5.5beta4 is now in ftp.e-smith.org/pub/dev and on our mirror sites. Please use a mirror close to you.
Have a great long weekend for those in Canada. Gordon ------------------------------------------------------------ SME Server V5 version 5.5beta4 Release notes - May 17 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Network Server Solutions Group of Mitel Networks is pleased to announce the availability of SME Server V5 version 5.5beta4. *** NOTE: This is a developer preview. Do not install this release on *** *** production servers. Please report all feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This release includes some new features and a number of package updates. This release is also available as a bundled solution including ServiceLink, a set of network-delivered services. For more information see http://www.mitel.com/sme/. Internationalization -------------------- - Internationalization infrastructure added to installer, console and web panels - The system can now be installed in English or Canadian French NOTE: When installing in Canadian French, you must use type following phrases instead of "proceed" or "more options" continuer (instead of proceed) plus d'options (instead of more options) - International keyboard support has been added - The timezone can now be set during system installation NOTE: The Canadian French translation is incomplete in this Beta release NOTE: Accented characters in pull-down lists are currently displayed as Unicode, rather than in the ISO-8859-1 character set Web panels rewritten with FormMagick ------------------------------------ - The FormMagick package provides a simple method to write web panels with full internationalization support Testing infrastructure ---------------------- - A comprehensive testing infrastructure has been added. Many of the reworked panels use this testing infrastructure Upgrading from previous releases -------------------------------- - Upgrades from SMEServer 5.0/5.1.x and e-smith 4.1.2 auto-detected - Direct upgrades from e-smith versions prior to 4.1.2 are NOT supported - See http://www.e-smith.org/bugs/index.php3?op=showBug&bugID=62 IMPORTANT CHANGES TO MAIL ------------------------- - Obtuse SMTPD has been replaced with mailfront as the SMTP daemon. All standard templates have been converted, but custom templates which rely on Obtuse SMTPD need to be converted to mailfront format - smtpfront-qmail is a drop-in replacement for qmail-smtpd with some additional features - see http://untroubled.org/mailfront/smtpfront.html - smtpfront-qmail supports /var/qmail/control/badmailfrom (as for qmail-smtpd) and /var/qmail/control/badrcptto Summary of differences 5.1.2 -> 5.5 ----------------------------------- - Backup-to-disk estimates now properly reflect used disk space - /root is now added to backups and restores - The Apache web server configuration templates have been changed to simplify addition of entries to VirtualHosts - Object-oriented interfaces to the configuration databases added - Custom kickstart files are preserved during an install - The CDROM is now accessible after upgrades - Quotas can now be removed from users and are restored from backups - Multidrop email is now passed through anti-relay rules - SMTP error codes corrected - SMTP now accepts mail for unqualified Postmaster address on the external interface - php.ini is now templated - The online manual link has been removed from the console - It is no longer possible to create a "common" ibay - The reinstall floppy option now generates a smaller ks.cfg file - Locking has been added to configuration database writes Package Upgrades ---------------- - All packages have been upgraded to the latest RedHat 7.2 updates, with the exception of the kernel (2.2.19-7.0.8) and a few associated kernel related packages (Thanks, Shad Lords) - IMP has been upgraded to version 3.0 (Thanks, Dan Brown) - PHP has been upgraded to 4.1.2 - OpenSSH has been upgraded to 3.1p1 NOTE: The package upgrades are incomplete in this Beta release Gordon -- Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, Engineering Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
