Spam Filter ISP Forums : SpamFilter 4.0.0.772 is official release

Author: LogSat
Subject: 6375
Posted: 30 January 2008 at 9:03pm

Today we are promoting to "official release" the latest build of SpamFilter ISP v4.0.0.772. It isavailable for download in the registered user area of our website. A free Evaluation copy is also available for all other users.

As always, this upgrade is free for all users with a current software maintenance.

SpamFilter ISP v4.0 and SpamFilter Enterprise v4.0 introduce two new filters to fight spam:

Updated manuals and documentation for this new release are available at:
www.logsat.com/spamfilter/pub/SpamFilterDocs.zip

As always, all users with a current software maintenance will receive this upgrade free of charge.

The changes since the latest available official version (3.5.4.718) are as follows below.

// New to VersionNumber = '4.0.0.772';

{TODO -cFix : "Invalid Header Id nnnn" DNS errors could cause valid MX record lookups to fail}

{TODO -cFix : Exception occurred during AddToQuarantineThreadDone: Access violation at address 0042396A}

// New to VersionNumber = '4.0.0.770';

{TODO -cFix : When a "tag and deliver" option is seleced, and therecipient is whitelisted (or the email is delivered because of theAutoWhiteListForceDelivery list) the email is still tagged as spam whenforwarding it}

{TODO -cFix : The ResponseGreyList parameter in the SpamFilter.ini is not being honored to provide a customized response}

{TODO -cFix : Fixed various minor bugs in the handling of spamemails when various tag and deliver options are activated andrecipients are whitelisted/AutoWhiteListed}

{TODO -cNew : The greylist filter is now disabled by default whenupgrading from SpamFilter v3.5, or from a versions where the greylistsettings were not present in the SpamFilter.ini file}

{TODO -cNew : Modified the tblbl_IPs table in SpamFilterEnterprise - increased IP filed's length from 15 to 18 to accomodateCDIR suffix}

{TODO -cNew : Added the option to use CDIR notation in the IP blacklist}

// New to VersionNumber = '4.0.0.768';

{TODO -cFix : Bug introduced in SFE build 767 (loads 20x - 40xfaster...) caused incorrect destination SMTP servers and ports to beentered instead of NULL values in the _LocalDomains.txt file, causingincorrect destination SMTP servers }

// New to VersionNumber = '4.0.0.767';

{TODO -cNew : New filter/feature is now available - Greylisting}

{TODO -cNew : New filter is available - SFDC - SpamFilter Distributed Content}

{TODO -cNew : SpamFilter Enterprise loads 20x - 40x faster when tables contain 100,000+ rows }

{TODO -cFix : The MaxMsgSizeForSpamFiltering option is sometimes ignored if an email fails the IP-based tests}

{TODO -cFix : In SpamFilter Enterprise - added fields: SFDC_NetworkReliability and SFDCForceDelete to tbl_filtersettings table}

// New to VersionNumber = '3.5.4.730';

{TODO -cFix : The keyword filter (along with theBayesian/Image/SURBL filters) is not being checked when there is asingle whitelisted recipient in an email, and the recipient has one ofthe :tag options set}

{TODO -cFix : When using the "Customized Filter Settings" todisable the keyword filter for a domain, it's possible that the "Detected blank HTML email with specified attachment" filter could betriggered incorrectly}

{TODO -cFix : When emails have multiple html parts, and the lastone in the email is blank, it's possible that the " Detected blank HTMLemail with specified attachment" filter could be triggered incorrectly}

// New to VersionNumber = '3.5.4.728';

{TODO -cNew : Added header 'X-SF-Originating-IP' in emails to additionally log the peer IP address}

{TODO -cNew : Added option MaxMsgSizeForSpamFiltering inSpamFilter.ini file to whitelist emails that are larger than a specificsize}

{TODO -cNew : Added option ForwardAllSPAMtoEmailAddress inSpamFilter.ini file to forward all spam emails to an alternate emailaddress}

{TODO -cFix : The IPCacheLimboTimeTrigger paramter in theSpamFilter.ini file was not being honored, and IPs were removed fromthe limbo cache after 1 minute}

// New to VersionNumber = '3.5.4.726';

{TODO -cFix : Exception occurred duringTTerminateIdleThreads.Execute: Access violation at address 004A6BA6 inmodule 'SpamFilterSvc.exe'. Read of address FFFFFFB4}

{TODO -cNew : Changed the interval on which the quarantine queue is retried form 1 minute to 5 minutes}

// New to VersionNumber = '3.5.4.725'; {TODO -cNew : Implemented aqueue for quarantined emails in case the database is offline. Thearchival process is queued and will resume when the DB is back online}

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