Released beta 4.40.4

Rick Cooper rcooper at DWFORD.COM
Sun Mar 13 17:12:46 GMT 2005


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:01 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Released beta 4.40.4
>
>
> Found this one, thanks for reporting it.
>
> [root at karla input]# diff Exim.pm.old Exim.pm
> 763,764c763,764
> <   for ($hdrnum=0; $hdrnum<@{$message->{headers}}; $hdrnum++) {
> <     next unless lc $message->{headers}[$hdrnum]{name} eq lc $key;
> ---
>  >   for ($hdrnum=0; $hdrnum<@{$metadata->{headers}}; $hdrnum++) {
>  >     next unless lc $metadata->{headers}[$hdrnum]{name} eq lc $key;
>
> That's the patch for Exim.pm. Change $message to $metadata on both lines.

That was it, all ok now.

Rick


>
> Rick Cooper wrote:
>
> >Julian,
> >
> >I was just looking into this myself. In my case it is caused by
> Exim.pm line
> >764:
> >
> >Can't use string ("Received: from sahomelt.internal") as a HASH ref while
> >"strict refs" in use at /opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/Exim.pm line 764
> >
> >
> >Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> >>Behalf Of Julian Field
> >>Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 11:01 AM
> >>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >>Subject: Re: Released beta 4.40.4
> >>
> >>
> >>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
> >>>>>www.MailScanner.info
> >>>>>Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
> >>>>>Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
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> >>>>>
> >>>>>PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
> >>>>>
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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
> >>>>____________________________________
> >>>>
> >>>>Computing Services Homepage:
> >>>>http://www.intranet.sghms.ac.uk/depts/is/cu/
> >>>>
> >>>>The Computing Services Handbook:
> >>>>http://www.intranet.sghms.ac.uk/depts/is/cu/handbook2003-4.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>>Everything is possible....except skiing through a revolving door.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous
> >>>>content by MailScanner at danbird.net and is believed to be clean.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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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
> >>>____________________________________
> >>>
> >>>Computing Services Homepage:
> >>>http://www.intranet.sghms.ac.uk/depts/is/cu/
> >>>
> >>>The Computing Services Handbook:
> >>>http://www.intranet.sghms.ac.uk/depts/is/cu/handbook2003-4.pdf
> >>>
> >>>Everything is possible....except skiing through a revolving door.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous
> >>>content by MailScanner at danbird.net and is believed to be clean.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>--
> >>Julian Field
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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