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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.41

New supports Microsoft Exchange 2010
Fix Message routing using special routing headers, like Delivered-to, Envelope-To, X-RCPT-TO, works again.
Fix Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.40...2.40g

New Supports secure POP3 SSL connections
New (2.40g) Link to check for upgrade on the About-page.
Change Should be more tolerant with respect to messages with incorrect MIME structure
Change Needs the Microsoft .Net Framework v. 2.0
Change (2.40a) Separate configuration files for POP3 accounts and Recipients are now locked while the Configuration Program has them open.
Fix (2.40a) Problem when activating SpamAssassin in the Configuration Program on Windows Server 2008.
Fix (2.40b) Now detects the .Net Framework correctly on terminal server machines.
Fix (2.40b) MIME multipart messages with 8-bit-encoded parts are now sent to the internal mail server even if it does not announce 8BitMime support (error message in previous versions: Cannot use 'base64' encoding for 'message/rfc822...).
Fix (2.40d) If an error occurs during message header download, the message is no longer flagged as "already downloaded".
Fix (2.40e) On new installations, first start-up as Windows service should work smoother.
Fix (2.40f) The error message Unable to read past the end of the stream when downloading the message headers of a certain type of message should not appear any more.
Fix (2.40g) The "BTConnect-Fix" works again.
Fix (2.40g) Import support contract ID button now always visible.
Fix (2.40g) Virus check notification messages are now in correct format.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.34, 2.34a

New Content Checking Rules can now check for a certain value of any message header.
New For new installations on Microsoft Windows Server 2008, configuration data is now stored in ProgramData\Pytheas\PytheasMailgate. However, when upgrading from a previous version, configuration data remains in Program_Files_(x86)\PytheasMailgate resp. in Program_Files\PytheasMailgate.
New On Windows Server 2008, the Communication Task and Configuration Program now automatically start in UAC/Administrator mode.
Change In outgoing mail, the Make-Unique-Tag appearing in Cc-addresses can now be removed regardless of the domain. The behaviour is controlled by the Make-unique-address-tag_Check-in-sender-domain-only entry in PMailGat.INI, [Outgoing mail].
Fix CRAM-MD5 authentication now also works for long user names (>= 22 car.)
Fix In outgoing mail handling with Microsoft Exchange 2007, now correctly detects messages with high and low priority.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.33, 2.33a

New
v. 2.33a
Now supports also CRAM-MD5 authentication when sending outgoing mail.
Fix POP3 Account or Recipient data now removed from PMailGat.INI when using the procedure to move such data to separate files (see FAQ).
Information Works on Microsoft Windows 2008 (32bit and 64bit).

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.32

New Support for Microsoft Exchange 2007
New Outgoing messages which temporary errors (SMTP Error 4xx) are frozen in the queue for a certain time to allow other messages being sent first..
Change Help file in CHM (HTML) format.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.31, 2.31a, 2.31c

New Rewriting of real names appearing in senders' addresses in outgoing mail. More details in the online help file.
Change The default value for the Make-unique-address tag has been changed to two underscores (was ## before). This has been done because it seems to be problematic to access mailboxes whose SMTP address contains ## with Outlook Web Access.
Fix Under certain (rare) conditions it could happen that the scheduler would stop retrieving POP3 mail.
Fix
2.31a
Corrected problems when saving the options how to handle messages once they have been detected as spam.
Information The product has been checked to work with Lotus Domino R7 and Microsoft Exchange 2007.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.30, 2.30c, 2.30d

New Universal interface for server-based real-time virus scanners, working at the file access level.
New The folder used for temporary storage for incoming messages can now be set explicitly.
New
v. 2.30c
Message subject tags for messages which cannot be routed automatically can now be set differently for messages without a valid address in the messaging domain, for messages for people on the Left Organization list, or for messages with no significant address at all. See online help for more details (in the Routing of Incoming Messages topic).
New
v. 2.30d
Incoming messages can now be saved to a folder in RFC822 format (in addition of being transferred to the internal mail server). See the help file for more information (search the index for Save incoming messages to a folder on disk).
New
v. 2.30d
Delete unwanted message headers. See the help file for more information (search the index for: delete certain message headers). This should be useful to avoid automatic read receipts being sent by older Microsoft Outlook versions.
Change Using of Resent-to header is now optional, controlled by a new parameter: Use Resent-to header. More info in online help.
Change Can now retry the intial "log into POP3 account before sending mail". More information in online help.
Change Timeout on outgoing SMTP connection can now be set independently. More information in online help.
Change
v. 2.30c
SpamAssassin interface: now supports the standard format of the Status header line for SpamAssassin v. 3 (score=...). The standard format of this header line for SpamAssassin v.2.x is still supported, too (hits=...).
Fix If configured to add a disclaimer to outgoing messages: S/MIME signed messages are now excluded, to avoid breaking the signature.
Fix Collect incoming mail first (Schedule options, Sequence of operations) now works as expected.
Fix Try connection (Verbindung versuchsweise aufbauen) in the Configuration wizard now works as expected, even when switched to German language.
Fix
v. 2.30c
The virus scanner interface should now work as expected, even without specifying a size limit.
Fix
v. 2.30d
Outgoing mail handling: better handling and reporting of unexpected disconnections in outgoing SMTP connections. The too many open files errors should not occur any more.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.21, 2.21a...d, 2.21f

MyDoom Update

With this update you can instruct the outgoing queue manager to freeze non delivery report for a considerable amount of time, typically 24 hours. These can then be removed form the queue of outgoing messages after review.

