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1  SME Server 7.5 Release Announcement  SME Server 7.5.1 Release Announcement
2  ===================================  ===================================
3    
4  March xx 2010  June 27 2010
5    
6  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of  The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7  SME Server 7.5. This release is based on CentOS 4.8.  SME Server 7.5.1 This is a patch release for SME 7.5 to resolve
8    problems seen by some VPN users, and other minor fixes.
9    
10  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
11  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
# Line 20  Please Note Line 21  Please Note
21  It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this  It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
22  time you may experience problems.  time you may experience problems.
23    
24    
25  About SME Server  About SME Server
26  ================  ================
27    
# Line 31  is only possible through the efforts of Line 33  is only possible through the efforts of
33  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
34  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
35    
36    This release is based on CentOS 4.8.
37    
38    
39  Thanks  Thanks
40  ======  ======
# Line 38  The development team would like to thank Line 42  The development team would like to thank
42  release. More people are required to help with bug triage and  release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
43  verification testing.  verification testing.
44    
 This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME  
 Server 7.4 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades will be  
 available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.  
   
45    
46  Upgrades  Upgrades
47  ========  ========
48    Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
49  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
50  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
51    
# Line 54  Changes in this release Line 55  Changes in this release
55    
56  Backups  Backups
57  -------  -------
58    - Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure.
59    - The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces
60      from the hostname.
61    
62    Localisation
63    ------------
64    - Latest translation updates.
65    - Fix translation of local nic string in console.
66    
67    Mail Server
68    -----------
69    - Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP
70      Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before
71      Auth (introduced in SME 7.5).
72    
73    Server manager
74    --------------
75    - Add option to limit port forwarding by source ip address.
76    - Enable port forwards to localhost if mode is serveronly.
77    - Text description added for each Port Forwarding.
78    
79    Other fixes and updates
80    -----------------------
81    - VPN failed for some users due to incorrect kernel module.
82    - Error in postuninstall script prevented kmod packages from being
83      removed during upgrade.
84    - /etc/cron.daily/freshclam was replaced by a dummy file as freshclam
85      does not need to be run daily as it is run as a supervised process.
86    
87    Changes from SME 7.4 to SME 7.5
88    ===============================
89    
90    Backups
91    -------
92  - The backup service has been made more robust:  - The backup service has been made more robust:
93    Allow many backups in the same day.    Allow many backups in the same day.
94    Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available.    Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available.
# Line 62  Backups Line 97  Backups
97    mounted, the use of a credentials file for mount.cifs now avoids this    mounted, the use of a credentials file for mount.cifs now avoids this
98    limitation.    limitation.
99  - The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups.  - The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups.
100  - Make workstation-backup 'full backup allowed on'-setting stick across  - Make Workstation Backup 'full backup allowed on' setting stick across
101    revisits of the Configure-page when set to: 'Sunday'    revisits of the Configure page when set to 'Sunday'.
102    - Workstation Backup emails now include a To: header.
103    
104  File Server  File Server
105  -----------  -----------
# Line 84  Mail Server Line 120  Mail Server
120  -----------  -----------
121  - Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been  - Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been
122    added for incoming smtp ehlo requests.    added for incoming smtp ehlo requests.
123    - SMTP Authentication requires TLS before Auth to increase security.
124  - Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality.  - Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality.
125  - The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been  - The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been
126    updated to avoid MX lookups    updated to avoid MX lookups
127  - Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin  - Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin
128    require_resolvable_fromhost.    require_resolvable_fromhost.
129  - Update to qpsmtpd 0.83  - Update to qpsmtpd 0.83
130    - Update to ClamAV 0.96.1
131    - Increase MemLimit to 600M for clamav-0.96
132    - Remove spamassassin jobs from cron.daily that are no longer needed.
133  - HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94.  - HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94.
134    See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Heuristic_Scan    See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Heuristic_Scan
135  - Rotate Virus scanning log files  - Rotate Virus scanning log files
136  - Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was  - Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was
137    needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to    needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to
138    0.0.0.0. This has now been replaced by a patch to qmail itself.    0.0.0.0. This has now been replaced by a patch to qmail itself.
139    - Use HeloHost (if present) for SMTP auth proxy
140    
141  Server manager  Server manager
142  --------------  --------------
# Line 106  Server manager Line 147  Server manager
147    Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled.    Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled.
148  - Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a  - Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a
149    second instance of yum from another terminal.    second instance of yum from another terminal.
150    - Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel to work in IE8.
151    
152  Webmail and Groupware  Webmail and Groupware
153  ---------------------  ---------------------
# Line 153  Other fixes and updates Line 195  Other fixes and updates
195    version. This means there is no need to update/rebuild kmods for each    version. This means there is no need to update/rebuild kmods for each
196    kernel update.    kernel update.
197  - Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors.  - Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors.
198    - Require /sbin/mdassemble so mkinitrd works correctly.
199    - Reduce drive size requirements from 5G to 1.5G
200    
201  $Id: README.txt,v 1.4 2010/03/01 19:30:11 wellsi Exp $  $Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2010/05/24 21:17:17 wellsi Exp $
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


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