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10/2002
Announcing: Sambar Server 5.3 Beta 3

Changes:

Beta 3:

  - Added '-a' option to server GUI to display alert log rather than HTTP log.
  - Added DNS Block List option to "Spam Check" for real-time filtering.
  - Added [unknown-mailboxes] section to mail.ini for configuring unknown
    mailboxes on a per-domain basis (mailbox = domain1 domain2 domain3...)
  - Verified with WS_FTP and IE that full domain users (i.e. [e-mail])
    can now login to the FTP server.
  - Fixed security.ini [httpdeny] implementation to immediately disconnect
    (thanks Steffen!)
  - Mapped '*' to '@' in usernames for FTP logins to sidestep IE issues with
    multiple '@' in URLs.
  - Removed all Sambar headers from SMTP/FTP/POP3 servers and added FTP_HELLO
    to macro.ini for configuring FTP connect message.
  - Modified showlog RPCs to escape HTML data for proper browser viewing.
  - Modified the search indexer to display all text found after HTML body for
    the "info" element.
  - Added HTACCESS configuration option <B>RedirectSSL</B> to restrict access
    to SSL-only.
  - Make HTTP server optional.
  - Added many additional file extensions to the spam filter default list.
  - Rewrote the mailing list recipient generator to accomodate aliases and
    forwards.
  - Upgraded SQLite to version 2.7.3
  - Added "CGI Run As" configuration parameter (available per-vhost) for
    specifying the login to use when executing CGI scripts.  Format for
    parameter is username:password:domain
  - Added SambarUtils.encrypt() and SambarUtils.decrypt() routines to
    JavaEngine.
  - Fixed mail server bug with open relay problem when Restrict Relay IPs
    is used (introduced in beta 2).
  - Fixed bug in SQL authentication that allowed access if DBMS unaccessible.
  - Added [siteredirect] option to security.ini; operates like [hostredirect]
    but appends the request URL.
  - Added "initializing" message when JSP or servlet accessesed while
    JavaEngine still initializing (thanks Ken Johanson).
  - Thanks to Jorge E. Hime Somers for providing the ISQL enhacements.

Beta 2:
  - Added support for ETag and If-None-Modified if WebDav is enabled.
  - Made the passwd and groups files relocatable via config.ini parameters.
  - Fixed SERVER_NAME in CGI scripts to be the Host connect to rather than
    the machine name (thanks Steffen).
  - Upgraded JavaEngine JSP package to Jasper 4.1.12<BR>
  - Fixed bug in CRAM-MD5 SMTP authentitcation (thanks Peter!).
  - Fixed bug with evaluation of floating point numbers (thanks Jorge Somers).
  - Fixed JavaEngine bugs associated with processing Default Pages (JSP).
  - Fixed bug in PHP CGI processing and added support for REDIRECT_STATUS.
  - Fixed bug in mail server Relay Domains that failed when authentication
    enabled.

Beta 1:

