SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 Service Pack 1 for SMTP Readme

January 2008

 

Welcome

Welcome to SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SMTP. This release contains the enhancements and fixes listed below. If you have any technical questions about this release, please contact SurfControl Technical Support by phone or e-mail.

Bug Fixes

SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1 for SMTP contains the following bug fixes:

Description

Issue Number

Defects Fixed in 6.0 SP1

Option to archive (save) to a queue.

25627

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library error in Rules Service.

25738

Purge fails with error DELETE statement conflicted with COLUMN REFERENCE constraint.

25966

RuleChecker failed to initialize: DSN=STEMConfig error on Rules pane of monitor.

27206

Sorting messages in the queues by the TO field causes message admin  to hang for a very long time.

27292

Rule action on message from whitelisted sender.

27390

Message Admin timeout waiting on reply from STEMWADM.

27638

Message Search yields no results - may be time out issue.

28099

purge fails with timeouts and deadlock errors.

29218

SP1 Install fails with String TITLE_CAPTIONBAR_SEVERE was not found in the string table error.

29229

Queue Synchronization not synchronizing all queues.

29305

Rules Service cannot be restarted due to Automatic Queue Management cannot be stopped.

29385

Reputation Service/DNS Blacklist is logging/rejecting connections when connecting IP is not in the blacklist.

29500

[Auto Manage] Unknown error occurred releasing message Database transaction error.

29553

tmp files left in the in dir after rejected connection exceeding absolute file size limit.

29650

SMTP-AUTH mail is authenticated successfully but then denied as being spoofed.

29718

HTML parts are being classified as JScript in Message Administrator.

29722

Message Administrator Ctrl+R Shortcut for Releasing Messages does not Work.

29746

ReceiveLog inserts delayed by faulty inserts.

29977

Part2 of NDR notifications are being classified as part2.dat.

29982

Enabling Domain Substitution deletes protected domains.

29991

Adding same IP address in direct and outlying Mail Relays result in True Source IP being applied.

30094

Receive service crash when reputation checking and True Source IP is enabled.

30104

Cannot save selected in the DFP.

30221

Spaces should be truncated in From: and To: fields when using Message Search.

30258

Known Issues

SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1 for SMTP has the following known issues:

Description

Issue Number

Known Issues in 6.0 SP1

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

No entries are created in the Data Sources (ODBC) - System DSN for any of the E-mail Filter databases (STEMConfig, STEMLog and STEMFriendlyName) for Windows Server 2003 64-bit edition.

See Knowledge Base article 2278.

28562

To be able to support Zero-Hour Virus Protection on a proxy server, you need to download a batch file from SurfControl.

See Knowledge Base article 2312.

29248

For more information, please refer to the SurfControl Knowledge Base. Contact SurfControl Technical Support for further assistance.

Upgrade Considerations

You can upgrade from SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0

If you have upgraded to SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1, you can uninstall this and ‘roll back’ to your previously installed version.

Please see the SurfControl E-mail Filter for SMTP 6.0 Starter Guide for upgrade, installation and rollback instructions.

Using SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1 with Other SurfControl Products

To get the full benefit from SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1 at no additional charge, you can also deploy SurfControl Personal E-mail Manager (PEM) 1.2, and SurfControl Report Central (SRC) 2.6. Please see the separate SRC 2.6 and PEM Readme documents for further details. To be able to create reports for SurfControl E-mail Filter 6.0 SP1, you need to upgrade to SRC 2.6 separately.

Using SRC 2.6, you can run a Return on Investment (ROI) report that details the cost savings on spam and viruses due to the use of SurfControl E-mail Filter 5.5/6.0.