SpamAssassin for Windows Changelog

New version SpamAssassin v3.4.4. The changes from spamassassin.apache.org:

• FromNameSpoof: the default value of the fns_extrachars parameter was increased to 50.
• nosubject and maxhits tflags now work correctly with sa-compile.
• Added new subject prefix keyword. This can be used to add a prefix to an email subject if the original email matches a certain rule.
• New function Util::is_fqdn_valid() to validate the format of hostnames (DNS names) (error 7736). To check if a name contains a valid TLD, it is still necessary to additionally use RegistryBoundaries::is_domain_valid().
• New OLEVBMacro plugin to detect OLE macro in documents attached to emails. This plugin requires Archive::Zip and IO::String Perl modules to work.
• Due to the dangerous nature of the sa-update --allowplugins option, a warning is now issued that --reallyallowplugins is required to use it. This is to ensure that all legacy installations and wiki guides, etc. that still use it unnecessarily are fixed.
• The TxRep and Awl plugins have been modified to be compatible with the latest Postgresql versions. You should update your SQL database with the following command: MySQL: "ALTER TABLE `txrep` CHANGE `count` `msgcount` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';";" "ALTER TABLE `awl` CHANGE `count` `msgcount` INT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';";" "ALTER TABLE `awl` ADD last_hit timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;";" PostgreSQL: "ALTER TABLE txrep RENAME COLUMN count TO msgcount;" PostgreSQL: "ALTER TABLE txrep RENAME COLUMN count TO msgcount;" "ALTER TABLE awl RENAME COLUMN count TO msgcount;" "ALTER TABLE awl ADD last_hit timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;".
• body_part_scan_size 50000, rawbody_part_scan_size 500000 default values added (error 6582). These allow safer and faster scanning of large emails.
• All pseudo-headers now return decoded headers, so their usage is consistent with simple header matching (:raw returns undecoded and folded as before).
• RegistryBoundaries did not load 20_aux_tlds.cf correctly in older versions. The old hardcoded list is now removed and RB prints "no tlds defined, need to run sa-update" unless it can find a list from the configuration files.
• Deprecated functions: Parser::is_delimited_regexp_valid(), Parser::is_regexp_valid(), Util::regexp_remove_delimiters(), Use::make_qr(). These are all combined into the new Util::compile_regexp() function.
• DNSEval: adds "check_rbl_headers" to check specific headers in RBL.
• DNSEval: adds "check_rbl_ns_from" to check against an RBL for DNS servers.
• HashBL: adds check_hashbl_bodyre, check_hashbl_emails, check_hashbl_uris, hashbl_ignore.
• ASN: support IPv6 with asn_lookup_ipv6 (bug 7211).
• sa-update: new --httputil option to force the download program used.
• Added rules_matching() expression to meta rules.
• Added tflags domains_only/ips_only to DNSEval.pm functions.
• RelayCountry: added new metadata: X-Spam-Country-External (_RELAYCOUNTRYEXT_), X-Spam-Country-Auth (_RELAYCOUNTRYAUTH_), X-Spam-Country-All (_RELAYCOUNTRYAUTH_) - New tflag "nosubject" for "body" rules to stop matching the subject that is part of the body text.

03 September 2021

• New Apache SpamAssassin Version 3.4.2
• Sa-update now uses SHA-256 and SHA-512 hashing for verification.
• Corrupted HTML-Emails do not crash the service anymore.
• Several new Plugins, Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::HashBL and Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Phishing.
• More security issues have been fixed.

04 February 2019

• Bugfix: A critical error in DNS-based spam tests (i.e. blacklists) that caused a drop in the spam detection rate has been fixed. All external blacklists are now queried again.
• Known issue: The installation path and arguments added to the command prompt must only contain ASCII characters.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

07 June 2016

• Bugfix: SpamD used to display warnings on startup. This did not affect its operation. The cause has been found and fixed.
• Bugfix: Previously missing modules of the SPF plugin have been added.
• Bugfix: The executables can now be launched from any directory on all operating system environments.
• Bugfix: The module File::Temp was missing and has now been added.
• Known issue: The installation path and arguments added to the command prompt must only contain ASCII characters.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

20 April 2016

• Apache SpamAssassin version 3.4.1 has been integrated.
• ActivePerl 5.8 has been replaced by Strawberry Perl 5.22.
• Native 64 bit support has been integrated.
• Support for Windows XP and Server 2003 has been dropped.
• A subfolder runtime, containing the Perl scripts sa-learn, sa-update, spamassassin, spamd, and their dependencies has been added.
• Known issue: The installation path and arguments added to the command prompt must only contain ASCII characters.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

03 March 2016

• The "taint mode" has been disabled for the executable files. This mode could potentially cause the application to abort execution if there was a path specified.
• Solved: Under certain conditions the scan date mentioned in the spam report was wrong.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

06 June 2014

•  Apache SpamAssassin version 3.4.0 has been integrated.
• The paths for rules and configuration files can now be adjusted globally in the "path.config" file.
• Some minor improvements have been incorporated.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

04 April 2014

• The version number of "SpamAssassin for Windows" now corresponds to the version number of the Apache SpamAssassin project.
• Apache SpamAssassin version 3.4.0-RC5 ("release candidate" of the major version 3.4.0) has been integrated. For a complete list of changes, please click here.
• The batch script "trainbayes.bat" allowing quick and simple training of spam/ham mails in a specific folder has been added.
• Several minor improvements have been incorporated.
• Known issue: Due to a memory leak in the SpamAssassin Daemon (SpamD), a periodical reboot of the process is required. For professional use we recommend our service-based solution "SpamAssassin in a Box".

06 February 2014