Released beta 4.40.4

[Julian Field]

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Daniel Bird wrote:

> Daniel Bird wrote:
>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> I have just released a new beta-test version, 4.40.4.
>>>
>> Been running for about 2 hours and seems fine.
>
>
>
> I lied. Seems it got itself in a loop, continually rescanning messages.
> Had to revert. Will test tomorrow.

Bother. Can you put it in debug mode, then stop it, then
check_MailScanner and see what it says please? It may be one message
causing it trouble, please can you let me know what you find.

>
> Dan
>
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>> This release is mainly for fixes to the Bayes database rebuilding, and
>>> for more Postfix testing.
>>>
>>> I have replaced my spam.assassin.prefs.conf and now use a very slightly
>>> modified version of the one provided by Fortress Systems (thanks
>>> Steve!). The change is to maintain compatibility with all previous
>>> versions that keep their Bayes files in ~/.spamassassin.
>>>
>>> Also the RAR archive handling is greatly improved.
>>>
>>> Download it as usual from www.mailscanner.info.
>>>
>>> The full Change Log is:
>>> * New Features and Improvements *
>>> - The "clamavmodule" scanner cannot unpack archives of RAR version 3.
>>>  2 new configuration settings allow you to unpack the latest RAR
>>> archives
>>>  for testing by the "clamavmodule" scanner.
>>>  It also enables the contents of the RAR archive to be checked for
>>> illegal
>>>  filenames and filetypes, and also to see if they are
>>> password-protected.
>>>  Unrar Command = /usr/bin/unrar
>>>  Unrar Timeout = 50
>>> - "Allow Password-protected Archives" can now be a ruleset when using
>>> the
>>>  clamavmodule virus scanner.
>>> - Multiple "Subject:" lines are removed. The 1st one is kept.
>>> - If the "Unrar Command" is defined and points to an executable
>>> program,
>>>  it will automatically be used by the "clamav" scanner. No -wrapper
>>>  tweaking is needed to do this any more.
>>> - You can now use shell environment variables such as $HOSTNAME or
>>>  ${HOSTNAME} in MailScanner.conf and its relatives.
>>> - More improvements to the phishing net.
>>> - More additions to the starter phishing.safe.sites.conf file.
>>> - Removed my spam.assassin.prefs.conf file in favour of the one from
>>>  www.fsl.com, with just enough changes to produce an identical file
>>>  layout to my previous versions.
>>> - Re-enabled ALL_TRUSTED rule after comments from Matt Kettler. Thanks!
>>> - Added long comment about ALL_TRUSTED rule, many thanks to Matt
>>> Kettler.
>>> - Improved screen behaviour of RPM-based init.d script.
>>> - Greatly improved RAR archive handler, thanks to Rick Cooper.
>>>
>>> * Fixes *
>>> - Fixed problem with missing Attachment-Warning when encountering a
>>> virus
>>>  that is both silent and non-forging.
>>> - Improved output format of Sender warning, and removed duplicate
>>> lines.
>>> - In IPBlock facility, changed MTA dsn to 451 to temporarily refuse the
>>>  connections, rather than the total block it used to do.
>>> - Removed erroneous log output from SpamAssassin bayes-rebuilder.
>>> - Postfix problem fixes.
>>> - Fixed SpamAssassin Bayes database rebuild timeout problem
>>> (hopefully!).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Julian Field
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>>
>>
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>> ____________________________________
>>
>> Daniel Bird
>> Network and Systems Manager
>> Department Of Information Services
>> St. George's Hospital Medical School
>> Tooting
>> London SW17 0RE
>>
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>
> Daniel Bird
> Network and Systems Manager
> Department Of Information Services
> St. George's Hospital Medical School
> Tooting
> London SW17 0RE
>
> P: +44 20 8725 2897
> F: +44 20 8725 3583
> E: dan at sghms.ac.uk
> ____________________________________
>
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>
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