Released beta 4.40.4

Martin Hepworth martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM
Mon Mar 14 11:39:49 GMT 2005 

Julian

running 4.40.5 (with exim on FreeBSD) and seems to be running fine over
tha last hour or so..

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Julian Field wrote:
> I have just put out 4.40.5 with this fix in it.
>
> Rick Cooper wrote:
>
>>> -----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!).
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Daniel Bird
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>>>>>> Department Of Information Services
>>>>>> St. George's Hospital Medical School
>>>>>> Tooting
>>>>>> London SW17 0RE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P: +44 20 8725 2897
>>>>>> F: +44 20 8725 3583
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