Limited Release
Version 3.6.1.0 was released to an initial group of customers on July 7th, 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.
July 7th, 2010
This release updates the appliance's operating system, includes a number of enhancements,
and resolves several minor issues.
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 Appliance3.6.1.0
Release
- The base operating system of the appliance has been updated. This system upgrade
provides a number of performance and stability enhancements. As a result, this upgrade may
take somewhat longer than previous updates. You can expect the appliance to reboot between
five and thirty (5-30) minutes after you begin to install the update.
- An option checkbox has been restored that allows end users to receive confirmation
emails when sending SPX-encrypted emails (DEF60884).
Issues Resolved in the Sophos
Email Appliance3.6.1.0 Release
- Logsearch performance has been enhanced, improving UI performance during searches
(DEF56743).
- Alerts have been improved in cases where the appliance has been configured to require TLS
for a particular domain, but is unable to establish a TLS connection (DEF56807).
- An issue has been resolved that could prevent certain PDF attachments from being fully
scanned (DEF59126).
- Improvements have been made to the way that the appliance scans messages containing lzh
archives, TFT attachments, offensive words, and several other attachment types. This helps
to ensure that messages are processed efficiently, and that they do not remain in the
message queue (DEF55688, DEF24448, DEF59441, DEF60618)
- The redirect for the End User Web Quarantine from port 80 to port 443 has been changed
to use the hostname instead of the ip address. This helps prevent the occurence of
certificate errors if the appliance has been configured to use certificates (DEF59514).