Version 1.704

Released: 2026-06-09

• PHP pcntl extension support added custombuildnew
• Unified Exim and spam filtering service integration update
• Date range pickers replaced with separate date inputs evolutionupdate
• Software version changes custombuildupdate
• CSF dovecot log parser custombuildupdate
• CustomBuild will not update DirectAdmin update
• Vacation message date range picker evolutionfix
• Exim email filter by domain fix
• Removed CMD_AJAX_GET_COUNTS removal
• Removed directadmin.conf fields removal

PHP pcntl extension support added custombuildnew

The PHP php_pcntl extension is now available and can be enabled via CustomBuild for all supported PHP versions.

Note: Process Control support in PHP implements the Unix style of process creation, program execution, signal handling and process termination. Process Control should not be enabled within a web server environment and unexpected results may happen if any Process Control functions are used within a web server environment.

Make sure this extension is only enabled in a trusted environment.

Unified Exim and spam filtering service integration update

The Exim configuration for integrating with spam checking services (Rspamd or SpamAssassin) is updated. Key changes:

• Updated SpamAssassin configuration to always remove the existing X-Spam-... headers before adding spam scan results.
• Simplified the X-Spam-Status header to be Yes, score=$spam_score.
• Updated Rspamd configuration to always add X-Spam-Score, X-Spam-Bar, and X-Spam-Report immediately after spam scanning.

Date range pickers replaced with separate date inputs evolutionupdate

All date range pickers across the interface have been replaced with two separate date input fields — a from date and an to date. This makes it clearer which date you are setting and provides a more straightforward experience when defining a date range.

Software version changes custombuildupdate

• Apache web server updated from 2.4.67 to 2.4.68
• composer updated from 2.10.0 to 2.10.1
• csf updated from 15.05 to 15.06
• mod_lsapi updated from 1.1-92 to 1.1-94
• ModSecurity rules from OWASP CRS updated from 4.26.0 to 4.27.0
• phalcon (PHP extension) updated from 5.13.0 to 5.14.0
• PHP 8.4 updated from 8.4.21 to 8.4.22
• PHP 8.5 updated from 8.5.6 to 8.5.7
• proftpd updated from 1.3.9a to 1.3.9b
• zstd (PHP extension) updated from 0.15.2 to 0.16.0

CSF dovecot log parser custombuildupdate

LFD dovecot log parser was updated to recognize failed pop3 and imap login attempts to dovecot 2.3 and 2.4 service.

CustomBuild will not update DirectAdmin update

The CustomBuild command da build update_versions will no longer update DirectAdmin.

DirectAdmin has an internal auto-update service. This change makes sure CustomBuild is only managing 3rd-party software.

Vacation message date range picker evolutionfix

The date range picker on the vacation message create and edit page was not working correctly. It has been replaced with two separate date input fields — one for the start date and one for the end date — making it easier and more reliable to define the period during which your vacation message will be active.

Exim email filter by domain fix

The Exim SPAM filter generator is fixed to accurately block emails by domain. Adding a rule to block emails from a specific domain will block emails from exactly this domain. Old implementation used to block emails even if the blocked domain partially matches the sender address.

Removed CMD_AJAX_GET_COUNTS removal

CMD_AJAX_GET_COUNTS API endpoint was removed.

Removed directadmin.conf fields removal

The following fields have been removed from directadmin.conf:

• ajax_cache_max_time