Released beta 4.40.4

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Mar 14 07:31:34 GMT 2005 

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Daniel Bird wrote:

> 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! ;-)

You're on! Mine will be a glass of dry white please :-)

>
>>
>> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ____________________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>>> Daniel Bird
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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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