't currently have time to read every
> list posting, I am too busy writing code for you folks! (Oh, and doing the
> day job ;->
>
> I have implemented a binhex decoder, so the testvirus.org binhex check
> should now pass okay. I have never seen a virus use binhex encoding, but it
> must only be a matter of time and I like to stay one step ahead of the bad
> guys when I can.
>
> I have also implemented the "Custom Functions Dir" idea that has been
> discussed on the mailing list recently.
>
> I have also (hopefully) fixed the problem where Postfix virtual domains
> weren't always used as expected. Please let me know if this problem is now
> resolved.
>
> Download as usual from www.mailscanner.info.
>
> *****************
> Upgrade notes:
> *****************
> * People using the RPM distributions will need to run "./install.sh" as
> another Perl module has been added to the installation.
> * People using the TAR distribution will need to install the module
> Convert::BinHex. Easiest way to do that is
>         perl -MCPAN -e shell
>         install Convert::BinHex
> If it fails the "make test" check, you will have to do
>         force install Convert::BinHex
>
> ---------
> Changelog
> ---------
> The full changelog for 4.29 is this:
>
> * New Features and Improvements *
> - More robust MIME decoding, should catch postmaster bounces a lot better
>   when they include the entire message with broken MIME headers.
> - Clam -wrapper script adds /usr/ucb to end of $PATH for Solaris users.
> - Moved cron job maximum update delay to /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner so it
>   is preserved across upgrades.
> - <Script> tags in HTML message bodies can now be filtered out or disarmed,
>   just like what can be done already with <Form> tags and similar.
> - <Object Data> tags handled as well as <Object Codebase> tags.
> - Now unpacks self-extracting Zip archives.
> - Now logs when a message is whitelisted.
> - Added example rule for matching *@domain.com and *@*.domain.com in 1
> rule.
> - Now decodes binhex-encoded attachments, as well as binhex-encoded data
>   hidden in the text portion of a message.
> - McAfee wrapper script now detects extra.dat and uses it if present.
> - Implemented support for a directory full of Custom Functions files, these
>   will all be used automatically if present in the directory.
>   Uses new "Custom Functions Dir" setting to point to the directory.
>
> * Fixes *
> - When not checking archives at all, they are now passed through correctly.
> - Max Archive Depth should have been settable per-message.
> - F-Prot output parser re-fixed so that it lets through password-encrypted
>   archives as it should. Don't know what I was thinking when I blocked them
>   here :-(
> - Various waiting speedups by JJH.
> - More speedups by me :-)
> - Fixed problem with messages with lots of attachments being labelled as
>   being nested too deep.
> - Postfix support for latest snapshots implemented.
> - Fixed problem where MSP+spam actions = delete ==> mail not delivered.
> - Fixed problem where virtual domains weren't always used in Postfix.
> --
> Julian Field
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> PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654

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