Good job. Any chance of getting a flat vmdk file so it can be converted to Xen or KVM? :)
Regards, Mark > Inverse is proud to announce the first downloadable version of SOGo ZEG > with native Microsoft Outlook compatibility. > > The virtual appliance consists of the latest development version of > SOGo, SOPE and OpenChange, properly installed and configured. Note that > the native Microsoft Outlook compatibility is still *considered as > experimental*. The fundamentals have been developed and the progress > towards an end-user usable version will be fast from now on. > > Nonetheless, we release this "Technology Preview" ZEG edition to show > how promising this is. > > > == Getting it == > > To download ZEG "Technology Preview", simply point your browser to > http://www.sogo.nu/english/downloads/zeg.html > > Look for "Virtual Appliance - Native Outlook Compatibility". > > == Configuring Microsoft Outlook == > > First, you need to make sure you use Microsoft Outlook 2003. Right now, > this is the only supported version. Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010 will > soon be supported. We decided to first support Microsoft Office 2003 for > simplicity during the development cycles. > > Prior configuring Microsoft Outlook, you first must boot the virtual > appliance. Make sure you're using a bridged network adapter and once the > virtual appliance has booted, write down the IP address being used by it. > > From your Windows operating system, open the the > "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" using Notepad and add the IP > address of the SOGo ZEG applicance: > > <IP address> sogo.openchange.local sogo > > like : > > 192.168.1.3 sogo.openchange.local sogo > > > To configure Microsoft Outlook 2003, first open the Control Panel and > double-click on the Mail icon. Click on the "E-mail Accounts..." button > and add a new email account. Then, choose "Microsoft Exchange Server" > account using the following parameters : > > * IP address of the virtual appliance in the "Microsoft Exchange > Server:" field > * Uncheck "Use Cached Exchange Mode" > * Type in "openchange" in the "User Name:" field and don't click on > "Check Name" > * Then click on the "More Settings..." button and discard the warning > * In the "Microsoft Exchange Server" window, click "Ok" to continue > * From the "Security" tab, check "Always prompt for user name and > password" > * Click "Ok" to close the window > * Click "Next" and "Finish" > * Click again on the "E-mail Accounts..." button and modify the newly > created account > * Select "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click "Next" > * From the "E-mail Accounts" window, set the "Deliver new e-mail to the > following locations:" to "OpenChange Mailbox - openchange" and click on > "Finish", and "Close" > > If at any point you're asked to provide an username/password, simply use > "openchange" as the value of both. Right now, the ONLY usable account > from Microsoft Outlook is the "openchange" one. This limitation will > very soon be removed. > > From Microsoft Outlook 2003, you should be able to perform normal > operations such as : > > * Lists contacts, mails, events and tasks in your personal folders > * Create contacts, events and tasks in your personal folders > * Send and receive mails, consult the Inbox and Sent Items folders > * Create notes (which are stored on the filesystem, and not in SOGo) > > Other operations, such as free busy lookups will soon be available. > Also, we created a small FAQ section with various Q&A on the current > state of things at : > > http://www.sogo.nu/english/nc/support/faq/select_category/9.html > > You can of course use SOGo on the ZEG at any moment (with the sogo1, > sogo2, sogo3 and openchange users) - simply open "http://<IP address>" > from your favorite web browser. The mail domain is "example.com" in case > you want to send mails to ZEG users. > > == Installation / Update == > > Both SOGo and SOPE were installed from the Monotone repository while > OpenChange was installed using the "sogo" branch from their official > Subversion server. > To update those components on ZEG, simply sudo as root. Then, to update > SOGo, do: > > cd /home/sogo/SOGo > mtn pull > mtn update; make install > > To update SOPE, do: > > cd /home/sogo/SOPE > mtn pull > mtn update; make install > > To update OpenChange, do: > > cd /home/sogo/openchange/sogo > svn update; make clean; make install > > For OpenChange, you can also refer to those instructions: > http://tracker.openchange.org/projects/openchange/wiki/HowTo_Update_OpenChange_and_Samba_From_Source > > Once done, simply restart the "sogo" service and also the "samba" service : > > /etc/init.d/sogo restart > stop openchange > start openchange > > See /etc/init/openchange.conf for details on the OpenChange/Samba > Upstart script. The SOGo/OpenChange log is located in > /var/log/openchange.log. > > > == Helping Out == > > There are many ways you can help us. You can: > > * spread the good word about this technology preview! > * follow our development in the [email protected] mailing list and update > regularly the components mentioned above > * contact us if you want to sponsor specific features with regard to > Outlook / SOGo compatibility > > Special thanks to the OpenChange developers for helping us delivering > this first technology preview. > > Thanks, > > -- > Ludovic Marcotte > [email protected] :: +1.514.755.3630 :: www.inverse.ca > Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence > (www.packetfence.org) > > -- > [email protected] > https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists -- [email protected] https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
