SurgeMail Change History (older)

For recent release versions of surgemail see the recent surgemail change history page.

SurgeMail 1.8g3 25-March-2004

Spool path allowing SurgeMail to send dropped files as email (g_spool_path)
New settings (g_delete_user_mode, g_user_alias_file)
SurgePlus calendar and filesharing (fully functional but still beta)
Fix: Memory corruption bug causing sporadic random crashes on SSL conections
Fix: Vpipe restart bug on timeout
Fix: Further fix to new na_exceptions web page
Fix: Minor memory leak
Fix: Proxy mode fix
Fix (1.8g2): WebMail autologin fix for non default vdomains using custom quick login method
Fix (1.8g2): Alias creation bug
Fix (1.8g3): Hopefully final fix to WebMail autologin. (Rolled back logic to that of previous release builds)
Fix (1.8g3): Reports page broken on UNIX systems
Fix (1.8g3): Bug in SurgePlus that could sporadically crash SurgeMail on display of SurgePlus web pages

SurgeMail 1.8e 11-March-2004

Additional "build number" added to version information to uniquely identify surgemail builds
# character on first line of surgemail (not webmail) templates means comment
Unmonitorable mail blocked by Avast by default (to allow use g_virus_allow_unmonitorable)
Fix: Delete user removes the user form all mailing lists
Fix: Mirror tidyup in logging of email actions in users log files

SurgeMail 1.8d 9-March-2004

Web based Queue handling / delete / retry etc
User.cgi exceptions forward and bounce with reason ability
Additional old_pophost migration setting (g_fallback_relay_if_exists)
Fix: Sporadic memory corruption crashes
Fix: Global / domain exceptions actually listed in order processed
Fix: Autogenerated g_server_name entries based on url_host no longer overwrite existing entries

SurgeMail 1.8b3 4-March-2004

Fix: Crash on aspam message training
Fix (1.8b2): User.cgi autologin broken (fixed again)
Fix (1.8b2): Aspam URL scoring was broken
Fix (1.8b2): Aspam now installed as default antispam scanner (as opposed to SmiteCRC - which is still fully supported)
Fix (1.8b3): Rollback pre-release version of na_exceptions.htm template

SurgeMail 1.8a 25-February-2004

Enhanced (and much faster) Report page
Allow the use of return codes from g_virus_cmd virus scanners (g_virus_cmd_codes)
Options to control the content of your periodic account log message.
New version available indicator on status page
Aspam test and training page in web admin interface
SMTP verify option (g_verify_smtp)
Searchable and sorted by date friends pending / spam pending etc lists
Allow relay based on authent return code (lookup_relay_on_from)
Dumping of pstat statistics to text file "tellmail pstat_dump" (for import to excel)
Improved slightly odd behavior in places of web admin interface
Fix: Browser image caching fixed - makes webmail use much faster!! :-)
Fix: Allow SSL certificate creation to work with Microsoft CA
Fix: Migration bug that resulted in duplicate messages and failure to create account if first login was IMAP and account was being migrated using old_pophost
Fix: Migration bug that allowed IMAP migration to lose all message flags
Fix: Bottom left hand navigation pane links not working if clicked while surgemail was not running (IE only)
Fix: Several minor friends confirmation message fixes and enhancements
Fix: Timezone information displayed incorrectly in received headers in 0 to +9 timezone
Fix: IMAP fixes
Fix: Improved shutdown behaviour
Fix: High loading mutex timeout crash.

