Version 5.4.4 Release Notes

Release Date: August, 2008

Improvements (5.4.4)

The PostgreSQL database now maintains its tables associated with "Top" reports in a more efficient manner. The stored data is reduced and trimmed on a more regular basis, eliminating the excessive database growth that some administrators had experienced. (DEF19189, DEF23184)
When you update or upgrade your PureMessage installation, Sophos now receives information in its logs indicating the hostname of the server that downloaded the data. This information can be useful to our Support staff if an issue should arise. (SUG20238)
Since some mail systems reject messages that do not contain a Message-ID header, PureMessage now creates a Message-ID header any time a message is modified by the mail transfer agent. (DEF22880)
Improvements to the way that PureMessage handles synchronization of policy lists have rendered the pmx-enduser-list scheduled job obsolete. This job no longer appears on the Local Services page of the PureMessage Manager, and it cannot be run from the command line. (DEF20819)
The text boxes used to specify query parameters on the Manage Quarantine page of the PureMessage Manager now accept apostrophes and backslashes as valid punctuation. (DEF11625)

The Groups Web Interface text boxes that are used to search the logs and quarantine did not provide adequate validation. This has been fixed. (DEF23225)
Previously, it took a long time to forward a message to user accounts through the Groups Web Interface if the message had a large attachment (for example, 5 MB or larger). This has been fixed. (DEF09603)
The Message Details dialog box in the Groups Web Interface sometimes incorrectly displayed mail log entries that were unrelated to the message in question if the entries referred to blocked connections. This has been fixed. (DEF24143)
In cases where the logs contained large amounts of data, queries launched from the Groups Web Interface would occasionally time out before all of the data had been searched. This has been fixed. (DEF20240)
Previously, it was possible to select an option to view only "Inbound" or "Outbound" messages for the Policy Mark Hits report in the Groups Web Interface. This was not applicable because this report does not distinguish between inbound and outbound messages. The option has been removed. (DEF24021)
The Policy Mark Hits report in the Groups Web Interface only displayed results for the top 20 policy marks. This was not appropriate for administrators using more than 20 marks and has been fixed. (DEF23033)