v5.15.4

Release v5.15.4

Overview

Version 5.15.4 is a maintenance release focusing on critical bugfixes and Python 3.13 compatibility improvements. This release resolves important issues in SQL export functionality and database NULL handling.

🐞 Bugfixes

• Corrected the status reporting logic to properly reflect operation outcomes. Export failures are now correctly reported to the user. #63
• Improved type validation and NULL handling logic to properly respect NOT NULL constraints during data processing. #65

🧪 Testing & Quality

• Fixed linting configuration errors in the CI pipeline that were causing false positives and preventing proper code quality checks. #58
• Resolved pathlib compatibility issues with Python 3.13. All code now follows modern pathlib conventions and passes validation on Python 3.13.x. #61

📋 Changelog

Full Changelog: v5.15.1...v5.15.4

📞 Feedback & Issues

If you encounter any issues with this release, please report them on GitHub.

Thank you for using MailLogSentinel! 🙏

v5.15.1

Features

• New man pages for ipinfo and log_anonymizer utilities (#48)
• Comprehensive FAQ documentation to help users troubleshoot common issues (#24)
• Debian installation guide for easier setup on Debian-based systems (#21)

Improvements

• Enhanced README with clearer setup instructions and improved feature guide (#43)
• Expanded and refined contributing guidelines for better contributor experience (#33)
• Standardized PR templates for all contribution types to streamline the review process (#42)
• Optimized man page for maillogsentinel for improved readability (#49)
• Created readable markdown versions of all man pages for better accessibility (#54, #55)
• Updated and centralized documentation links across the project (#52)
• GitHub Actions workflow improvements and bug fixes (#38, #45)

Testing & Quality

• Added comprehensive unit tests for Postfix log parser (#27)
• Fixed linting errors in CI workflow (#58, #59)

Contributors

We're grateful to welcome @Ujjwal-Bajpayee as a new contributor! 🎉

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Full Changelog: v5.14.15...v5.15.1

v5.14.15

What's Changed

• fix/false-rotation-and-parser-import-error by @monozoide in #14

Full Changelog: v5.14.13...v5.14.15

v5.14.13

New Features

• Modular structure: The code has been reorganized under lib/maillogsentinel with modules dedicated to configuration, log parsing, DNS, and reporting.
• Progress display: Added the ProgressTracker module to display progress in the terminal and track by class rather than global variables.
• Reworked configuration script: Support for interactive or automatic configuration via maillogsentinel --setup --config <file>.
• Path validation during setup with warnings if paths fall outside the recommended directories (e.g., /usr/local or ~).
• Improved setup atomicity: All operations are prepared in a temporary directory before modifying the system.
• Added IP and country geolocation to the authentication report.
• DNS cache settings can be configured via the maillogsentinel.conf file.
• Updated documentation and examples: README now describes Postfix log analysis, simplified installation, and CSV creation.
• Enhanced test repository: added Pytest suites for modules and the setup script.

Fixes and Improvements

• Progress messages translated into English and improved docstrings.
• Simplified Ctrl+C handling to cleanly abort setup.
• Improved systemctl error logging by including standard error output.
• Adjusted the daily report timer to run the summary at the end of the day.
• Standardized English comments to facilitate international maintenance.
• Numerous test fixes and POSIX compliance, optimized CSV reading, and more refined exception handling.

Miscellaneous

• New .gitignore and requirements.txt for flake8/pytest.
• The GitHub Actions workflow now targets the main branch and enables more flake8 checks.
• Removed the deprecated update_csv_geolocation.py script.

v4.0.2

What's Changed

• Create IpInfo to add geolocation (country_code,asn/aso)
• Fetch country_code,asn/aso from ip-location-db
• Enhance email report
• Update doc and Wiki

v3.5.5

What's Changed

What's Changed

• Added a Postfix log anonymization script and fixed bugs.
• Update the README file.
• Update the Wiki.

v3.3.1

What's Changed

• [ADDED] : Additional CLI Options --help and --version
• [ADDED] : Man page for maillogsentinel
• [ADDED] : Implement automatic logging for interactive setup
• [ADDED] : Accept flexible OnCalendar values and update report_on_calendar accordingly
• [ADDED] - Caching reverse lookup querries
• [ADDED] - Server hostname in email subject
• [ADDED] - Extraction interval in email header
• [ADDED] - Number of hosts whitout hostnames
• [ADDED] - Implement interactive permission setup
• [ADDED] - Email reporting