SurgeMail 1.7b3 4-February-2004

Fix: Aspam functionality improved
Fix: Mirrorring crash bug (introduced in 1.7a)
Fix: Solaris_x86 only crash bug when doing log file searches
Fix: Installer waits until surgemail has fully shutdown (was sometimes failing file copy on first upgrade attempt)
Fix (1.7b2): User.cgi blank pages displayed for non admin users (introduced 1.7a)
Fix (1.7b3): Aspam file update, crash and occasional incorrect match

SurgeMail 1.7a 27-January-2004

ASpam more accurate and efficient antispam system
New more accurate and efficient quota handling
Ability to limit bounce message size (g_bounce_limit)
Integrated fprot antivirus support (g_virus_fprot)
Option to have spam store / friends pending folder part of / not part of quota (g_xxx)
IMAP folder renaming also renames subfolders
Mailing list administration for domain administrators
User domain defaults administration for domain administrators
Fix: Mirrorring of dlist subscribe.lst file

SurgeMail 1.6e2 9-January-2004

Fix: Memory leak in sending of friends status messages
Fix: Deletion of some necessary files files in the surgemail directory (only happens under certain circumstances and only affects unix versions, if nwauth is used and mirrorring is enabled)
Fix: Account "Access Group" information no longer applied if no g_acces_group rules defined
Fix: Improved handling of mirrorring (in particular dlist subscribe.lst mirrorring)
Fix: Improved handling of very large numbers of messages in inbox (30000+ messages)
Fix: Improved handling of friends bounce messages

SurgeMail 1.6e 23-December-2003

Domain specific footer file based on from envelope (footer_file)
Account creation check disable when using old_pophost / old_imaphost (old_smtphost, old_smtphost_skip)
Fix: Linux memory fragmentation under heavy load fix
Fix: Sporaric surgemail crash in user cgi processing

SurgeMail 1.6d 17-December-2003

Allow intercept migration mail to be left on old server (old_pophost_nodelete, old_imaphost_nodelete)
Per user enabling and serverwide configurable subject marking of spam (g_spam_subject_word)
Latest version of webmail (version v3.1d build 6)
User account aliases with quotas (g_user_alias, g_user_alias_file)
Per user quotas for sending sms messages
Fix: Sporadic web page corruption (particularly noticable in navigation pane)
Fix: Several cases where intercept migration failed prematurely (eg on messages with no body)
Fix: Save on domains page takes long with high cpu usage (surgemail/web_work/surgehost.ini was getting excessively large)

SurgeMail 1.6b 28-November-2003

Allow users to import all mail from external POP / IMAP accounts
Optional automatic domain dropdown for webmail and user cgi (g_user_domainlist, domain_select)
New version of webmail (3.1c build 11) with simplified options pages in panel template set
Fix: Quota in quota.txt file drift issue fixed
Fix: Webmail panel template horizontal alignment issue in Opera browser
Fix: Some minor imap issues fixed

SurgeMail 1.6a 19-November-2003

Configurable signup emails (signup_user.eml and signup_manager.eml)
Allow users to create aliases (g_user_alias_file, g_user_alias, user_alias)
Additional spam control settings (g_black_*, g_verify_*, g_spam_subject_gateway, g_spam_allow_recent, g_spam_check_auth, g_from_bounce, g_from_stamp,)
Minor changes in account status / spam hold mechanism and notification emails
Additional gateway settings ( g_gateway_always, g_gateway_ifnot)
Run late mfilter at local delivery time (g_user_mfilter)
New version of webmail (3.1b build 45)
New miscellaneous settings ( g_from_timeout, g_filter_max, g_drop_use_len, g_filter_max, g_create_allow_pass)
Allow footers to be attached to outbound messages only (g_footer_send)
Fix: Web admin interface javascript issues on OSX Safari and IE browsers
Fix: IMAP intercept mode upgrade some fixes (of note on a few mailservers upgrade would complete if empty folder encountered - Mailsite in particular)
Fix: IMAP OE fix that would display error if folder was emtied by another mail client
Fix: Windows98 slow response time issue fixed
Fix: Self signed certificates now work on OSX browsers - certificates need to be regenerated

