MailScanner

New MailScanner Script v2.51

Changes:

  • Further development of the workaround for the new MailScanner bug where it won’t start if /dev/shm isn’t mounted or is not writable

New MailScanner Front-End (MSFE) v4.01

Changes:

  • v4.01 – Modified installation routines to better support old OS’s (only applies to updates v4.01+)
  • Set Virus Scanning default to To: instead of FromOrTo: for new installations
  • Added Performance tweak to enable/disable outgoing virus scanning
  • Added note to Performance tweak – if Dangerous Content scanning is disabled, File Attachment checking is also disabled

New MailScanner Script v2.50

Anyone with a VPS that has upgraded to v2.49 of the script will want to upgrade again – Changes:

  • Implemented a workaround for a major bug in MailScanner v4.58.9 that breaks MailScanner if on a server (e.g. a VPS) where /dev/shm exists but is not a mountpoint for a tmpfs device – naughty MailScanner

New MailScanner Script v2.49

Changes:

  • New version of MailScanner v4.58.9
  • Added modification to MailScanner init script to workaround a startup issue on x86_64 Linux

New MailScanner Front-End (MSFE) v4.0

Changes:

  • Installation no longer attempts to recreate mailscanner database or update the MailScanner configuration settings if the mailscanner MySQL database already exists
  • Added whitelisting to virus.scanning.rules for mails released from quarantine (i.e. sent locally and from the postmaster@hostname address)
  • Moved to a simpler installer script using the license server
  • Timeout version checks incase version server is unavailable
  • Added check for incorrect ClamAV (or clamavconnector) installation which causes MailScanner to be disabled
  • Improved support for remote MySQL database servers

New MSFE v3.9

Changes:

  • Fixed problem with installer where Msfe.pm wasn’t being copied on installation
  • Added new IP licensing scheme. You will need to email your order details and servers main IP address to sales@waytotheweb.com to be able to upgrade MSFE in future releases
  • Updated post-upgrade message to reflect the new route to the MSFE WHM UI
  • Added link to MSFE changelog if an upgrade is available

For this version, you can download the update from http://download.webumake.com – if you don’t have a download account, please email sales@waytotheweb.com and request one, and be sure to include the name under which you originally ordered and your servers IP address for future updates. Future versions will then be available for upgrade from within WHM.

MailScanner: Problems for Liquidweb clients

We have found that some clients hosted by Liquidweb are seeing the message “MailScanner Status: Disabled” at the top of their MailScanner front-end after a cPanel upgrade.The problem has been caused by Liquidweb’s installation of clamav rpms that modify the exim configuration each time cPanel is upgraded, thus breaking MailScanner. We have been uninstalling these rpms as part of our mailscanner install for several months now but it appears that Liquidweb has re-installed those rpms and the problem has arisen again since a recent cPanel upgrade.Fix instructions follow.If you would like us to perform the fix for you, then please log a ticket on our helpdesk with access details. There will be a $30 (half hour) charge for performing this service.Here is how to fix it:1. Remove /etc/exim.conf.local to start with a clean copy.

/bin/mv -fv /etc/exim.conf.local /etc/exim.conf.local.old/scripts/buildeximconf

2. Remove all installs and rpms of clamav and reinstall clamav.

killall clamdrpm -e clamav-db clamd clamav clamav-devel/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/sbin/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/lib/libclam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/share/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/include/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/bin/freshclam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/etc/clamav*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/sbin/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/lib/libclam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/share/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/include/clam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/bin/freshclam*/bin/rm -Rfv /usr/local/etc/clamav*useradd clamavgroupadd clamavcd /root/rpmswget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/clamav/clamav-0.88.7.tar.gztar -xzf clamav-*cd clamav-*./configure –disable-zlib-vcheckmakemake installreplace “Example” “#Example” — /usr/local/etc/freshclam.confreplace “Example” “#Example” — /usr/local/etc/clamd.conffreshclamcd ../bin/rm -Rf clamav-*cd /root/rpms/touch /var/log/clam-update.logchown clamav:clamav /var/log/clam-update.log/scripts/perlinstaller –force Mail::ClamAV

3. Upgrade MailScanner (per instructions on website – http://www.configserver.com/cp/upgrade.html) to add correct configuration to exim.conf.local. Should be able to select option 2 (quick perl module check). You will need to do ths at the command line since you are probably already running the latest version of MailScanner.4. Re-add the dictionary attack ACL, log_selector, etc. to exim.conf.local via WHM exim configuration editor, if desired.

New MSFE v3.8

Changes:

  • Added new feature allowing you to set cPanel user MailScanner settings from within the WHM UI
  • Moved a selection of settings from the MSFE Advanced settings to the main settings display
  • Added option to MailScanner Performance to allow disabling of Message Scanning. This can help to process a backlog of email very quickly as no spam or virus scanning is done at all and the queued email is simply handed to exim for delivery
  • Changed option to Edit rules to View rules instead for stability reasons since the MSFE jobs wiil overwrite any changes

You can download the update from http://download.webumake.com – if you don’t have a download account, please email sales@waytotheweb.com and request one, and be sure to include the name under which you originally ordered.

ORDB RBL is closing down

Quote from http://www.ordb.org/news/?id=38:

We regret to inform you that ORDB.org, at the ripe age of five and a half, is shutting down. It’s been a case of a long goodbye as very little work has gone into maintaining ORDB for a while.
We encourage system owners to remove ORDB checks from their mailers immediately and start investigating alternative methods of spam filtering.

So, if you use relays.ordb.org in exim RBL ACL, or ORDB-RBL in the MailScanner “Spam List” setting, remove it asap.Note: We do not configure either exim or MailScanner to use this RBL when we perform the MailScanner Sevice package work