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SME Server 7.5 Release Candidate 2 Release Announcement |
SME Server 7.5.1 Release Announcement |
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May 1 2010 |
June 27 2010 |
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of |
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SME Server 7.5RC2. This release is based on CentOS 4.8. |
SME Server 7.5.1 This is a patch release for SME 7.5 to resolve |
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problems seen by some VPN users, and other minor fixes. |
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This is only released for testing and not for production use. |
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The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see |
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http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download |
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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 |
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time you may experience problems. |
time you may experience problems. |
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About SME Server |
About SME Server |
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on |
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc. |
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This release is based on CentOS 4.8. |
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Thanks |
Thanks |
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release. More people are required to help with bug triage and |
release. More people are required to help with bug triage and |
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verification testing. |
verification testing. |
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This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME |
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Server 7.4 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades will be |
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available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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Upgrades |
Upgrades |
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Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line. |
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- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades |
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
- An upgrade will preserve the existing data |
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Backups |
Backups |
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- Restoring from a Workstation Backup showed a false failure. |
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- The Workstation Backup panel now removes leading and trailing spaces |
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from the hostname. |
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Localisation |
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- Latest translation updates. |
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- Fix translation of local nic string in console. |
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Mail Server |
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- Implement a database key (TlsBeforeAuth) to allow SMTP |
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Authentication without TLS. The default remains to require TLS before |
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Auth (introduced in SME 7.5). |
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Server manager |
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- Add option to limit port forwarding by source ip address. |
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- Enable port forwards to localhost if mode is serveronly. |
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- Text description added for each Port Forwarding. |
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Other fixes and updates |
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- VPN failed for some users due to incorrect kernel module. |
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- Error in postuninstall script prevented kmod packages from being |
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removed during upgrade. |
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- /etc/cron.daily/freshclam was replaced by a dummy file as freshclam |
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does not need to be run daily as it is run as a supervised process. |
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Changes from SME 7.4 to SME 7.5 |
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Backups |
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- The backup service has been made more robust: |
- The backup service has been made more robust: |
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Allow many backups in the same day. |
Allow many backups in the same day. |
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Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available. |
Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available. |
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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 |
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limitation. |
limitation. |
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- The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups. |
- The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups. |
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- Make workstation-backup 'full backup allowed on'-setting stick across |
- Make Workstation Backup 'full backup allowed on' setting stick across |
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revisits of the Configure-page when set to: 'Sunday' |
revisits of the Configure page when set to 'Sunday'. |
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- Workstation Backup emails now include a To: header. |
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File Server |
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- Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been |
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been |
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added for incoming smtp ehlo requests. |
added for incoming smtp ehlo requests. |
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- SMTP Authentication requires TLS before Auth to increase security. |
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- Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality. |
- Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality. |
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- The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been |
- The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been |
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updated to avoid MX lookups |
updated to avoid MX lookups |
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- Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin |
- Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin |
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require_resolvable_fromhost. |
require_resolvable_fromhost. |
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- Update to qpsmtpd 0.83 |
- Update to qpsmtpd 0.83 |
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- Update to ClamAV 0.96 |
- Update to ClamAV 0.96.1 |
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- Increase MemLimit to 600M for clamav-0.96 |
- Increase MemLimit to 600M for clamav-0.96 |
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- Remove spamassassin jobs from cron.daily that are no longer needed. |
- Remove spamassassin jobs from cron.daily that are no longer needed. |
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- HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94. |
- HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94. |
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- Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was |
- Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was |
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needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to |
needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to |
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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. |
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- Use HeloHost (if present) for SMTP auth proxy |
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Server manager |
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Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled. |
Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled. |
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- Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a |
- Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a |
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second instance of yum from another terminal. |
second instance of yum from another terminal. |
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- Improve the HTML formatting of the modify quota panel to work in IE8. |
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Webmail and Groupware |
Webmail and Groupware |
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kernel update. |
kernel update. |
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- Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors. |
- Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors. |
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- Require /sbin/mdassemble so mkinitrd works correctly. |
- Require /sbin/mdassemble so mkinitrd works correctly. |
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- Reduce drive size requirements from 5G to 1.5G |
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2010/04/26 20:05:51 wellsi Exp $ |
$Id: README.txt,v 1.9 2010/05/24 21:17:17 wellsi Exp $ |
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