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1  SME Server 7.5 Release Candidate 2 Release Announcement  SME Server 7.6 Release Announcement
2  =======================================================  ===================================
3    
4  May 1 2010  March 10 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 7.5RC2. This release is based on CentOS 4.8.  SME Server 7.6. This release is based on CentOS 4.9.
8    
9  This is only released for testing and not for production use.  This is planned to be the final ISO release for SME 7, only critical
10    updates will be provided from now and the project intends to focus
11  The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see  all efforts on releasing SME8.
12  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download  
13    The release should be obtained from your closest mirror, see
14  Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug  http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download
15  tracker (and only there, please);  
16    Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
17      http://bugs.contribs.org/  tracker (and only there, please);
18    
19        http://bugs.contribs.org/
20  Please Note  
21  ===========  
22  It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this  Please Note
23  time you may experience problems.  ===========
24    It may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing, during this
25  About SME Server  time you may experience problems.
26  ================  
27    
28  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium  About SME Server
29  enterprises.  ================
30    
31  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and  SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
32  is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.  enterprises.
33  However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on  
34  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.  SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
35    is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
36    However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
37  Thanks  meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
38  ======  
39  The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this  
40  release. More people are required to help with bug triage and  Thanks
41  verification testing.  ======
42    The development team would like to thank all of those involved in this
43  This release contains many new features, all released updates for SME  release. More people are required to help with bug triage and
44  Server 7.4 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades will be  verification testing.
45  available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.  
46    
47    Upgrades
48  Upgrades  ========
49  ========  Upgrades are available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
50  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades  - Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
51  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data  - An upgrade will preserve the existing data
52    
53    
54  Changes in this release  Changes in this release
55  =======================  =======================
56    
57  Backups  Backups
58  -------  -------
59  - The backup service has been made more robust:  - Allow for daylight saving changes when running backups
60    Allow many backups in the same day.  
61    Prevent launching a restore if all needed backups are not available.  File Server
62    Do not allow a restore from a partial backup.  -----------
63  - Some valid passwords would fail due to how the backup directory was  - Create .V2 profiles for Windows 7 clients
64    mounted, the use of a credentials file for mount.cifs now avoids this  
65    limitation.  Installer
66  - The e-mail now correctly identifies incremental and full backups.  ---------
67  - Make workstation-backup 'full backup allowed on'-setting stick across  - Allow installation when dmraid present
68    revisits of the Configure-page when set to: 'Sunday'  
69    Localisation
70  File Server  ------------
71  -----------  - Add Chinese (Taiwan) language
72  - A patch was added to support multiple samba roles, the change is  - Add Hebrew language
73    transparent. However installing smeserver-adv-samba allows the user to  - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.
74    take advantage of additional server roles as detailed in  
75    http://wiki.contribs.org/Advanced_Samba  Server manager
76    --------------
77  Localisation  - There should be strict checking of the IP address and Subnet Mask entered
78  ------------    into remote access panel before allowing to save successfully.
79  - As part of a major update with translations we have added seven new  - Fix handling of double speechmarks in the comment field of the hostname panel
80    languages:  
81    Thai, Polish, Romanian, Estonian, Chinese, Norwegian (Bokmal),  Webmail and Groupware
82    Russian.  ---------------------
83  - Other fixes include updated translations for the existing languages.  - Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
84    - Add option to verify from address in webmail if setting up additional identities
85  Mail Server  
86  -----------  Web Server
87  - Transport Layer Security (TLS) authentication capability has been  ----------
88    added for incoming smtp ehlo requests.  - Default expose_php to Off for security reasons. A database property is added to
89  - Implement correctly the subject line SPAM tagging functionality.    allow the value to be easily controlled.
90  - The syntax of the smtproutes and SMTPSmartHost templates have been    To enable expose_php   /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP On
91    updated to avoid MX lookups    To disable expose_php  /sbin/e-smith/config setprop php ExposePHP Off
92  - Incoming mail could be incorrectly rejected by qpsmtpd plugin  
93    require_resolvable_fromhost.  Other fixes and updates
94  - Update to qpsmtpd 0.83  -----------------------
95  - Update to ClamAV 0.96  - Fix group-modify event to honour ibays group assignment
96  - Increase MemLimit to 600M for clamav-0.96  - Don't exit 99 from e-smith-service script when called with 'condrestart'
97  - Remove spamassassin jobs from cron.daily that are no longer needed.    and service is disabled.
98  - HeuristicScanPrecedence is a new option in clamav 0.94.  - Correct the ldif file expansion for groups to include the uid element and fix
99    See http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Heuristic_Scan    the objectClass.
100  - Rotate Virus scanning log files  - Apply patch to allow rsync v3.0+ to work (needs -e parameter)
101  - Remove the external preloaded library, qmail-workaround, which was  - Add random wait timer for check4updates script to distribute load on ibiblio
102    needed for qmail loopback connections if a domain MX resolves to  
103    0.0.0.0. This has now been replaced by a patch to qmail itself.  $Id: $
   
