Version 3.6.0.0 Release Notes

Limited Release

Version 3.6.0.0 was released to an initial group of customers on May 11th, 2010. This release will be made available to all customers over the next few weeks. If you would like to get early access to new features, please contact Sophos Support.

When this update is installed, the Email Appliance will reboot.

May 11th, 2010

This release extends support for Secure PDF Exchange (SPX). For more information on these features, see the 3.6.0.x Notable Changes.

You should also familiarize yourself with the known issues, since improper configuration of certain options may cause unexpected behavior.

Before you begin installing and configuring the Email Appliance, you should review the configuration directions.

Internet Explorer (versions 6, 7 and 8) and Mozilla Firefox (version 3.x) are the only supported browsers for this product release. However, the Email Appliance has been optimized for current-generation browsers, such as Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3. If you are using an older browser such as Internet Explorer 6 and experience performance issues, consider upgrading to a newer version of Internet Explorer, or to a recent version of Firefox.

Updates and Enhancements in the Sophos Email Appliance3.6.0.0 Release

• The SPX functionality introduced in a previous release has been enhanced for improved usability and security. You can now grant recipients the ability to reset and recover their own passwords. Recipients can log in to the newly expanded SPX portal, where they can change, reset, and recover passwords. They can also set challenge questions that must be answered to complete a password reset or recovery.
• A number of new password enhancements are available. The admin can configure SPX so that:
  • Users who have forgotten their password can reset their own password.
  • Users can replace their own existing passwords with new passwords.
  • Users can retrieve forgotten SPX passwords, by entering answers to challenge questions.
• Branding of messages (similar to existing portal branding)
• A new option can be set that requires users to login to the SPX portal to send a secure message.
• To enhance security, options are now available that require users to use passwords with a minimum length. They can also be required to use special characters in their password.
• A system email address can now be customized by the administrator, to allow password recovery and copies of SPX messages to be sent from a configurable address (DEF56225).
• The template language selection now affects an expended number of SPX features, including the language that is displayed in the SPX portal, and the labels displayed in encrypted messages (From, To, Subject, etc) (DEF57836).

Issues Resolved in the Sophos Email Appliance3.6.0.0 Release

• Management of system resources has been enhanced, improving performance (DEF56743).
• Large numbers of recipients no longer cause PDF page overflow errors when sending SPX messages (DEF54722).
• Indexing now works correctly when performing log searches on messages older than five days (DEF56467).
• Senders are now reminded daily about SPX messages that have pending registration requests (SUG51861).
• Log entries that reference pending password requests now include the email address of the recipient (DEF56640).
• Entries in trusted relays list can now be specified using CIDR notation (DEF57274).
• An issue has been resolved that could prevent certain LDAP servers from being selected on the SMTP Auth page (DEF56334).
• When adding multiple hosts to the directory server settings, spaces between server names no longer cause an error (DEF58164).
• Query fields are now populated with default values when adding a new OpenLDAP server (DEF56853).
• The appliances internal web server is now reset daily, to help ensure better responsiveness of the user interface (WKI56985).
• Migrated LDAP server history now appears on the status page (DEF56198).
• Resetting SPX users now works correctly, regardless of whether users' email addresses are entered using upper or lower case letters (DEF54236).
• Queue IDs are now recorded correctly in SPX log entries, ensuring that log searches now always return all information about SPX messages (DEF42185).