The following patches have been released for GFI MailEssentials 14 Build 20091027. Notes: Unless otherwise specified, all patches listed in this article will be included in newer builds of GFI MailEssentials. Installation instructions are included with the download Patch: ME141PATCH2009111101

Description: This patch fixes an issue in the configuration which can show an error or else crash the configuration when opening the Anti-Spam Settings node properties. The problem only occurs when GFI MailEssentials is installed in a language other than English Download Link: ME141PATCH2009111101.zip Last Up

Issue Encountered: GFI MailEssentials has been configured to block emails which are determined to have a forged sender (SPF fail), however certain emails are still not being detected as spam. Example: Sender: No-Reply@Microsoft.com More Information: As per the Sender Policy Framework standard, GFI MailEssentials Sender Policy Framework check will only verify the SMTP header information within an email and disregard the MIME From header. A recent trend adopted by spammers is to use an SMTP From address which does not have an SPF record. If GFI MailEssentials Sender Policy Framework has been configured on 'Low' or 'Medium', such emails will not be blocked by Sender Policy Framework as this does not result in an SPF fail. Notes: Further information on the difference between SMTP

GFI is pleased to announce the availability of GFI MailEssentials 14.1 Service Release 3, BETA 1 (build 20091110). This BETA release gives our customers the opportunity to perform acceptance or in-house testing of GFI MailEssentials 14.1 Service Release 3 before the final production release. As this build is currently a BETA, we discourage installations on mission-critical, live server environments. Installation requirements for GFI MailEssentials 14.1: If installing on Microsoft IIS SMTP (x86 x64), Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, then Microsoft IIS with SMTP Service installed is required. If installing on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, one of the following combinations of Exchange Server Roles must be present:

(i) Mailbox and Hub Transport

(ii) Hub Transport

(iii) Edge Transport.

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GFI MailEssentials 14.1 Service Release 2 (build 20091106) has been released and is available for download. Changes within this release include: FIXED: Resolving of perimeter server MX IP addresses fails if domain MX points to a CNAME record. On 32bit systems, this causes the installation to hang during the Welcome screen. On Microsoft Exchange 2007, this issue affects the post install wizard. FIXED: When installing on Microsoft Exchange 2007, the installation copies certain files required by the post install wizard to the default GFI MailEssentials folder instead of the selected folder, causing the post install wizard to fail. Download Locations: If installing on Microsoft IIS SMTP (x86), Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, then you need to download the x86 version of the GFI MailEssentials 14:

GFI MailEssentials 14.1 Service Release 1 (build 20091027) has been released and is available for download. Changes within this release include: FIXED: Emails get stuck in the SMTP queue after being processed by GFI MailEssentials. FIXED: Emails looping between GFI MailSecurity and GFI MailEssentials when forward to email action is used in GFI MailEssentials. FIXED: Reduction in spam capture by SpamRazer, caused by failed execution of certain DNS based checks performed by the engine. FIXED: Crash of Synch agent service when a port other than the default port is used. FIXED: Crash of SURBL module caused by emails containing URI which is longer than 2048 characters. FIXED: Dot stuffing performed whilst processing of emails can corrupt attachments.

The following combinations can be used in the GFI MailEssentials Email Blacklist and Whitelist configuration: *@domain.com : Example: *@gfi.com user@* : Example: john@* *@* : Example: *@* user*@* : Example john*@* user*@*domain.com : Example: john*@*gfi.com user@server.domain.* : Example: john@mail.gfi.*

To block all emails coming from a particular IP address, one must configure the SMTP server to refuse connections originating from that specific IP address. This can be done by following the appropriate procedure below:

Microsoft IIS SMTP From 'Administrative Tools' open 'Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager' Expand the <Machine Name> node Right click on the 'Default SMTP Virtual Server' and select 'Properties' Under the 'Access' tab, click on the 'Connection...' button

If you have selected the option 'All except the list below', click on the 'Add..' button and enter the source IP address of the emails you wish to block. Click 'OK' to save changes If you have selected the option 'Only the list below', click on the source IP address of the emails being received and click on the 'Remove' button. Click on 'OK' to save changes

The following patches have been released for GFI MailEssentials 14 Build 20090826. Notes: Unless otherwise specified, all patches listed in this article will be included in newer builds of GFI MailEssentials. Installation instructions are included with the download

Patch: ME141PATCH2009091101

Description: This patch fixes an issue whereby the SpamRazer updates would fail to be downloaded.

Download Link: ME141PATCH2009091101.zip Patch: ME141PATCH2009091701

Description: This patch addresses the following issues: Whitel