--- cdrom.image/README.txt 2006/12/26 20:50:21 1.15 +++ cdrom.image/README.txt 2008/01/01 17:18:13 1.20 @@ -1,41 +1,27 @@ -SME Server 7.1 -============== -December 31, 2006 - -The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of SME -Server 7.1 This release has many new features and fixes for previously -reported issues. +SME Server 7.3 Release Notes +============================ -All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. - -The packages in 7.1 will be made available as updates for SME Server 7.0 +January 1 2008 -Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised -in the bug tracker (and only there, please); - http://www.contribs.org/bugzilla/ +The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of +SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages +have been updated to the latest releases. -Major changes from SME Server 7.0 -================================= -- The CD no longer boots automatically into the installer - -- The installer now provides many raid and lvm configuration options +All SME Server users should upgrade to this release. -- The Software Installer has been enhanced to provide better feedback during - installs and to deal with large update sets -- Local mail delivery is noticeably faster +Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised +in the bug tracker (and only there, please); -- The clam filesystem scan now scans /home/e-smith/files by default + http://bugs.contribs.org/ -- A list of work included in this release can be found here: - http://contribs.org/bugzilla/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2036 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. +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. @@ -50,53 +36,18 @@ development. Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate. -Installation -============ - -- Simple single CD install - -- The default 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: - - Type "smei586" at the boot prompt - -- Many installation problems 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 +Thanks +------ +The development team would like to thank all of those involved in +this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the +current level of support. More people are required to help with +bug triage and verification testing. -* Faulty memory - - Type "memtest86" at the boot prompt -* Unsupported or faulty hardware - - Check the memory and CD media - - 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 +This release contains many new features, all released updates for +SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades +will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. -Automated RAID installation -=========================== - -NOTE: All disks must be the same size for SME Server 7 - -- The default installation provides the following setup: - - 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) - -- (bug 2015, 2066) The installer provides options to: - - skip software raid - - skip logical volume manager - - force a raid 1 install on the first two disks detected - - attempt to reserve one disk as a spare - -- (bug 130) A script has been provided for conversion from non-RAID to RAID Upgrades ======== @@ -105,60 +56,110 @@ 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 standard - distribution - -Email -===== - -- Virus scanning -- Executable attachment blocking +Changes in this release +======================= -- 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 +Installer Options +----------------- +- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's + see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files + + +Other mail system changes +------------------------- +- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin +- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient + addresses +- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues +- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes + + +Console +------- +- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting +- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install + time + + +Backups +------- +- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media +- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore + + +Localisation +------------ +- The fr-fr browser language is now supported +- Italian translation minor update + + +Software Installer +------------------ +- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror + location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors +- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months +- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver + + +Webmail +------- +- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions + + +Server manager +-------------- +- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in + serveronly mode +- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel +- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files +- Convert squid timestamp in view log files +- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no + longer invalidate access to server manager +- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip + address + + +Other fixes and updates +----------------------- +- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5 +- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package +- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable +- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly +- Fixed various log noise issues +- Allow root to be key based login only +- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size +- Freshclam permissions now corrected +- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear +- Added WPAD feature in DHCP +- Fixed various perl issues +- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day -- 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 +================ -- (bug 1893) Local mail delivery is noticeably faster - - Different configuration is used for local and external connections - - Local connections are not subject to spam scanning, and DNS tests +- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates -Software installer -================== -- Yum based software installation with server-manager panel +There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2 +====================================================================== -- (bug 59, 1163) Software installer panel has been enhanced to: - - provide better feedback during installs - - use multiple mirror sites - - automatically choose the closest working mirror - - deal with large updates - Note: The 'prereposetup' stage may take 5-10 minutes for a large update set -- Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled - - (bug 1849) CentOS base and updates channels are now enabled by default +After installing for the very first time: +----------------------------------------- +- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates. +- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of + groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification). +- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day + about those changes (rkhunter email notification). -General features -================ -- Based on CentOS 4.4 and all available updates +Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3 +----------------------------------------- +- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates +- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files + (rkhunter email notification). -$Id: README.txt,v 1.14 2006/07/25 09:18:31 gordonr Exp $ +$Id: README.txt,v 1.18 2007/07/21 00:13:59 slords Exp $