Hello Sniffer Folks,
This is the official release of version 2-3.1 which has the
following key features:
* Improved stability and performance under heavy loads - especially
on over-stressed servers or during uncharacteristically heavy peaks.
* Persistent-Server timing enhancements significantly improve Message
Sniffer's throughput when running under MDaemon's content filter.
* Persistent-Server now produces a real-time status file for
performance monitoring. The .stat file serves a dual purpose. First
it is used by the Persistent-Server to publish performance
specifications to client-peers. This allows a very tight
coordination of timing events between client and server instances
and reduces coordination overhead significantly. Second it provides
for a ready monitor for current server throughput. Here is an
example of the current status of our NT test bed as I write this:
TicToc: 1098926268
Loop: 472
Poll: 356
Jobs: 158102
Secs: 389065
Msg/Min: 24.3818
Current-Load: 9.80392
Average-Load: 10.0682
* Diagnostics mode now available by modifying the .cfg file. The
diagnostics log shows the activity of the peer-server swarm to aid
in debugging if needed.
* X-Header File option is now available by modifying the .cfg file.
This produces a .xhdr file for each message processed. The file
contains the x-headers that Message Sniffer would add to the message
so that they can be picked up by compatible software and/or
scripting (such as on *nix systems) and added to the message or
interpreted for greater detail. The headers stubs are configurable
and come in two forms that can be used together or separately. One
header shows the final result of the scan. The other shows all of
the pattern matches that were identified. These headers can be
extremely valuable when processing false positives since they travel
along with the message - (no more hunting for log file snips).
--- The software calling Message Sniffer is responsible for deleting
the .xhdr file once it has been used!
* This version also includes some minor bug fixes and other
minor enhancements.
* The distribution file is now available in both .zip and .tar.gz
formats from our Try-It page.
<http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Try-It.html>
* This version is a drop-in replacement for all 2.x versions.
Thanks,
_M
Pete McNeil (Madscientist)
President, MicroNeil Research Corporation
Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com)
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