-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 *** THIS IS A RELEASE CANDIDATE ONLY, NOT THE FINAL 3.1.0 RELEASE ***
SpamAssassin 3.1.0-rc1 is released! SpamAssassin 3.1.0 is a major update. SpamAssassin is a mail filter which uses advanced statistical and heuristic tests to identify spam (also known as unsolicited bulk email). This is a release candidate, and NOT the general availability release (yet.) We think it's pretty rock solid, however. ;) Highlights of the release - ------------------------- - - Apache preforking algorithm adopted; number of spamd child processes is now scaled, according to demand. This provides better VM behaviour when not under peak load. - - added PostgreSQL, MySQL 4.1+, and local SDBM file Bayes storage modules. SQL storage is now recommended for Bayes, instead of DB_File. NDBM_File support has been dropped due to a major bug in that module. - - detect legitimate SMTP AUTH submission, to avoid false positives on Dynablock-style rules. - - new plugins: DomainKeys (off by default), MIMEHeader: a new plugin to perform tests against header in internal MIME structure, ReplaceTags: plugin by Felix Bauer to support fuzzy text matching, WhiteListSubject: plugin added to support user whitelists by Subject header. - - Razor: disable Razor2 support by default per our policy, since the service is not free for non-personal use. It's trivial to reenable. - - DCC: disable DCC for similar reasons, due to new license terms. - - Net::DNS bug: high load caused answer packets to be mixed up and delivered as answers to the wrong request, causing false positives. worked around. - - DNSBL lookups and other DNS operations are now more efficient, by using a custom single-socket event-based model instead of Net::DNS. Downloading - ----------- Pick it up from: http://people.apache.org/~jm/devel/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.gz http://people.apache.org/~jm/devel/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.bz2 http://people.apache.org/~jm/devel/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.zip md5sum: c41126e515eacc5480d6d44498d5b99d Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.bz2 196a22f1a9d27792d8388fbc6f1b522f Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.gz 1763521a992ebd45c46ca1dcab586474 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.zip sha1sum: 17145041222d607d1591eb5cffdff80fdd55cd6c Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.bz2 904c9b67498ec456c674545c15d0c4f89950a9da Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.tar.gz f6d5d50abc70a4cedde3bc50715848aba1c3a4e4 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0-rc1.zip The release files also have a .asc accompanying them. The file serves as an external GPG signature for the given release file. The signing key is available via the wwwkeys.pgp.net key server, as well as http://spamassassin.apache.org/released/GPG-SIGNING-KEY The key information is: pub 1024D/265FA05B 2003-06-09 SpamAssassin Signing Key <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key fingerprint = 26C9 00A4 6DD4 0CD5 AD24 F6D7 DEE0 1987 265F A05B Important installation notes - ---------------------------- - - see the INSTALL and UPGRADE files in the distribution. Summary of major changes since 3.0.x - ------------------------------------ - - Apache preforking algorithm adopted; number of spamd child processes is now scaled, according to demand. This provides better VM behaviour when not under peak load. - - Inclusion of sa-update script which will allow for updates of rules and scores in between code releases. - - added PostgreSQL, MySQL 4.1+, and local SDBM file Bayes storage modules. SQL storage is now recommended for Bayes, instead of DB_File. NDBM_File support has been dropped due to a major bug in that module. - - detect legitimate SMTP AUTH submission, to avoid false positives on Dynablock-style rules. - - new Advance Fee Fraud (419 scam) rules. - - removed use of the Storable module, due to several reported hangs on SMP Linux machines. - - Converted several rule/engine components into Plugins such as: AccessDB, AWL, Pyzor, Razor2, DCC, Bayes AutoLearn Determination, etc. - - new plugins: DomainKeys (off by default), MIMEHeader: a new plugin to perform tests against header in internal MIME structure, ReplaceTags: plugin by Felix Bauer to support fuzzy text matching, WhiteListSubject: plugin added to support user whitelists by Subject header. - - TextCat language guesser moved to a plugin. (This means "ok_languages" is no longer part of the core engine by default.) - - Razor: disable Razor2 support by default per our policy, since the service is not free for non-personal use. It's trivial to reenable. - - DCC: disable DCC for similar reasons, due to new license terms. - - Net::DNS bug: high load caused answer packets to be mixed up and delivered as answers to the wrong request, causing false positives. worked around. - - DNSBL lookups and other DNS operations are now more efficient, by using a custom single-socket event-based model instead of Net::DNS. - - add support for accreditation services, including Habeas v2. - - better URI parsing -- many evasion tricks now caught. - - URIBL lookups are prioritized based on the location in the message the URI was found. - - mass-check now supports reusing realtime DNSBL hit results, and sample-based Bayes autolearning emulation, to reduce complexity. - - sa-learn, spamassassin and mass-check now have optional progress bars. - - modify header ordering for DomainKeys compatibility, by placing markup headers at the top of the message instead at the bottom of the list. - - spamd/spamc now support remote Bayes training, and reporting spam. - - spamc now supports reading its flags from a configuration file using the -F switch, contributed by John Madden. - - added SPF-based whitelisting. - - Polish rules contributed by Radoslaw Stachowiak. - - many rule changes and additions. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFC/UmDMJF5cimLx9ARAlTRAKCctnVkmdlj7qSU5ygp/1oi78TPnQCfdR46 F4O7k4ZfeByVOjP6PznXpgs= =ypY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
