Hi Mr. G.

Correction: ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/dev/

Orville Carter
NYC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Rowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] [ANNOUNCEMENT] SME Server 5.5beta4 on the ftp
sites


> 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/
>
>
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