FW: IMPORTANT - Termination of this subscription - REMINDER

[Daniel Straka]

Fellow MailScanner'ers

I'm running MailScanner with the following Sophos:
Installer for Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux, versions 4.x (on-demand scanning only) 
Platform: Linux on Intel using libc6 (glibc2.2)  
Current version: 4.25.0

This automatically updates the IDE files periodically. Can anyone tell me if my installation will be broken by the changes Sophos is planning to make?

Thanks,

-- 

Dan Straka
Systems Coordinator
Casper College
307.268.2399
www.caspercollege.edu


>>> On 1/9/2008 at 1:34 AM, in message
<99874cd41efba942bd396246f31676c1 at solidstatelogic.com>, "Martin.Hepworth"
<martinh at solidstatelogic.com> wrote:
> Guys
> (well Jules prob ;-)
> 
> Sophos are changing the way updates happen. I guess changes needed at MS end 
> somehow????
> 
> 
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sophos Alert System [mailto:notification-return at lists.sophos.com] 
>> Sent: 07 January 2008 11:43
>> To: notification at lists.sophos.com 
>> Subject: IMPORTANT - Termination of this subscription - REMINDER
>>
>>
>> Dear Subscriber,
>>
>> The number of new malware samples seen on a daily basis by SophosLabs
>> continues to grow exponentially.  Following a review of the use of
>> this Sophos Alert System mailing list and the updating mechanisms used
>> by our customers, Sophos will be making several changes to the mailing
>> lists and downloads available to customers over the next few months.
>> As a result of these changes Sophos will be able to increase the
>> number of virus updates released every day substantially, thereby
>> providing even faster and better protection against malware.
>>
>> The changes are as follows:
>>
>> - Individual IDE files will not be available for download from
>> www.sophos.com from March 2008.
>>
>> Customers are encouraged to use one of the automated update mechanisms
>> available from Sophos to receive their updates (see
>>
>> www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/12663.html for further
>> information).  Alternatively users can download the ides.zip file from
>> www.sophos.com.  This zip archive contains all the ide updates
>> released since the last monthly engine update.  Other zip archives are
>> available for customers using older engines although users are
>> encouraged to stay up to date and should not use an engine more than 3
>> months old.
>>
>> - Three new subscription lists have been created to provide more
>> targeted satisfaction of customer needs.
>>
>> Further information on these services and how to subscribe is below.
>>
>> - The format of emails from the existing alert service, Sophos Alert
>> System, will change in January 2008 in line with the new alert
>> service, Sophos Update Alert.
>>
>> - The existing alert service, Sophos Alert System, will then cease to
>> send update alerts from March 2008.
>>
>> Subscribers are encouraged to sign up to one of the three new mailing
>> lists above should they wish to continue to receive this information.
>>
>> On subscribing to one or more of the above mailing lists, you will
>> automatically be removed from the current update alert service.
>>
>> The new email services are:
>>
>> Sophos Update Alert
>> -------------------
>> Subscription to this service will continue to provide an alert
>> following the release of a new virus update.  As the number of virus
>> updates increases, so will the number of update alerts received
>> increase. This new alert email will not contain information about
>> the update itself, only announcing that an update has taken place.
>>
>> To subscribe to this service please send an email to:
>> updatealert-subscribe at lists.sophos.com 
>>
>> Sophos Daily Update Digest
>> --------------------------
>> This email is for those customers wanting  basic information about
>> recent identity updates. Initially this subscription will simply
>> provide a link to www.sophos.com/downloads/ide.
>> From March, this email will provide subscribers with a daily digest
>> about the updates released in the previous 24 hours.  This
>> information can also be viewed by subscribing to our RSS feeds
>> (www.sophos.com/feeds).
>>
>> To subscribe to this service please send an email to:
>> updatedigest-subscribe at lists.sophos.com 
>>
>> Sophos Protection News
>> ----------------------
>> This newsletter will be a regular review of the updates released over
>> the previous month, providing some statistics and analysis of these
>> releases.  This information will also be found on the SophosLabs blog
>> which provides an easy way of keeping abreast of the very latest
>> information about malware seen by our global network of analysts.
>> This mailing list will also be used by SophosLabs to send out any
>> urgent notifications about malware outbreaks where significant action
>> should be taken.
>>
>> To subscribe to this service please send an email to:
>> protection-subscribe at lists.sophos.com 
>>
>> Should you have any questions about these changes, please contact your
>> technical support representative.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sophos
>>
>>
>> ----
>> To unsubscribe, email: notification-unsubscribe at lists.sophos.com 
>> For additional commands, email: notification-faq at lists.sophos.com 
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