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New testing release featuring first bits of new alarm system is now available!

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of mailscanner-mrtg-0.10.00. This includes numerous improvments over the last stable release and is a recommended upgrade for all users. Users of unstable 0.09.03 need not upgrade, as there is only a single cosmetic change. See the release notes and changelog for more details.

The unstable version 0.09.02 contains a serious flaw, this is fixed in the newly released 0.09.03.

I've just posted 0.09.02, please test! If there are no serious problems I hope to release this as the new stable version in the next few weeks.

Some details...
This 'unstable' release adds two new graphs, Batch Size and Processing Speed. It also completes the improvements to the quarantine counting method started in 0.09.00. This should no longer cause problems for people with large quarantines. The option to log to syslog, instead of stdout, has also been added (that should stop those pesky emails!) There are also a number of bux fixes and cosmetic changes, see the full changelog for details.

The new unstable release 0.09.00 is now available, please see the release notes and changelog for more details

I've added a new page to the website giving some of my ideas for the future direction of this project. http://mailscannermrtg.sourceforge.net/future.html
Your comments in the forums would be very much appreciated.

0.08.01 is now available from the download section.

This release fixes many bugs present in the 0.07 releases - and is especially important for those who wish to use net-snmp, users of Solaris or FreeBSD and anyone running perl-0.005

Due to previously unspotted bugs, affecting only net-snmp users, 0.07.02 replaces the previously released 0.07, and 0.07.01 Any net-snmp users running 0.07, 0.07.01 or a development snapshot should upgrade.

0.07 is now available for download. Read on for more details...

This release represents some substantial changes from the previous versions. There are intended to improve the speed of processing, the accuracy of output. The previous dependency on sar (from the sysstat package) has been removed (due to its poor portability and not very accurate output - due to the way we were using it). For all graphs to work the ucd-snmp or net-snmp packages are now needed (users concerned about security should ensure the snmpd daemon binds only to the loopback interface or filter the port on the external interfaces using iptables or similar).... read more

I've just uploaded another development snapshot, this incorporates all the major changes likely to make it into 0.07 (theres a few minor things left to do). Any feedback, positive or negative would be appreciated, as there are major changes since 0.06 and it would be reassuring to know that it all works (or doesn't!) before unleashing it on the world at large. Read more about it (and download) at http://mailscannermrtg.sourceforge.net/snap.html

I've just uploaded the latest development snapshot which exhibits some of the major changes happening on the way to 0.07. Notably this resolves the problems noted with certain version of sar in 0.06 [ by removing the dependency on sar! ]. For more details see the snapshots page at http://mailscannermrtg.sourceforge.net/snap.html

The output of the sar program on Red Hat changes the format from the previous versions. I've made a patch available in the file download section which solves this specific problem. ONLY APPLY THIS PATCH IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM.
To apply the patch grab RH9sarfix.diff change in /usr/sbin and...
patch -p0 < /path/to/RH9sarfix.diff

A couple of late-breaking bugs in 0.06....

Solaris users who experience problems witth the 'Copies of MailScanner' graph being empty should change lines 277 and 423 to read...
@ps = `ps -eo args`;

The rpm distribution had a minor permissions problem which caused a error message (this is nothing to worry about since it reverts to the default behaviour, which in this case is also what was intended). The rpm packages have been updated to correct this.

Version 0.06 is now available for download.

New features include support for Postfix and Exim MTA's and the Solaris OS. There are also a number of performance enhancements, bugfixes and a few extra statistics. For these reasons users of earlier versions are advised to upgrade See the changelog for full details.

Please be aware when upgrading that there have been significant changes to the config file since the previous release.

There is now a new section on the website for development snapshots ( http://mailscannermrtg.sourceforge.net/snap.html ). The first snapshot adds support for Postfix & Exim MTAs and the Solaris OS, and we particularly need help testing these new features. NOTE: this is not production code and might not be stable, users of 0.05 should not upgrade.

Red Hat 9 support is (finally) in. Several bugfixes and one new feature!!! Get it now before all the bytes are gone!!!

mailscanner-mrtg has found a new home on Sourceforge. Look for version 0.05 coming this week!