Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:31:54 -0300 From: "Mark Dodel" Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: Weasel version 1.70 released From: "Peter Moylan" The Weasel mail server has been upgraded to version 1.70. You can find it at http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/os2/weasel.html or ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/Weasel/weasel170.zip or at Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=weasel170 (Note: the Hobbes search doesn't seem to work for files that are still in the "incoming" directory.) There have been many changes since the version 1.68 release - see below - so all Weasel users are encouraged to update their copies. If you haven't tried Weasel before, now is a good time to try it out. LIST OF CHANGES (since version 1.68) Version 1.70 (21 May 2004) Support for different languages in Setup. This version is distributed with English, French, and Dutch language files, but it is easy to add more. Setup notebooks now remember fonts dropped on them. Added new user options: inactive account, forward mail with or without local copy. Policy change: if a filter returns a "reject this mail" decision, we send the reply to the client, and then send a "421 closing connection" reply, and then we forcibly cut off the client. This is to protect us against the increasingly aggressive approach of junk mail software. Policy change: rDNS lookup on numeric IP addresses is not done unless and until necessary. Policy change: the loopback address [127.0.0.1] is now automatically a "Trusted" address that is allowed to send relay mail. More flexible rules for the syntax of an IP address range. Added some delays to discourage dictionary searches: - 2 seconds after POP password error (note that there is already a limit of 3 attempts to log in) - 10 seconds before SMTP "unknown user" reply - 10 seconds after an SMTP RSET command Indented continuation lines in screen log. Added initial server response to log. Extra "End of session" log message to make log analysis easier. Added "pipe" to transaction logging options. "Override filter" option now works even when there are multiple recipients, possibly with different filters for each recipient. Fixed: adjust Return-Path header after calling a filter. Fixed Setup bug: option to log SMTP users was not being remembered. Permit a delivery attempt via backup server if original server gives 550 or 553 response to RCPT command. Fixed: failure to try backup relay if the initial attempt failed on the MAIL FROM command. Added an option to relay everything, for the case where this server has no local users and is simply acting as a front end for another mail server. Now can change all logging options without restarting Weasel. Made the log file names configurable. Added a new reply code 16 for filters, meaning "accept this message and skip future filtering steps". Setup changed to fix a "lost users" bug that appeared when remote setup was used in multidomain mode. Also minor other changes to Setup. -- Peter Moylan peterDESPAM at ee.newcastle.edu.au http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au If you create a wise and clever saying, your name will be remembered forever. --Anonymous -- Warpstock 2004, Denver, Colorado, October 21 - 24, 2004 http://www.warpstock.org [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org