  - Fixed numerous JavaEngine bugs surrounding includes (thanks Ken Johanson
    and Steffen!)
  - Added Server Signature to [http] section of config.ini to override SAMBAR
    signature (Pro only)
  - Modified JavaEngine request.getAttribute() to be able to retrieve any RCE
    parameter (i.e. request.getAttribute("RCEserverip")).
  - Added SMTP_WELCOME macro.ini entry for sending SMTP No UCE message.<BR>
  - Added CRAM-MD5 and APOP support for SMTP and POP3.
  - Added ability to truncate and rename mailbox folders.
  - Added ability to reload spam and whitelist filtering from the System
    Administration forms.
  - Add the ability to trigger MTA router retry of remote messages via System
    Administrator pages.
  - Modified mail server initialization to ignore Relay Domains that are found
    in the Local Domains list (common source of errors).
  - Fixed numberous JavaEngine errors (thanks Ken Johanson!)
  - Fixed web-app_2_3.dtd missing from web.xml header, now points to
    'localhost' version in /syshelp (thanks Steffen!).
  - Added From: forging spam check functionality.
  - Fixed multiple CScript scoping bugs as well as stristr() bug (thanks
    Thomas Klingler!)
  - Fixed crash in htaccess processor (stack overflow) introduced in preview 1.
  - Extended mailattr() scalar to provide message status counts.
  - Fixed crash in Mail Fetcher when no valid To: can be determined and
    no "unknown" mailbox has been configured.
  - Added numerous WebDAV improvements to enhance interoperability.
  - Added ability to override the SQL authentication query and cache
    via .htaccess (AuthSQLQuery and AuthSQLCache)
  - Added support for Digest authentication via HTTP.
  - Modified delete of mail user to delete user from all mailing lists.
  - Added support for APOP (authenticated POP3 -- not fully tested).
  - Added filtering of mailing lists by domain (thanks Dave Crawford!)
  - Added a "Network Trace Level" to help diagnose networking and application
    issues (i.e. DHCP, WebDAV).
  - Fixed CScript getRealPath() function signature (requires second argument).
  - Fixed CScript ls function to return NULL when no files found
    (thanks Thomas Klingler!).
  - Added ERROR log event when Invalid Logins or Requests exceeds threshold for
    an IP address.
  - Added "Trace User Logins" to trace login/logout of uses via INFO log level.
  - Added Mail Retry Interval to change the mail retry period from 4 hours to a
    user-configurable duration.
  - Added WebDAV ETag support (required by MS Word to prevent read-only
    identification).
  - Added initial support for SOAP services via CScript (samples coming).
  - Added ability to delete .htaccess files via admin FTP login if DOT-File
    security is disabled.
  - Added startup validation test for stolen license keys found on internet
    (thanks Alex Broens.
  - Modified CRON tasks to not appear to use a network connection
    (performance monitor) when executing locally (thanks Ken Johanson).
  - Added ignore/log error message for SSI #config directives.
  - Added ability to configure the minimum number of idle threads (5 default).
  - Upgraded SQLite to 2.7.0 (WARNING! Change of DBMS file format, cannot
    revert after upgrading).


Tod Sambar
Sambar Technologies
[e-mail]

Known Bugs/limitations:
    - Use of ODBC/ADO connections in ISAPI DLLs or in the server may
      interfere with the running of other applications.
    - The RAS interfaces dynamically loaded by the server when
      dial-on-demand is enabled are very unstable on Windows 95/98.
      Alternative dedicated dial-on-demand utilities (see www.tucows.com)
      are recommended.  The dial-on-demand is also very unstable when
      used by the mail fetcher/router daemons.
    - WinCGI [Form File] not supported (multipart/form-data)
    - The /session/pagecount feature fails with Netscape 6.0 (this
      appears to be a bug in Netscape 6.0's handlying of dynamic GIFs).

Upgrading from 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or 4.4:
    - 100% compatible.
    - New config.ini entries and System Administration interfaces
    - New [cron] section in schedule.ini
    - New [servlet-aliases] in mappings.ini

Upgrading from 4.03:
    - The config.ini and security.ini files have been extended from
      the 4.03 release.  You cannot use your 4.03 configuration files.
      Specifically, the aliases and certain search entries were moved
      to new files (mappings.ini and search.ini).
    - Search index configuration have been moved to the search.ini file.
    - You must re-index to take advantage of the new "page" search
      format.
    - The passwd file is 100% compatible.
    - Any images placed in the /images directory should be moved
      to /docs/images.  The /images directory at the root level of
      the Sambar Server has been renamed /sysimage.
    - Scripting language 100% compatible.
    - sa_cmd_init() now includes SA_RPCPARAM argument.
      All other Server APIs are compatible.

Upgrading from pre-4.03:
    - The config.ini and security.ini are NOT compatible.
    - Scripting language 100% compatible.
    - sa_cmd_init() now includes SA_RPCPARAM argument.
      All other Server APIs are compatible.