ANNOUNCE: Unstable 4.29.5 released

[Ken Anderson (Pacific Internet)]

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 ;->

Whew!. It's hard to keep up with your schedule.
Thanks for your work on this.

Have you had any time, or thoughts on the sendmail with split messages
locking issue on the df files?

Thanks,

Ken A.
Pacific.Net




> 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
> www.MailScanner.info
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>
> PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
>
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