cdrom.image/sme8/README.txt

SME Server 7.3 Release Notes
============================

January 1 2008

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.


All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.


Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
in the bug tracker (and only there, please);

    http://bugs.contribs.org/


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.


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.


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.


Upgrades
========

- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades

- An upgrade will preserve the existing data


Changes in this release
=======================


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


General features
================

- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates


There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
======================================================================


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).


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).

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1	SME Server 7.3 Release Notes
2	============================
3
4	January 1 2008
5
6	The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
7	SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages
8	have been updated to the latest releases.
9
10
11	All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
12
13
14	Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
15	in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
16
17	http://bugs.contribs.org/
18
19
20	About SME Server
21	================
22
23	SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
24	enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
25	( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
26	provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
27
28	SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
29	and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
30	However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
31	meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
32
33	As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
34	development.
35
36	Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
37
38
39	Thanks
40	------
41	The development team would like to thank all of those involved in
42	this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the
43	current level of support. More people are required to help with
44	bug triage and verification testing.
45
46
47	This release contains many new features, all released updates for
48	SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades
49	will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
50
51
52	Upgrades
53	========
54
55	- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
56
57	- An upgrade will preserve the existing data
58
59
60	Changes in this release
61	=======================
62
63
64	Installer Options
65	-----------------
66	- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's
67	see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files
68
69
70	Other mail system changes
71	-------------------------
72	- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin
73	- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient
74	addresses
75	- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues
76	- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes
77
78
79	Console
80	-------
81	- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting
82	- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install
83	time
84
85
86	Backups
87	-------
88	- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media
89	- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore
90
91
92	Localisation
93	------------
94	- The fr-fr browser language is now supported
95	- Italian translation minor update
96
97
98	Software Installer
99	------------------
100	- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror
101	location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors
102	- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months
103	- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver
104
105
106	Webmail
107	-------
108	- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
109
110
111	Server manager
112	--------------
113	- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in
114	serveronly mode
115	- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel
116	- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files
117	- Convert squid timestamp in view log files
118	- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no
119	longer invalidate access to server manager
120	- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip
121	address
122
123
124	Other fixes and updates
125	-----------------------
126	- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5
127	- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package
128	- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable
129	- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly
130	- Fixed various log noise issues
131	- Allow root to be key based login only
132	- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size
133	- Freshclam permissions now corrected
134	- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear
135	- Added WPAD feature in DHCP
136	- Fixed various perl issues
137	- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day
138
139
140	General features
141	================
142
143	- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates
144
145
146	There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
147	======================================================================
148
149
150	After installing for the very first time:
151	-----------------------------------------
152	- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
153	- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of
154	groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
155	- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day
156	about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
157
158
159	Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3
160	-----------------------------------------
161	- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates
162	- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files
163	(rkhunter email notification).
164
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