Apache SpamAssassin 4.0.1 is a patch release that fixes issues that
have surfaced since the release of 4.0.0. It provides compatibility
with the latest version of Perl, 5.38, which was released in July,
2023, as well as with recent release versions of some required Perl
modules.
Many thanks to the committers (see CREDITS file), contributors, rule
testers, mass checkers, and code testers who have made this release
possible.
Notable features:
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None noted.
Notable changes
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This release addresses the following issues:
- Incompatibilities with some versions of perl and some perl modules
that have been released since the release of SpamAssassin 4.0.0
- Problems using cpan to install SpamAssassin when certain required
or optional modules are not already installed
- Support for space characters in the path name of some executables
used by certain plugins
- Improved handling of URL shortener link redirects
- Improved TxRep locking management
- Added Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AuthRes plugin to use
Authentication-Results header fields in other plugins
- Added a Pyzor Perl implementation
- Perl crash when certain uri_detail rules processed some messages
with UTF-8 characters
- Inconsistent handling of newlines in header rules
- Text or HTML content placed in octet-stream attachments by
spammers to bypass SpamAssassin scanning
- Implemented TCP fallback for truncated DNS UDP replies
* Spamc can now be built on a Windows platform as part of the gmake
build procedure, using the compiler toolchain that is part of a
standard Strawberry Perl installation, with no need to install a
separate Visual Studio, msys, or mingw.
The detailed list of all commits can be found in the Changes file.
A detailed view of the issues as they were filed in the Bugzilla issue
tracker can be seen at https://s.apache.org/7apqr
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
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