When may this be useful for you? ... if you also have a direct SMTP feed from the Internet to your mail server, and outgoing mail is handled by PYTHEAS MailGate. With the direct SMTP feed, it may be that your mail server sends out a considerable amounts of infected non delivery reports. Write to pmgsupport@pytheas.com.

Some technical details about MyDoom. Infected computers send infected messages to non existent SMTP addresses in your messaging domain, while spoofing the sender's address of such messages, which really exists. Your mail server then sends an infected non delivery report to the spoofed sender's address (this behaviour is mandatory, according to RFC 2821).

New Anti-Spam analysis interface for SpamAssassin.
New
2.21a
Can set a size limit for messages to be examined by SpamAssassin.
New
2.21d
SpamAssassin interface:
- now allows special handling for messages above a certain (high) spam level.
- now allows passing a special parameter to the batch file which launches SpamAssassin; this parameter can be different for each POP3 account, and allows to switch the SpamAssassin configuration.
New From the View/Delete messages form for a POP3 account, you can now save the contents of a whole message to a file in RFC822 format (press F10 to access this function).
New
2.21a
When using a specified message header line for incoming mail routing: now, the nth instance of such a header can be used. This is known to be useful with mail servers writing 2 Delivered-To header lines, the first being useless for message routing. Use the following syntax to use the second instance: Delivered-To*2
New
2.21d
Has been checked to work with Microsoft Exchange 2003.
Change In case the sender of an incoming message gets a notification both for sending a message to someone on the Left organization list, no other notification will be sent (especially, the address unknown in domain notification will not be sent).
Change Outgoing mail: more consistent handling of temporary errors:
- freeze messages with temporary errors (4xx SMTP server response) for a certain amount of time (new parameter to set the amount of time, see help file for more details);
- transient errors now always handled as such.
Change
2.21a
Messages with temporary errors are now returned to the sender and removed from the outbound queue after a certain amount of time (see online help for more details).
The Warning - message still undelivered (OutgoingStillQueued.txt) template supports a new parameter: %RetryHrsLeft% so the sender of such a message learns how much time is left before PYTHEAS MailGate will give up. To include this information in the notification message, either edit your personalized template, or replace it with the standard template from this release.
Change The %UnsuccessfulRecips% parameter is now also supported in the message subject of notifications sent back to the sender of an incoming message.
Change Session log messages to a remote destination are now sent earlier when outgoing mail is not handled through PYTHEAS MailGate, or when the outgoing mail schedule is independent of the incoming mail session schedule.
Fix: the contents of such messages no longer grow in size.
Fix (2.21a): Another problem with Session Log messages, which existed for a short time in v. 2.21, has also been fixed.
Change You can now set a originator address for notifications sent back the the sender of a message in full RFC822 format, such as "My name" <postmaster@domain.com>.
Change
2.21a
Better error reporting for errors when accessing the Left-organization list.
Change
2.21d
A postmaster address given on the Logging page is now also used for Session Log messages sent to (internal) Recipients, and for any other notifications sent to (internal) Recipients.
Change
2.21d
Outgoing Mail page, Try connection to the ISP's SMTP server now takes the HELO= parameter set in PMailGat.INI into account. FYI, this parameter allows to configure the FQDN used in the HELO/EHLO dialog when sending outgoing mail.
Change
2.21d
Works with SpamAssassin v. 2.6 (the 2.21e-hotfix is no longer necessary).
Fix You should no longer get an occasional division by 0-error when trying a connection to a POP3 account.
Fix Saving the file containing the Content-Checking rules added two extra spaces to the end of the message template for the message to be sent back to the sender of a message.
Fix
2.21b/c
Content-Checking rules with the don't download option should work consistently now, regardless of the greyed-out What to do settings. Strings to search for can now include commas.
Fix
2.21c
The SpamAssassin interface should now also work as expected on Windows NT 4.
Fix
2.21d
The Set Session Log error flag parameter for Content-Checking rules should now work as expected.
Fix
2.21f
... of this problem.

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PYTHEAS MailGate Release 2.20

New New modular pricing scheme. Outgoing mail module and Content-Checking engine can now be purchased separately.
New New features for Content-Checking rules:
- can now work on a selected POP3 account only,
- can now be used to avoid downloading,
- can now send a bounce message to the sender of an intercepted message,
- fine tuning when session log messages should be sent, in case of a message interception,
- parameters can be specified in separate files.
New When a message to an unknown email address in your messaging domain is received, the sender of this message can now automatically be notified.
New You can now establish a list of email addresses (for people who left your organization, for example). Whenever a message is received for such an address, the sender of the message is notified.
New The product has been checked to work with Lotus Domino R6 servers.
New An upper time limit can now be set to keep an outgoing SMTP connection. This should allow for smoother outgoing queue management. Default value is 5 min.
Change Change how Content-Checking rules work when more that one file-name pattern for Attachment names is specified:
- a Pass-Through Rule requires that ALL attachment file names match a pattern in the rule,
- an Intercept Rule requires that at least one of the attachment file names match a pattern in the Rule.
Change Session log messages are now sent when a Relaying denied-error occurs for outgoing mail.
Fix Outgoing messages with embedded ASCII-26 characters are handled as expected.
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