1.2.24

🚨 Important Notice – Migration to DBD::MariaDB & Perl module updates 🚨

This release introduces critical changes that require manual actions:

1. The MailScanner Perl scripts have been migrated from DBD::mysql to DBD::MariaDB.

   • You must ensure the Perl module DBD::MariaDB is installed.
   • DBD::mysql can remain installed — removal is not required. What matters is that MailWatch is able to connect using DBD::MariaDB.
   • Please verify your MailScanner environment can connect to the database via DBD::MariaDB before upgrading in production.

2. You must copy the updated .pm (Perl module) files to the correct locations as described in the INSTALL instructions.

   • Follow the documented paths carefully to avoid missing or broken modules.
   • If the .pm files are not placed correctly, the new Perl scripts will not function as expected.

⚠️ Without completing these steps, MailWatch will not work properly. Please plan the upgrade accordingly.

What's Changed

Added

• Add support for new AV engine supported by MailScanner (avastd, eset, esetsefs, f-secure, f-prot, kaspersky, kse)
• Allow foo@*.domain.ext in allow/block lists (#1316)

Changed

• Update htmlpurifier library to 4.17.0
• Avoid usage of the deprecated utf8_encode function in the viewpart
• Better Linux OS recognition

Compatibility

• The minimal PHP version is now 5.6.
• Migrate MailScanner perl script to DBD:MariaDB
• Update GeoIP to support authentication by account id+license key

Fixes

• Fix release of text/x-mail messages (#1306)
• Improve ISO-8859 charset conversion (#1309)

New Contributors

• @sobolev-es made their first contribution in #1313
• @riksoft made their first contribution in #1316

Full Changelog: v1.2.23...v1.2.24