This just in from Barracuda Networks regarding the latest firmware upgrade for their Spam Firewall …

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Technical Alert No. 20080722
Description: Configuration changes to all Barracuda Spam Firewalls upon upgrade to Firmware Release 3.5.12
Revision: A1.0
Affected Barracuda Networks Products: Barracuda Spam Firewall Release 3.5.12

Details: On July 14, 2008, Barracuda Networks released Barracuda Spam Firewall Release 3.5.12.001 into beta release. Upon upgrading to firmware release 3.5.12, three one-time configuration changes will be made to your Barracuda Spam Firewall:

1. Disabling of bounce messages. On the Basic -> Spam Scoring page, in the Spam Bounce (NDR) Configuration section, the Send Bounce field will be set to No. Because of the growing number of spam emails spoofing addresses of good email senders, this change is being made to avoid sending bounce messages to innocent parties.
2. Removal of Spamhaus external block lists previously listed as
   
   

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