--- cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/06/05 10:30:53 1.11 +++ cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/06/30 05:07:41 1.12 @@ -1,8 +1,128 @@ SME Server 7.0 ============== +July 1, 2006 + +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME +Server 7.0 This release has many new features and fixes for previously +reported issues. + +All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. + + +About SME Server +================ + +SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium +enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc. +( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to +provide marketing and legal support for SME Server. + +SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License +and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community. +However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on +meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. + +As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further +development. + +Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. + + +Installation +============ + +- Simple single CD install + +- The installation procedure will rewrite all disks in the system + +- Automatic detection of multi-CPU and HyperThreading CPUs + +- In order to install on i586 machines you will need to do the following: + + 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu + 2) Type "smei586" at the boot prompt + +Many installation issues are caused by the following issues: + +- Incorrectly burnt CD: + Please use the "Media Check" to test your media. This screen is + presented at the start of the installation + +- Faulty memory + 1) Press shift while booting to get the boot menu + 2) Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt + +- Unsupported or faulty hardware + - Check the memory and CD + - Use good quality cables and an error-free CDROM drive + - Ensure master/slave configuration is correct, if appropriate + - Disable onboard RAID controllers + - Disable power saving and ACPI features in the BIOS + +Automated RAID installation +=========================== + +NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7.0 + +- Single disk provides one-way RAID1 + - Console screen allows simple addition of second disk to provide mirroring + +- Two disks are configured as a RAID1 mirror + +- Three to five disks are configured as RAID5 (/boot partition is RAID1) + +- Six or more disks are configured as RAID6 (/boot partition is RAID1) + + +Upgrades +======== + +- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades + +- An upgrade will preserve the existing data + +- Seamless upgrades from unmodified SME Server 6.0, 6.0.1 and 6.5 servers + +- Many common contributed add-ons have been included in the satndard dis + +Email +===== + +- Virus scanning + +- Executable attachment blocking + +- Spam filtering + - Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status header + - Optional sorting to 'junkmail' mailbox + - Selectable tagging levels + - Optional rejection of spam during SMTP transaction + - Full user/domain recipient filtering + +- Attachment conversion from TNEF to MIME + +- Pseudonyms panel enhancements + - Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different + places + - Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms + +- Secure POP, IMAP and SMTP + +- SMTP authentication for users and for ISP connection + +- Horde/IMP3 based webmail + +General features +================ + +- Based on CentOS 4.3 + +- Software installer panel + +- Yum based software installation + +- Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release -of SME Server 7.0 Changelog @@ -10,11 +130,10 @@ Changelog 7.0rc3 -> 7.0 ============= +- Release number change -- Version number change - -7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3 -================ +- Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers + See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ **************************************************************** * IMPORTANT: Pre-upgrade step for 7.0pre1 and 7.0beta releases * @@ -30,6 +149,8 @@ Changelog http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=698 *************************************************************** +7.0rc2 -> 7.0rc3 +================ - Bug fixes - see the bug tracker - Thanks to testers and developers See http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ @@ -225,4 +346,4 @@ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph - Removed centos-yumconf - Imported cdrom.image into CVS -$Id: README.txt,v 1.10 2006/05/26 02:50:58 gordonr Exp $ +$Id: README.txt,v 1.11 2006/06/05 10:30:53 gordonr Exp $