4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri May 5 13:45:43 IST 2006


Please can a couple more people test it and let me know if it working  
well.
Then I will do a 4.53.8.

On 5 May 2006, at 12:36, Randal, Phil wrote:

> Julian,
>
> This one needs a 4.53.8 release, because it can affect anybody.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
>
> ----
> Phil Randal
> Network Engineer
> Herefordshire Council
> Hereford, UK
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf
>> Of Anthony Peacock
>> Sent: 05 May 2006 11:34
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: 4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode
>>
>> Hi Julian,
>>
>> Thanks for this.
>>
>> Replacing the previous Message.pm with this new one seems to
>> have fixed
>> the problem.
>>
>> I placed the saved queue files that were causing the problem
>> yesterday
>> in the incoming queue, and MS ran without hitch, both in
>> debug mode and
>> in normal operation.
>>
>> I will keep and eye on this and get back if I noticed any
>> further glitches.
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
>>> Please can you try the attached Message.pm file instead of
>> your previous
>>> one. I have rewritten a whole chunk of the phishing net and
>> it should be
>>> more reliable now (I hope!).
>>>
>>>
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>>> On 3 May 2006, at 19:52, Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
>>>
>>>> The attached message cause 4.53.7
>>>> to go into some kind of endless loop when I ran it in debug
>>>> mode.  I didn't try it in normal mode.  The debug output is
>>>> attached too.
>>>>
>>>> In debug mode, I got hundreds of syslog msgs like:
>>>>
>>>> MailScanner[16465]: Found phishing fraud from
>> www.evite.com claiming
>>>> to be
>>>>
>> www.greetingstoall,afternearly3yearsbackinthestates,i'mheading
>> backtolondonforwor
>>>> in k43IWccm014788
>>>>
>>>> I've fallen back to 4.52.2.  My setup: Solaris 10, sendmail 8.13.6,
>>>> SA 3.1.1.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Earickson
>>>> Colby College
>>>> <qfk43IWccm014788>
>>>> <dfk43IWccm014788>
>>>> <ms.debug4>
>>>
>>> --Julian Field
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>>
>>
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