Released beta 4.40.4

Roger Jochem roger at RUDNICK.COM.BR
Mon Mar 14 11:46:38 GMT 2005 

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Running on Centos 3.4 with sendmail for an hour now, and it's running fine
too...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Hepworth" <martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: Released beta 4.40.4


> Julian
>
> running 4.40.5 (with exim on FreeBSD) and seems to be running fine over
> tha last hour or so..
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
>
> 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!).
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>> Julian Field
> >>>>>>>> www.MailScanner.info
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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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> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Everything is possible....except skiing through a revolving door.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
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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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> P: +44 20 8725 2897
> >>>>>> F: +44 20 8725 3583
> >>>>>> E: dan at sghms.ac.uk
> >>>>>> ____________________________________
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Computing Services Homepage:
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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
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