SurgeMail 1.5f 31-October-2003

Global and per domain defaults user setting now available
Redesigned status summary information (includes a variety of additional information such as migrated users, free disk space, etc)
Advanced log file searching capabilities
Support for intermediate SSL certificates (eg. as issued by COMODO)
Certificate Signing Request generation / certificate management through admin web interface
Easier tracking of spam bounces (Msg.rec contain spam ratings, bounce message contains queue id)
Ability to set retry hours per domain (g_retry_rules)
Delivery time filter like g_filter_pipe (g_user_pipe)
Improved surgemail catching of messages that are not correctly processed by AVAST
Fix: Queue file backlogs would not be properly processed sometimes
Fix: Mirrorring now smarter in the way it propagates updates
Fix: User cgi pages fail to autologin back to webmail
Fix: Correct determination of system directory on Windows 2003 multiuser systems
Fix: Display of pending stored messages due to filename truncation
Fix: Correct handling of the avast installation dll during surgemail upgrades
Fix: IMAP folders staying locked if using the BAT mail client with IMAP

SurgeMail 1.5d2 9-October-2003

Latest SSL libraries
Fix: IMAP memory leak
Fix: Duplicate UIDL fix

SurgeMail 1.5d 1-October-2003

Ability to set log file size (g_log_size)
Ability to specify AVAST update times (g_virus_avast_hour)
Fix: Security fix
Fix: Added workaround to fix IE status bar failing to recognise full document is downloaded (sometimes)
Fix: Improved recovery of AVAST failing to update engine and spam database
Fix: Web admin save of domain settings save lost surgewall setting
Fix: Minor IMAP fix of specific attachment corruption
Fix: Bulletins not delivered to subdomain accounts

SurgeMail 1.5c 24-September-2003

Ability to specify specific ip's and ports for surgewall mode
Fix: 100% CPU loop that occurred if one of several redirect_cc's failed (introduced post 1.4b)
Fix: Status page message count "unsent yet" inaccuracy
Fix: OSX mail client was not displaying some IMAP messages properly
Fix: IMAP proxying in surgewall mode
Fix: default domain quota was being used for vdomains

SurgeMail 1.5b 19-September-2003

Quite a few changes in the web admin user administration pages
Exception rules are now external to Friends and Spam system
Latest version of webmail (version 3.1a build 8)
Access defaults for users not in any g_access_groups (user_access_default, g_user_access_default)
Smitecrc is more efficient in memory use
Domain admins can now send bulletins
Fix: Automatic correction to surgemail key login if smitecrc smitespam login details are incorrect
Fix: Several crashing bugs removed (primarily solaris affected)

SurgeMail 1.5a 9-September-2003

Vipe now autodisables vpipe if it has three errors in a row (unless g_virus_filter_require is set to true)
Add spam headers to body changed from boolean to numeric spamdetect rating
Add more options to the Friends/Spam exception rules (still in friends page - will be moved from here)
Modified the way the surgemail release numbering scheme is used (no functional surgemail changes)
Ability to limit the max number of emails a user may send in 30 minute period (send_limit=n in authent response)
Fix: Report page broken on unix platforms on the first 9 days of the month
Fix: File permissions issue on upgrade - primarily OSX but could affect other unix platforms
Fix: Access permissions in "Access type" were overridden by "Account Status"
Fix: Webmail now provides more informative error messages if the login fails due to access limits
Fix: If friends rule had no * or ?, and had a trailing space rules would incorrectly match
Fix: Empty folders created properly for old_imaphost migration + migration on linux fixed
Fix: Several fixes in smitecrc and the way smitecrc is run
Fix: Bounce messages if workarea full - previously under some conditions blank messages were sent
Fix: Fixed error handling in surgemail if AVAST setiface.dll is corrupted (would deadlock surgemail)

