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This is to announce 1.20rc1 - a RELEASE CANDIDATE for 1.20 Some major additions have gone on within Qmail-Scanner-1.20rc1, making Q-S much better at blocking suspect e-mail as a POLICY decision instead of relying on Anti-Virus software. e.g. Qmail-Scanner-1.20rc1 stops the likes of KLEZ dead without the need of an AV package. This is NOT the final release of 1.20 - it's a RELEASE CANDIDATE. It has been in operation here for some 5 months, and I feel it shouldn't cause anyone any problems, but due to some design changes I am unwilling to state it's a full release until I get some feedback about it :-) So for those willing, I'd like you to TEST this release out, and get back to me with any performance issues or bad decisions being made by the new code. When the all clear is given, 1.20 will be released. [remember: to really test it, you have to "./configure --fix-mime 2" to get the really cool new features ;-). In 1.20, these features WILL BE ENABLED BY DEFAULT] New features include: * "--unzip" disabled by default now. This means Q-S now relies on the AV systems to unzip the files, and also means that if you block (say) .EXE files, they can now get in via putting them within a ZIP file. If you want the old behaviour, use "--unzip yes" again. * Better logging detail - so you can tell what is quarantining what. * This release candidate has added some simple MIME parsing that captures quite a few viruses/trojans. Since it may also catch some valid mail in an unusual layout, it is not enabled by default. To test (and *please* do!!!), you need to set "--fix-mime 2". Please notify the list as to any problems, as the intention is to make these checks part of the standard configuration by 1.20 release... * Q-S now skips virus-scanning messages that are either text/plain or non-MIME/uuencoded. This will speed things up a tad. * SpamAssassin now sets the spamc "username" field to the recipient address. This only happens if there is ONE recipient. * Block messages with Windows executables that are *not* of MIME type application/* Never seen in the wild unless they are viruses. This may block some bogus mail that is otherwise valid, so you can only get this by setting "--fix-mime 2" when configuring. * Explicitly block double-barrelled filenames which end in known Windows "executable" stype extensions - such as "file.doc.pif". * Archiving now supports archiving only mail to or from a regex For full details, see the CHANGES file. -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-announce ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
