To: users, dev, announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.1-rc1 available Release Notes -- Apache SpamAssassin -- Version 3.4.1-rc1 Introduction ------------ To be completed. Notable bug fixes ----------------- Notable features: ================= New configuration options ------------------------- New plugins ----------- Optimizations ------------- Downloading and availability ---------------------------- Downloads are available from: http://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi md5sum of archive files: 06ce92812b84bd51f20bc90fa931933c Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.tar.bz2 5cc08804e32adeb104f0ef9b68de8d8d Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.tar.gz c3cc867edbf875d157e8a871b73838a6 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.zip cafc1a8b3a870e1c5634d39df99f37f7 Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.1-rc1.r1645877.tgz sha1sum of archive files: 9a26266720114d907596a078671e10e14025ec1d Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.tar.bz2 1029b7da3e279455ff2e8ea9619b0eb9222a484a Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.tar.gz 0fee42eb54bec29fd817082d31cc4749a81e0b77 Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.1-rc1.zip d63d73515445b15980a3155ff8004fc069527d93 Mail-SpamAssassin-rules-3.4.1-rc1.r1645877.tgz Note that the *-rules-*.tar.gz files are only necessary if you cannot, or do not wish to, run "sa-update" after install to download the latest fresh rules. See the INSTALL and UPGRADE files in the distribution for important installation notes. GPG Verification Procedure -------------------------- The release files also have a .asc accompanying them. The file serves as an external GPG signature for the given release file. The signing key is available via the wwwkeys.pgp.net key server, as well as http://www.apache.org/dist/spamassassin/KEYS The key information is: pub 4096R/F7D39814 2009-12-02 Key fingerprint = D809 9BC7 9E17 D7E4 9BC2 1E31 FDE5 2F40 F7D3 9814 uid SpamAssassin Project Management Committee uid SpamAssassin Signing Key (Code Signing Key, replacement for 1024D/265FA05B) sub 4096R/7B3265A5 2009-12-02 To verify a release file, download the file with the accompanying .asc file and run the following commands: gpg -v --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key F7D39814 gpg --verify Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.0.tar.bz2.asc gpg --fingerprint F7D39814 Then verify that the key matches the signature. Note that older versions of gnupg may not be able to complete the steps above. Specifically, GnuPG v1.0.6, 1.0.7 & 1.2.6 failed while v1.4.11 worked flawlessly. See http://www.apache.org/info/verification.html for more information on verifying Apache releases. About Apache SpamAssassin ------------------------- Apache SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project that serves as a mail filter to identify spam. SpamAssassin uses a variety of mechanisms including mail header and text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases. In addition, Apache SpamAssassin has a modular architecture that allows other technologies to be quickly incorporated as an addition or as a replacement for existing methods. Apache SpamAssassin typically runs on a server, classifies and labels spam before it reaches your mailbox, while allowing other components of a mail system to act on its results. Most of the Apache SpamAssassin is written in Perl, with heavily traversed code paths carefully optimized. Benefits are portability, robustness and facilitated maintenance. It can run on a wide variety of POSIX platforms. The server and the Perl library feels at home on Unix and Linux platforms, and reportedly also works on MS Windows systems under ActivePerl. For more information, visit http://spamassassin.apache.org/ About The Apache Software Foundation ------------------------------------ Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for more than 100 freely-available, collaboratively-developed Open Source projects. The pragmatic Apache License enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software; the Foundation's intellectual property framework limits the legal exposure of its 2,500+ contributors. For more information, visit http://www.apache.org/