Released beta 4.40.4

[Daniel Bird]

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Julian Field wrote:

> I'll quietly put out 4.40.5 to fix this, or no-one else will test it!

Excellent. Running perfectly now. Thanks for the quick fix.

Dan

PS: I'll buy you a beer (or 2!) at Networkshop (Got the book already! ;-)

>
> Daniel Bird wrote:
>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>> What MTA are you using? Please say Exim :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Indeed! 8-)
>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>>> 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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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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