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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au If you create a wise and clever saying, your name will be remembered forever. --Anonymous

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