SurgeMail 1.4c 2-September-2003

CentiPaid micro payment system.
Web admin now "remembers" domain you are working on.
Low disk warning notifying admin if work paths or mail delivery paths fall below this level (g_low_disk)
Auto responder options to respond always/once a month/once ever to each user.
Disable accounts / delete user after period of inactivity (g_disable_smtp_after, g_delete_user_after)
Cookies allowing automatic login to web admin interface
Web admin asks for confirmation before deleting domains and users
Fix: Domain admin redirect + redirect_cc pages allow one of multiple domains to be selected and fixed surgemail crash
Fix: Various fixes to old_imaphost intercept mode migration (was significantly broken)
Fix: Search for particular email in webmail
Fix: Bug in spam held messages that meant that no status message was being sent out and old spam was not being purged
Fix: Bug in friends systems that meant the friends report email continued to grow
Fix: DNS failover to other dns server if one is broken (was not working correctly)
Fix: Web admin now shows system/domain administrators stored messages rather than their own.
Fix: Solaris only issue that ?????? was being sent as from/to addresses when using IMAP.
Fix: Several problems running surgemail on Win 9x systems.
Fix: Path issue with dlist
Fix: Several instability issues fixed

SurgeMail 1.4b 15-July-2003

Latest version of webmail including updated spam settings templates
Added DNS translation (g_dns_translate)
Improved per channel connection statistics
Fix: Several AVAST related bug fixes
Fix: Minor friends system bug fixes
Fix: Minor user spam system bug fixes
Fix: Web admin UI bug introduced 1.4a

SurgeMail 1.4a 30-June-2003

Installer rollback functionality (run "surgemail -rollback" on command line)
AVAST antivirus integration (windows only and needs to be purchased separately)
Improvements to surgewall
Per user virus / spam / other filter enabling and disabling
Allow quota warnings to be disabled (g_quota_warning_disable)
Forward and reverse dns lookup check (g_dns_paranoid)
Additional gateway features (g_auth_skipgateway, g_gateway_auth, g_local_skipgateway)
Additional spam settings (g_spam_vanish, g_spam_vanish_all - similar to g_spam_bounce settings)
Early (prior to filters) message archival (g_archive_early)
Fix: Account status bug fixed (introduced 1.3d)
Fix: Drift in quota processing fixed
Fix: Per user spam filtering was badly broken
Fix: Several Friends fixes
Fix: Variety of minor fixes

SurgeMail 1.3l 10-June-2003

New webmail version (3.0x)
Addition of g_authent_always, g_domain_default, g_friends_confirm_subject settings.
Fix: Domain web admin page has all missing settings (surgewall and old_imaphost*)
Fix: "Delete original message" disabled by default when forwarding / using responder
Fix: Several of IMAP protocol RFC compliance fixes

SurgeMail 1.3k 30-May-2003

Surgewall feature - the ability to place surgemail as a filter "in front" of an existing mailserver to apply friends rules, spam filtering, virus scanning (see domain setting surgewall)
IMAP intercept mode migration (see old_imaphost_*)
Friends settings improved
Mailbox manipulation rules in user account management
Domain admins can modify users' friends and spam settings
Stop accepting mail for accounts that have not been accessed for certain time (g_disable_smtp_after )
Allow retry period to be set (g_retry_bounces)
Improved handling of excessive invalid logins
All multivalue settings are now ordered
Fix: Bug that messages were sometimes bounced if received within 1 minute of pop login (introduced 1.3j)
Fix: IMAP Allow subfolders in Outlook Express + several minor folder update issues
Fix: minor IMAP quota bug
Fix: Bug that first Friends email was sometimes not delivered

SurgeMail 1.3j 10-May-2003

Ability to search for administration settings
Allow old_pophost to be checked subsequent to first login (old_pophost_always)
Additional control over user cache (g_authent_cache size, g_authent_cachebad)
New tarpit setting (g_tarpit_badrcpt)
Tailorable Quota 80%, Quota reached, and bounce messages (warning.eml, quota.eml, failed.eml files)
Automatic daylight savings timezone identification for "Received" headers
Web admin interface changes to more effectively handle large numbers of domains
Fix: Account quota file gets automatically rebuilt to prevent incorrect quota limit messages
Fix: Automatically removes trailing spaces from 'mail from' envelopes
Fix: Additional header linefeed(if headers over 2kB and packet broken on cr/lf boundary)
Fix: Variety of minor fixes

