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===Welcome to SME Server 7===

===Welcome to SME Server 8===

Congratulations on choosing the SME Server as your network and communications server!

Congratulations on choosing the SME Server as your network and communications server!

* Download the ISO from http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download

* Download the ISO from http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download

The heart of SME Server 7 is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/ Mitel], who is the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the  "Mitel Managed Application Server", and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

The heart of SME Server is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/ Mitel], who are the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the  "Mitel Managed Application Server", and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

SME Server 7 uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS] and [http://rpmforge.net RPMForge].  CentOS 4 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RPMForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2012 for Centos 4.

SME Server 8 uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS] and [http://rpmforge.net RPMForge].  CentOS 5 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RPMForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2017 for Centos 5.

====About This Manual====

====About This Manual====

=====History=====

=====History=====

* October 2005 - Revisions for SME Server 7.0 started at sourceforge.net

* 25 May 2012 - The stable release of SME Server 8.0 which is based on CentOS 5.8

(Previous versions were published by e-smith, Mitel and contribs.org, and are the basis for this manual)

(Previous versions were published by e-smith, Mitel and contribs.org, and are the basis for this manual)

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[[Image:Support-licensing.png]]

SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.

SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.

* i-bays, a unique communications and collaborative facility that makes it easy for users to work together on projects.  

* i-bays, a unique communications and collaborative facility that makes it easy for users to work together on projects.  

* Quota Management - you have the ability to set a limit on the amount of a disk space a user can use for files and e-mail.

* Quota Management - you have the ability to set a limit on the amount of a disk space a user can use for files and e-mail.

* Windows 2000 and XP domain logon support - Previous versions have allowed the server to act as a domain controller for client computers running Windows 95, 98, ME or NT. This version now extends that domain logon support to Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

* Windows 2000, XP and W7 domain logon support - Previous versions have allowed the server to act as a domain controller for client computers running Windows 95, 98, ME or NT. This version now extends that domain logon support to Windows 2000, XP and W7.

* USB printer support - It is now possible to connect the SME Server to a printer via the USB port.

* USB printer support - It is now possible to connect the SME Server to a printer via the USB port.

* Improved Macintosh file sharing support - The server now includes better support for Macintosh file sharing and eliminates some previous cases where Macintosh users were unable to access i-bays.

* Improved Macintosh file sharing support - The server now includes better support for Macintosh file sharing and eliminates some previous cases where Macintosh users were unable to access i-bays.

* Experimental ISDN card support - While our software has always supported external ISDN adapters, this version now includes experimental support for using an internal passive ISDN card.

* Experimental ISDN card support - While our software has always supported external ISDN adapters, this version now includes experimental support for using an internal passive ISDN card.

*  Installation on a system with 1 hard drive is automatically set up as a degraded RAID1 mirror ready to accept a second drive if or when it is installed.  Systems with 2 drives are set up as RAID 1; Systems with 3 drives are set up as RAID 1 + Hot-spare, 4-6 drives as RAID5 + 1 Hot-spare, and 7+ Drives as RAID6 + Hot-spare. See: [[Raid|Raid How To]]

*  Installation on a system with 1 hard drive is automatically set up half of a RAID1 mirror, ready to accept a second drive.  Systems with 2 drives are set up as RAID 1; 3-5 drives as RAID5; and 6+ Drives as RAID6.

* Secure email enhancements.  POP3/SSL, IMAP/SSL, SMTP/SSL, SMTP AUTH over SMTP/SSL.

* Secure email enhancements.  POP3/SSL, IMAP/SSL, SMTP/SSL, SMTP AUTH over SMTP/SSL.

* Webmail has been upgraded to the latest versions of Horde, Imp, Turba and Ingo from horde.org

* Webmail has been upgraded to the latest versions of Horde, Imp, Turba and Ingo from horde.org