Beta 4.38.1 released

[Julian Field]

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Sorry about 4.38.1, try 4.38.2 instead :-)

Julian Field wrote:

> I have just released beta version 4.38.1.
>
> Main addition is it can now detect numeric IP addresses in the phishing
> net. I know there's already a SpamAssassin rule for this, but someone
> wanted an inline alert as well.
>
> Download as usual from www.mailscanner.info.
>
> Changelog is:
>
> * New Features and Improvements *
> - Upgraded to MIME-tools 5.416.
> - Added new filename restrictions using Microsoft vulnerability report
> from AUScert.
> - Improved /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner so that it finds Incoming Work
> Dir and
>  Incoming Queue Dir automatically from MailScanner.conf file.
> - Can now use $from, $id and $subject in inline signature for signing
> clean
>  messages.
> - Any entry in the "Archive Mail" setting can contain _DATE_ which
> will be
>  replaced with the current date in yyyymmdd form, so you can backup or
> move
>  yesterday's archive safely knowing that it won't be written to today.
> - Added zero score for ALL_TRUSTED rule in SpamAssassin as it is known to
>  cause problems.
> - Added "Also Find Numeric Phishing" setting (on by default) so that all
>  numeric IP addresses in links are flagged as being dangerous.
>
> * Fixes *
> - Fixed problem where some spam was delivered even if the Spam Actions
> was set
>  to "store delete" if the messages were not to be virus-scanned.
> - Fixed harmless uninitialised variables in HTML disarming.
>
> --
> Julian Field
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>
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