SurgeMail 1.3i 30-April-2003

Ability to search for administration settings
Display users' quota in administration interface
Allow virus scanning to be enabled on per user basis (g_user_virus_scan)
Allow server side storing of suspected spam messages (see user's spam settings)
Allow url aliases (url_alias)
Fix: Under certain conditions swatch would not restart surgemail
Fix:Add missing contents template files

SurgeMail 1.3h 28-April-2003

Fix:Bug in g_ssl_per_domain preventing surgemail startup if set.

SurgeMail 1.3g 24-April-2003

Frame driven administration interface
Added quota warning message at 80% quota and limit message at 100% quota
Cutom smitecrc spam detect filters using local.rul file (see filter.dat for rule syntax)
Addition of arbitrary message scanning (g_scan_*) (equivalent of dmail process command)
Addition of cc forward based on from address (g_forward_from_cc)
Valid recipient check on from envelope (g_badfrom_check, g_badfrom_stamp)
Spambot is now part of distribution
Fix: Several friends system fixes + features (add g_friends_ignore, only new entries in report, 1st email delivery correct for automatically add new addresses)
Fix: Corruption of webmail surghost.ini when settings of existing domain saved in surgemail admin interface
Fix: Timezone in Received header changes correctly with daylight savings time
Fix: Trailing spaces in delivery address stripped before attempted delivery
Fix: Memory leak
Fix: Virus command (g_virus_cmd) crash on bounce containing virus and certain attachments not being deleted

SurgeMail 1.3f 2-April-2003

Fix: Some user account management actions causing crash (introduced for 1.3e)
Fix: Friends message uses correct email address in text
Fix: Sporadically swatch could fail to restart surgemail (windows only)
Fix: Smitecrc excessive CPU usage (introduced for 1.3e)

SurgeMail 1.3e 28-Mar-2003

Force smite headers to be added to all mail going through server (g_smite_all)
Allow custom smite filter rules through the use of #include "local.rul" in filter.dat.
Allow sender ip to be specified in reported ORBS stamp messages (use )
Authent cache lifetime setting (g_authent_cachelife)
Manager approved account create without further user validation (when users do not have prior email address)
Smart updating of surgemail administration web templates
New version of Webmail (3.0u build 25)
Fix: Installation of missing webmail executable (introduced for 1.3d)
Fix: Conversion of drop files was losing first line of headers
Fix: Sporadic webmail CPU loop

SurgeMail 1.3d 20-Mar-2003

Per user options for SmiteSpam system
Addition of original recipient and authenticated user headers
Allow smite headers to be added to gatewayed mail
Allow old_pophost to be used to retrieve mail if user already in local database (old_pophost_iffirst)
Allow webmail to autologin when running on a different server from surgemail
Allow exceptions to g_con_perip (g_con_perip_except)
Allow access group membership based on arbitrary authentication module fields (g_group_field)
Allow mfilter to be applied to local files only (g_mfilter_localonly)
Web UI tidyup
Fix: Freebsd stack overflow problems (random crashes)
Fix: Fixes to the IP failover system
Fix: Incorrect date display
Fix: Run mfilter over pop_fetched mail
Fix: Improved log file handling
Fix: Removal of several obscure bugs that could cause surgemail crashes and apparent lockups

SurgeMail 1.3c 18-Feb-2003

Queue analysis
Improved smitecrc integration
New version of webmail
Mfilter rules reloaded with test command or tellmail reload
Fix: DNS issues that were slowing large systems
Fix: Variety of stability fixes

SurgeMail 1.3b 24-Jan-2003

Addition of multiple orbs services (g_orbs_list)
Can force all users to use ssl but still allow plain smtp delivery (g_ssl_require_login)
Ability to disable primary web interface
Added IMAP SSL capability (dedicated port + STARTTLS)
Easier configuration if host name is not the same as domain (eg host = mail.mydomain.com)
Fix: Attachment matching in dmail dfilters
Fix: Crash on several strange message syntax issues

