SurfControl E-mail
Filter 5.5 Service Pack 1 for SMTP Readme
June 2007 |
Welcome to SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5 Service
Pack 1 (SP1) for SMTP. This release contains the fixes listed below. SurfControl Technical Support can be contacted by phone or
e-mail.
SurfControl E-mail Filter for SMTP
messaging security software offers continuous protection against inbound and
outbound threats. Easy to install and administer, the solution’s automatically
updated databases, flexible policy setting and market-leading reporting combine
best-in-class protection with exceptional visibility and control.
Service Pack 1 includes hot-fixes
1 to 6.
SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5 SP1
for SMTP contains the following bug fixes:
|
Description |
Issue Number |
|
Defects
Fixed in SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5 SP1 |
|
|
Scheduled Queue Synchronization utility does not now change the time stamp of an isolated message. |
8583 |
|
Purge now removes all data. |
20722 |
|
Finding e-mails in queues based on the "To"
field is now working. |
25356 |
|
Internet Threat Database is now isolating HTML messages with link text. |
25509 |
|
The 'To' field in Web Administrator is blank for all
isolated messages. |
25530 |
|
Dictionary phrases that contain both wildcards and spaces
do not now cause errors. |
25535 |
|
HTML Stripper now works after reloading the Rules service. |
25566 |
|
Message details remain in log database when message has
been deleted, released, delayed. |
25582 |
|
Rules log section within Web Message Administrator is
showing "Rule log information not found". |
25597 |
|
Ability to retain the changes made to ‘Received’ dropdown box in Message Administrator. |
25741 |
|
After reboot, in Server Configuration > Send
Service > Routing > Configure > MX Lookup Properties, the option
‘Use STARTTLS if available, otherwise send unencrypted’ is now available for
selection. |
25763 |
|
Hot-fixes now have an installer, including rollback
facility. |
26042 |
|
Rules service does not now hang. |
26221 |
|
E-mails in the |
26238 |
|
Recovery mode for STEMLog and STEMFriendlyName is now set to ‘Simple’ on SQL Server. |
26271 |
|
Queue synchronization now works with large queues. |
26522 |
|
Truncating a large transaction log file now reduces
the file size in the database correctly. |
26528 |
|
Headers and footers can now be sent with attachments
when using Lotus Notes. |
26808 |
|
Anti-Spam Agent – Digital Fingerprinting now loads
correctly and multiple .trn files are not now created. |
27872 |
|
E-mail Filter 5.5 SP1 now has an installer,
including rollback facility. |
28582 |
|
Database purges now work correctly. |
28619 |
|
Logging of new e-mails in the Receive log after a
‘Purge all’ is now handled correctly with no delays. |
28625 |
SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5 SP1 for SMTP has the
following known issues:
|
Description |
Issue Number |
|
Known
Issues in SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5 SP1 |
|
|
When using TLS, e-mails are delayed before they are sent to Qmail. See Knowledge Base article 1796. |
19391 |
|
Large number of BAD messages are created ignoring SUB folder
scheme. See
Knowledge Base article 2025. |
24028 |
|
SEF can't use existing SQL Express database files from previous
installation. See
Knowledge Base article 2017. |
24458 |
|
The status of an
e-mail that is deleted in QueueView is not updated in the Message Search
list; it continues to be marked as ‘Pending Delivery’. |
24920 |
|
Column inconsistencies in Message Administrator when
selecting Logs > Audit Logs You can select two ‘Server’ columns when inserting
columns into the display. Also, if you insert all columns, select another
log, and then select the Audit Log again, most columns are not displayed. |
25169 |
|
Messages that should be isolated are not showing in the Message
Administrator. See
Knowledge Base article 2022. |
25362 |
|
Data in STEMLog that has not been copied by SRC will never be
purged. See Knowledge Base article 2019. |
25390 |
|
ASA Heuristics isolates the same number of spam
e-mails if using Full Scan or Quick Scan If there are multiple ASA Heuristics Rules defined
and the scan mode (either Full Scan of message header and body, or Quick Scan
of header only) differs between each instance, the Scan Mode of the last
entry added in the list will be used for all ASA scans irrespective of the
setting in the individual rules. |
25456 |
For more information, please refer to the SurfControl Knowledge Base. Contact SurfControl
Technical Support for further assistance.
You can install Service Pack 1 over the
following installations of E-mail Filter 5.5.
·
SurfControl E-mail Filter
5.5 (with or without hot-fixes applied)
To install Service Pack 1, click on the
setup.exe file and follow the Setup Wizard.
Note:
You need to install the Service Pack on all instances of E-mail Filter,
including Administration Client installations. A restart will be required if
some of the files that need to be updated are locked by other processes.
To roll back Service Pack 1 to the previous
installation of E-mail Filter 5.5, run the setup.exe file to launch the setup
wizard. Select Uninstall Service Pack 1.
If you have installed Service Pack 1 on a dual
processor machine and want to roll back the installation, you must stop
the Scheduler service before uninstalling Service Pack 1. If the Scheduler
service is still running when you uninstall Service Pack 1, the Datastore.dll
and MailMessage.dll files from the Service Pack will be left behind.
To roll back the installation:
1.
Stop the Scheduler service
manually: right-click the E-mail Filter icon in your system tray and select
Stop Scheduler Service from the menu.
2.
Uninstall Service Pack 1
using the setup wizard.
Note:
A restart will be required if some of the files that need to be rolled back to
previous version are locked by other processes.