4.53.8 --- Re: 4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode

[Adri Koppes]

Julian,

Don't worry to much. :-)
It's probably better to have quick bug fixes instead of endless
development cycles with no releases.

Adri. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Julian Field
> Sent: vrijdag 5 mei 2006 15:13
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: 4.53.8 --- Re: 4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode
> 
> I have just release 4.53.8.
> 
> The only change (except for 1 comment) is the phishing net bug fix.
> 
> I'm very sorry for doing this to you folks.
> In future, I would really appreciate it if more people would 
> help with the beta testing. This bug really should have shown 
> up in testing and didn't. But I realise that it is my fault 
> for sloppy code in the first place. :-(
> 
> Jules.
> 
> On 5 May 2006, at 13:49, Randal, Phil wrote:
> 
> > The new Message.pm has quite happily processed 650-odd 
> messages in the 
> > last hour without problems.
> >
> > Thanks for the fix, Julian.
> >
> > 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 Jeff 
> >> A. Earickson
> >> Sent: 05 May 2006 13:14
> >> To: Julian Field
> >> Cc: MailScanner mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: 4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode
> >>
> >> Julian,
> >>
> >> Yes, the new Message.pm worked with my problem message.  
> Attached is 
> >> the debug output from my run with the one problem message.
> >>
> >> I'm now running 4.53.7 with the new Message.pm in 
> production, waiting 
> >> for the sound of screeching tires and breaking glass. :)
> >>
> >> If you decide to roll out a new release (I think you 
> should), please 
> >> add this small change to MailScanner.conf comments:
> >>
> >> *** MailScanner.conf.orig       Wed May  3 14:00:23 2006
> >> --- MailScanner.conf.new        Fri May  5 08:10:13 2006
> >> ***************
> >> *** 1945,1950 ****
> >> --- 1945,1951 ----
> >>    # cron job has run successfully and has created a directory 
> >> structure under
> >>    # the spamassassin directory within this one and has 
> put some *.cf 
> >> files in
> >>    # there. Otherwise it will ignore all your current rules!
> >> + # The default location may be /var/opt on Solaris systems.
> >>    SpamAssassin Local State Dir = # /var/lib
> >>
> >>    # The default rules are searched for here, and in 
> >> prefix/share/spamassassin,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the quick work!
> >>
> >> Jeff Earickson
> >> Colby College
> >>
> >> On Fri, 5 May 2006, Julian Field wrote:
> >>
> >>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 10:52:31 +0100
> >>> From: Julian Field <mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> >>> To: Jeff A. Earickson <jaearick at colby.edu>
> >>> Cc: MailScanner mailing list <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> >>> Subject: Re: 4.53.7, endless loop in debug mode
> >>>
> >>> 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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> content by 
> >>> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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