SurgeMail 1.3a_rc1 14-Jan-2003 (Production release 1.3a on 24-Jan-2003)

Extensive server upgrade and migration support
Ability to block and name translate attachments
mfilter improved logging and fixed several minor bugs
Fix: IMAP folders properly displayed by MS Outlook
Fix: Variety of minor issues

SurgeMail 1.2c 3-Dec-2002

Allow non local addresses be added to mailing list using web admin interface
Use url_host (if defined) in per vdomain ssl certificates
Fix: Problems with subdomain delivery
Fix: Variety of minor issues including

SurgeMail 1.2b 13-Nov-2002

Improved delivery log file flexibility (see g_log_path, g_record_path, g_record_days)
Improved Friends system: Customisable naming, cusomisable kids-only mail, fixed several bugs
Skip virus & crc check (by IP) for known safe bulk mailouts (g_vpipe_skip)
Additional spam prevention settings (g_tarpit_blackhole, g_con_persubnet, g_tarpit_drop, g_tarpit_max, g_tarpit_max_remote)
Automatic SSL certificate generation on demand, and per vdomain SSL certificates
Web admin : feature additions and minor fixes
Allow monitor to be disabled
Allow mail server name to be different from domain name for user account management (g_server_name, url_host )
Upgrade installs will optionally update surgemail and webmail template files
Fix: Possible message loss if g_virus_cmd virus checker is used (if you use g_virus_cmd you MUST upgrade immediately)
Fix: Several user account management fixes including admin password on mail verification, list mailbox
Fix: Several bugs in web based mailing lists administration

SurgeMail 1.2a 22-Oct-2002 (only released as beta)

Allow individual surgemail subsystems to be disabled
Webmail license key integrated into surgemail
Attachment filename translation
Tidier ini file handling
New version of Webmail
Fix: Show messages not displayed by some imap clients
Fix: Handle leak under certain conditions if user over quota
Fix: Hide surgemail path in SMTP error on user over quota
Fix: Only ouput over quota message a single time in logs
Fix: Minor web admin changes

SurgeMail 1.1d 11-Oct-2002

Fix: Issue adding friends to friends system
Fix: Sporadic ini file corruption upon web based administration (introduced version 1.0d)

SurgeMail 1.1c 7-Oct-2002

Fix: subdomain delivery loop (introduced in version 1.1a)

SurgeMail 1.1b 4-Oct-2002

Fix setting of authentication modules keeps settings
Fix IMAP timeout when sending in mail
Fix broken Report Refresh
Fix broken delete accounts in NWAuth

SurgeMail 1.1a 30-Sep-2002

Complete support for Friends + SmiteSpam in web admin UI
Extended reporting facility
Addition of startstop.log file
More comprehensive manual
Improved install + upgrading + uninstall
Improved server mirrorring
NetAuth enhancements
Fix: Login with failed password cached making local delivery fail
Fix: Swatch settings changes does not require surgemail restart
Fix: Sporadic NetAuth password Q&A field corruption
Fix: Sporadic Surgemail crash upon IMAP access
Variety of minor bug fixes and enhancements

SurgeMail 1.0d 9-Sep-2002

Integration of SmiteSpam antispam system
Integration of Friends antispam system
Automatic identification of domains for user account administration
Group based access control to POP, IMAP,SMTP
Account status control
Archiving of all received messages
Addition of several new configuration options
FreeBSD webmail issue, Windows tellmail issue
Continued minor bug fixing

SurgeMail 1.0c 15-Aug-2002

First production release build
Updates have been made to many areas recently, so please upgrade to 1.0c at a convenient time as a baseline. Recent changes include:
Help system now updated
OpenSSL integration complete for all platforms
Fixes in mirrorring code
Fixes in SpamAssassin integration (g_filter_pipe)
High end server proxy mode support