Spamfilter Changelog

January 16, 2005
-added install reference to BerkeleyDB in CPAN
-added directory creations for Amavisd-new

December 29 , 2004
-moved document to freespamfilter.org.
Sept 7, 2004
-updated link in "accept_only_2valid_recipients.html" to http://www.umich.edu/~malth/gaptuning/postfix (per author)

Aug 7, 2004
-added link to Dale's HOWTO using Fedora Core2. (http://postfix.dghartung.com)

July 23, 2004
-added reference to man page for logrotate
-updated link to OpenBSD version of this spamfilter (Thanks, Gary!)
-added page and link to it covering blocking invalid recipients at the front gate (Thanks Jack!)

June 28, 2004
-added reference to mkcdrec web site for backups

June 22, 2004
-report of successful setup on RH Fedora Core2 using existing doc - no changes required. (thanks Roger!)

May 6, 2004
-corrected CIDR reference 172.20.16.0/8 to 172.20.16.0/24 for postfix "mynetworks" parameter. (thanks Mark!)
April 26, 2004
-added notes about progeny offering update service for RH9, and extending service until at least the end of 2005.
March 29, 2004
- updated the link to the OpenBSD spamfilter doc, which has moved

March 8, 2004
- changed URL in MAILGREP section from "geocities.com.scott. . ." to "geocities.com/scott. . ."
- changed copyright on doc from OpenContent to Creative Commons "Share Alike"

Nov 28, 2003
- after "install Unix::Syslog", added a "q" command line
- after "Starting amavisd-new, Let's give amavisd a little test run", added "amavisd stop" before "amavisd debug"
- changed ntp portion of firewall config to read "123:udp (NTP)"
- changed "perl-DB_file" to "perl-DB_File"

Nov 14, 2003
- linked out to http://www.dambrosioauto.com/razor_config.html for the razor configuration

Nov 12, 2003 (thanks again to D.J.)
- corrected razor_setup page: "$sa_local_tests_onfiltered= 0" to "$sa_local_tests_only"
- also in razor_setup page, changed:

; and set debuglevel to 0
; and
; razor_config /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.conf
# chown amavis:amavis /var/amavis/.spamassassin/user_prefs

to:

; and set debuglevel to 0
# vi /var/amavis/.spamassassin/user_prefs
; and insert the following line:
; razor_config /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.conf
# chown amavis:amavis /var/amavis/.spamassassin/user_prefs

- added to install to perl-DB_File during installation, so SA can use its Bayes db

Nov 11, 2003
- added notes on, and link to, section on Razor2 configuration. Added Razor2 configuration page. (thanks "D.J."!)
- added comments about Red Hat distribution changes

Nov 10, 2003
- increased recommended minimum size for / partition from 2G to 3G. Some folks are running a little short with 2G.

Nov 3, 2003
- fixed URL for mailgrep (replaced . with / after geocities.com)

Nov 1, 2003
- removed period from the end of URL for mailgrep.pl.txt file
- changed ntp reference URL to www.ntp.org

Oct 31, 2003 Happy Halloween!
- removed "ESMTP" from the suggested smtpd_banner value. Following the lead of other, more paranoid admins (and things like the new smtp auth attacks) decided this is now best
- put in a link to an article about smtp auth attacks on Exchange servers

Oct 30, 2003
- removed section about redhat-config-network creating separate files, as these turn out to be "hard links" anyway
- having gotten confirmation from a few individuals that building from the doc as it now stands works OK, removed the disclaimer stuff from the top
- general editing, cleanup

Oct 29, 2003
- added instructions to set aliases_database in main.cf to /etc/postfix, and run the "newaliases" command
- added quotation marks to the content_filter and header_checks postconf commands
- put a note in the mailgrep instructions about Mandrake's logging differences
- put in an URL to explanation why we don't use "relay_domains"
- put in a command to set local_recipient_maps to null

Oct 28, 2003
- added in the requirement of File::MMagic for mailgrep.pl script.
- removed "make test" command for razor agents sdk - this just reports errors when it is run (Thanks Ricardo (and others!))
- mentioned sending NDRs on spam is a good idea, but not a MUST
- give an option to have spam dropped into a local folder, instead of forwarded on to the internal server
- several other cosmetic and editing changes, esp to the last sections of the doc.
- created a link/reference to the OpenBSD HOWTO at lawmonkey
- explained the necessity to copy resolv.conf and hosts files to the postfix chroot for future network config changes (thanks Charles C!)

Oct 27, 2003
- postconf -e "mynetworks = x.x.x.x/32" command was missing final quote mark
- returned SpamAssassin tarball and folder name to include the "Mail-" prefix
- corrected sequence of commands in untarring and installing SpamAssassin
- corrected path to LINUX_README file from /usr/src/postfix... to /usr/local/src/postfix...
- $mailfrom_notify_spamadmin address: added \ in front of the @ symbol in amavisd.conf
- added caveat on razor's "make test" command - may produce errors but install still goes fine. Gave option to skip "make test"
- cleaned up postfix-init file to remove reported DOS carriage returns
- various minor edits and cosmetic changes

Oct 21, 2003 (Thank you to Joshua!)
- deleted creation of "amavis" group - no longer needed since user and group will be the same, and Red Hat automatically creates accounts that way.
- cleaned up section on removing fetchmail, mutt, and sendmail

Oct 17, 2003
- changed reference to folder named "Mail-SpamAssassin..." (from old document) to just "SpamAssassin..."
- corrected command line for creating amavis user account - put "amavis" at the end of the command, where it belongs
- added a correction to remove fetchmail, mutt, and sendmail individually, when selecting packages during install

Oct 16, 2003 (Thanks, Barry!)
- fixed typo "MIME:Base64" to "MIME::Base64"
- updated ntp comments in Security section

Oct 15, 2003 (Thank you, Stuart!)
- changed postfix from 888:888 to 887:887, as postdrop group is 888, and postfix didn't like that being the same.

Oct 14, 2003
- released first draft of updated document, covering install with Red hat 9.0, and current versions of component software.

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