From announce-return-10-apmail-spamassassin-announce-archive=spamassassin.apache.org@spamassassin.apache.org Thu Sep 15 00:13:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-spamassassin-announce-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 41585 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2005 00:13:03 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 15 Sep 2005 00:13:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 58923 invoked by uid 500); 15 Sep 2005 00:12:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-spamassassin-announce-archive@spamassassin.apache.org Received: (qmail 58909 invoked by uid 500); 15 Sep 2005 00:12:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact announce-help@spamassassin.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list announce@spamassassin.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for announce@spamassassin.apache.org Received: (qmail 45317 invoked by uid 99); 14 Sep 2005 23:56:13 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of jm@jmason.org designates 195.218.96.101 as permitted sender) From: jm@jmason.org To: announce@SpamAssassin.apache.org Cc: users@SpamAssassin.apache.org Cc: dev@SpamAssassin.apache.org Subject: ANNOUNCE: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 available! Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:52:32 -0700 Sender: jm@jmason.org Message-Id: <20050914235232.814A45900BA@radish.jmason.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N SpamAssassin 3.1.0 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). 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 (by editing '/etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre'). - 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://SpamAssassin.apache.org/ Note, it may take up to two hours from now for that mirror to update. md5sum: d28bd7e83d01b234144e336bbfde0caa Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.bz2 f70c1fcab3d9563731bbc307eda7d69e Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.gz 65e9629ce255244fe3cb3d9772cdf239 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.zip sha1sum: 0185f076f619dd9e64e94b453017f9b08d4b0f04 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.bz2 d887cbae5962cb03e45aaf71cd93881a27cccc99 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.tar.gz 8b9494448782f910e573377bf226a8072f24bb3f Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0.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 Key fingerprint =3D 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: announce-unsubscribe@spamassassin.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: announce-help@spamassassin.apache.org