 Server manager  
 --------------  
 - The reconfigure warning is displayed in subsequent browser sessions of  
   the server-manager when the server is updated from the Command Line,  
   or after a reboot, if a full reconfiguration has not been performed.  
 - Allow to select "check for updates" daily, weekly or monthly in the  
   Software Installer. Check for updates can also be disabled.  
 - Fix yum warnings about "another instance is running" when running a  
   second instance of yum from another terminal.  
   
 Webmail and Groupware  
 ---------------------  
 - Horde, imp, turba and ingo have been updated to the latest versions  
 - Patch to make sure username is always saved in lowercase to horde db's  
 - Allow FQDN and non-FQDN access to webmail.  
 - The spell checker in Horde Mail has been enabled for HTML composition.  
 - Obsolete smeserver-trean < 0.1-8 as it makes the sidebar menu of the  
   webmail interface disappear.  
   
 Web Server  
 ----------  
 - Implement a database key (SSLv2) which allows to disable certificates  
   signed with SSLv2, enabled by default to keep current behaviour.  
 - Add support for more MIME Types to Apache:  
      Openoffice 1.x, Openoffice 2.x  
      Microsoft Office 2007  
      XML  
 - SSL Certificates will now use a SHA1  
 - SSL Certificates will now use a 2048 bits key size  
   
 Other fixes and updates  
 -----------------------  
 - From June 2009 smeserver-rkhunter was removed from smeos and made a  
   contrib.  
 - Do not allow re-allocation of deleted Windows user profiles.  
 - Template sshd login grace time  
 - Correct the configuration of smartd to monitor hard disk status, but  
   default to disabled.  
 - Display the boot time menu by default by removing the hiddenmenu entry  
   from the default grub.conf to be in line with the documentation.  
 - Enable error logging for MySQL.  
 - When user or group names with a "." in the names exist,  
   running /sbin/e-smith/audittools/aliases will show more than the  
   expected list.  
 - Improve the quality of the mirrors by using a network mirror-list. The  
   list is automatically generated hourly based on the status of the  
   current mirrors. By using these mirror-lists it is ensured that people  
   are directed to an updated mirror. When a mirror is added or removed  
   the change will be available quickly and automatically. It also  
   centralizes control of the mirror lists.  
 - Add yum-protect-packages support to prevent removal of needed  
   packages. This stops accidental removal of core SME Server packages.  
 - Introduced (weak) kernel modules which are independent of kernel  
   version. This means there is no need to update/rebuild kmods for each  
   kernel update.  
 - Fix for VPN access failed with buffer too small errors.  
 - Require /sbin/mdassemble so mkinitrd works correctly.  
   
 $Id: README.txt,v 1.6 2010/04/26 20:05:51 wellsi Exp $  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


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