Hello Sniffer Folks, We have now officially released version 2-3.2 of Message Sniffer. You can download the distribution files from our Try-It page.
This version includes a number of upgrades that will improve the spam filtering performance of Message Sniffer by allowing it to see beyond most obfuscation mechanisms. In particular, this version makes obfuscation techniques that use HTML and XML tags, HTML encoding, and URL encoding ineffective in most cases. These new features do not interfere with Message Sniffer's ability to detect these obfuscation techniques, but rather enhances these capabilities to allow "clear-text" patterns to match obfuscated message content in addition to any other detection rules that might apply. (Version 2-3.2 is functionally identical to version 2-3.1i2 which has successfully passed internal and external testing.) This is an important upgrade. As we begin to generate rules that take advantage of these new features, any systems that are running the older version may experience a decrease in performance over time. This version is a drop-in replacement for version 2-3.1. This version is compatible with the prior 2.x versions. You may install the new .exe by renaming it for your license ID and replacing your current .exe file. (You will probably need to temporarily stop your email server software and any persistent instance of Message Sniffer before you can replace the .exe file on your system.) Thanks, _M Pete McNeil (Madscientist) President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com) This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
