ANNOUNCE: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 available!
Julian Field
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Sep 15 09:19:52 IST 2005
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I haven't, no, but I believe others have and had no problems.
I'll give it a go now.
On 15 Sep 2005, at 09:08, Martin Hepworth wrote:
> Jules
>
> I presume you've tested this and MS is fine with SA 3.1.0??
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jm at jmason.org [mailto:jm at jmason.org]
> Sent: 15 September 2005 00:53
> To: announce at SpamAssassin.apache.org
> Cc: users at SpamAssassin.apache.org; dev at SpamAssassin.apache.org
> Subject: ANNOUNCE: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 available!
>
> SpamAssassin 3.1.0 is released! SpamAssassin 3.1.0 is a major update.
> SpamAssassin is a mail filter which uses advanced statistical and
> heuristic tests to identify spam (also known as unsolicited bulk
> email).
>
>
> Highlights of the release
> -------------------------
>
> - Apache preforking algorithm adopted; number of spamd child
> processes is
> now
> scaled, according to demand. This provides better VM behaviour
> when not
> under peak load.
>
> - added PostgreSQL, MySQL 4.1+, and local SDBM file Bayes storage
> modules.
> SQL
> storage is now recommended for Bayes, instead of DB_File. NDBM_File
> support
> has been dropped due to a major bug in that module.
>
> - detect legitimate SMTP AUTH submission, to avoid false positives on
> Dynablock-style rules.
>
> - new plugins: DomainKeys (off by default), MIMEHeader: a new
> plugin to
> perform
> tests against header in internal MIME structure, ReplaceTags:
> plugin by
> Felix
> Bauer to support fuzzy text matching, WhiteListSubject: plugin
> added to
> support user whitelists by Subject header.
>
> - Razor: disable Razor2 support by default per our policy, since
> the service
> is
> not free for non-personal use. It's trivial to reenable (by editing
> '/etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre').
>
> - DCC: disable DCC for similar reasons, due to new license terms.
>
> - Net::DNS bug: high load caused answer packets to be mixed up and
> delivered
> as
> answers to the wrong request, causing false positives. worked
> around.
>
> - DNSBL lookups and other DNS operations are now more efficient, by
> using a
> custom single-socket event-based model instead of Net::DNS.
>
>
> Downloading
> -----------
>
> Pick it up from:
>
> http://SpamAssassin.apache.org/
>
> Note, it may take up to two hours from now for that mirror to update.
>
> md5sum:
>
> d28bd7e83d01b234144e336bbfde0caa Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.bz2
> f70c1fcab3d9563731bbc307eda7d69e Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.gz
> 65e9629ce255244fe3cb3d9772cdf239 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.zip
>
> sha1sum:
>
> 0185f076f619dd9e64e94b453017f9b08d4b0f04 Mail-
> SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.bz2
> d887cbae5962cb03e45aaf71cd93881a27cccc99 Mail-
> SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.gz
> 8b9494448782f910e573377bf226a8072f24bb3f Mail-
> SpamAssassin-3.1.0.zip
>
> The release files also have a .asc accompanying them. The file serves
> as an external GPG signature for the given release file. The signing
> key is available via the wwwkeys.pgp.net key server, as well as
> http://spamassassin.apache.org/released/GPG-SIGNING-KEY
>
> The key information is:
>
> pub 1024D/265FA05B 2003-06-09 SpamAssassin Signing Key
> <release at spamassassin.org>
> Key fingerprint =3D 26C9 00A4 6DD4 0CD5 AD24 F6D7 DEE0 1987
> 265F A05B
>
>
> Important installation notes
> ----------------------------
>
> - see the INSTALL and UPGRADE files in the distribution.
>
>
> Summary of major changes since 3.0.x
> ------------------------------------
>
> - Apache preforking algorithm adopted; number of spamd child
> processes is
> now
> scaled, according to demand. This provides better VM behaviour
> when not
> under peak load.
>
> - Inclusion of sa-update script which will allow for updates of
> rules and
> scores in between code releases.
>
> - added PostgreSQL, MySQL 4.1+, and local SDBM file Bayes storage
> modules.
> SQL
> storage is now recommended for Bayes, instead of DB_File. NDBM_File
> support
> has been dropped due to a major bug in that module.
>
> - detect legitimate SMTP AUTH submission, to avoid false positives on
> Dynablock-style rules.
>
> - new Advance Fee Fraud (419 scam) rules.
>
> - removed use of the Storable module, due to several reported hangs
> on SMP
> Linux machines.
>
> - Converted several rule/engine components into Plugins such as:
> AccessDB, AWL, Pyzor, Razor2, DCC, Bayes AutoLearn Determination,
> etc.
>
> - new plugins: DomainKeys (off by default), MIMEHeader: a new
> plugin to
> perform
> tests against header in internal MIME structure, ReplaceTags:
> plugin by
> Felix
> Bauer to support fuzzy text matching, WhiteListSubject: plugin
> added to
> support user whitelists by Subject header.
>
> - TextCat language guesser moved to a plugin. (This means
> "ok_languages"
> is no longer part of the core engine by default.)
>
> - Razor: disable Razor2 support by default per our policy, since the
> service is not free for non-personal use. It's trivial to reenable.
>
> - DCC: disable DCC for similar reasons, due to new license terms.
>
> - Net::DNS bug: high load caused answer packets to be mixed up and
> delivered
> as
> answers to the wrong request, causing false positives. worked
> around.
>
> - DNSBL lookups and other DNS operations are now more efficient, by
> using a
> custom single-socket event-based model instead of Net::DNS.
>
> - add support for accreditation services, including Habeas v2.
>
> - better URI parsing -- many evasion tricks now caught.
>
> - URIBL lookups are prioritized based on the location in the message
> the URI was found.
>
> - mass-check now supports reusing realtime DNSBL hit results, and
> sample-based
> Bayes autolearning emulation, to reduce complexity.
>
> - sa-learn, spamassassin and mass-check now have optional progress
> bars.
>
> - modify header ordering for DomainKeys compatibility, by placing
> markup
> headers at the top of the message instead at the bottom of the list.
>
> - spamd/spamc now support remote Bayes training, and reporting spam.
>
> - spamc now supports reading its flags from a configuration file
> using the
> -F
> switch, contributed by John Madden.
>
> - added SPF-based whitelisting.
>
> - Polish rules contributed by Radoslaw Stachowiak.
>
> - many rule changes and additions.
>
>
>
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Julian Field
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Teaching Systems Manager
Electronics & Computer Science
University of Southampton
SO17 1BJ, UK
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