Re: no sa-update since jan 20

[Matt Kettler <mk...@verizon.net>]

mailinglists wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm sorry if my question is not in the right place here, but I have 
> searched on the net, without finding any answer....
>
> So, here is my question : is it normal that I see not update of the 
> rules  since 2008 January 20th ? It used to be updated every week ....
> and I get a lot of spam with viagra ou medecine or MedHelp in the 
> subject....

 I can only speak to the official channel, not openprotect, however, 
much of this will likely apply there too.

Sa-updates are very sporadic, and the latest sa-update for 3.2.x at this 
time is dated January 14th, 2008. sa-updates aren't scheduled nor 
automatic, so expecting them weekly will result in disappointment. 
Sometimes they happen multiple times in one day, sometimes not for 
months at a time.

sa-update's get made when several things happen all together: a 
developer sees a need (i.e.: a new kind of spam), has time to make a new 
rule, and that tests out very well.

Right now, I suspect most of the development effort is being consumed 
trying to get 3.3.0 out the door.

If you want to see the history of sa-updates for the official channel, 
you can take a look at the SVN tags:

http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/tags/

If you look at the starting part of a tag, ie: 
sa-update_3.2_20080114144817, this will tell you it's a sa-update for 
version 3.2. The start of the numbers is actually a date stamp in 
YYYYMMDD format, so this one was published in 2008, January, 14th. (The 
rest is likely a GMT timestamp, suggesting it was published at 14:48:17, 
but I've never bothered to check if that's true..)

Re: no sa-update since jan 20

[mailinglists <ma...@e-tera.com>]

Matt Kettler a écrit :
> mailinglists wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm sorry if my question is not in the right place here, but I have 
>> searched on the net, without finding any answer....
>>
>> So, here is my question : is it normal that I see not update of the 
>> rules  since 2008 January 20th ? It used to be updated every week ....
>> and I get a lot of spam with viagra ou medecine or MedHelp in the 
>> subject....
>
> I can only speak to the official channel, not openprotect, however, 
> much of this will likely apply there too.
>
> Sa-updates are very sporadic, and the latest sa-update for 3.2.x at 
> this time is dated January 14th, 2008. sa-updates aren't scheduled nor 
> automatic, so expecting them weekly will result in disappointment. 
> Sometimes they happen multiple times in one day, sometimes not for 
> months at a time.
>
> sa-update's get made when several things happen all together: a 
> developer sees a need (i.e.: a new kind of spam), has time to make a 
> new rule, and that tests out very well.
>
> Right now, I suspect most of the development effort is being consumed 
> trying to get 3.3.0 out the door.
>
> If you want to see the history of sa-updates for the official channel, 
> you can take a look at the SVN tags:
>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/tags/
>
> If you look at the starting part of a tag, ie: 
> sa-update_3.2_20080114144817, this will tell you it's a sa-update for 
> version 3.2. The start of the numbers is actually a date stamp in 
> YYYYMMDD format, so this one was published in 2008, January, 14th. 
> (The rest is likely a GMT timestamp, suggesting it was published at 
> 14:48:17, but I've never bothered to check if that's true..)

Thank you for your answers. I will try to re-build my MTA, because I 
think, there is something wrong since updates. I will follow all your 
advices.
And I will wait for the 3.3.0 version of SA !
LB