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SME Server - Current Stable Release:

SME Server 7.4 released on 21st November 2008.

Development Releases and Statuses:

SME Server 7.x - See ~~bugzilla:4785~~ for status
SME Server 8.0 - See the Wiki page for details, and ~~bugzilla:3640~~ for status

Welcome to the information and documentation wiki for SME Server

SME Server

Welcome to http://contribs.org, the home of the SME Server. We're here to provide collaborative documentation of the SME Server project.

SME Server is a leading distribution for small and medium enterprises. It is a simple, powerful, secure Linux server used by thousands of individuals, companies and organizations all over the world. SME Server provides a friendly, free alternative to expensive proprietary software, standing apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured, and features a number of popular additional enhancements in the form of downloadable Contributions.

SME Server provides as standard:

Ease of Administration
File and print sharing
Sharing of a single Internet connection between multiple computers
A robust email server, which includes virus and spam filtering and webmail
A network firewall to protect against Internet intruders
Secure remote access
Directory services
Web application server, including support for Apache, MySQL, Perl and PHP (LAMP)
RAID and Backup
Automatic updates
Extendabiltiy
Support for multiple languages
and much more ...

all managed through an intuitive web interface.

The links to the right provide comprehensive access to all the available Documentation for SME Server including details of the Community, Server Manuals, FAQs, Contribs and How To's.

The menu bar at the left equally provides easy access to sections of this Wiki, software downloads, a place to report any bugs, and vibrant user community forums.

Many individuals and corporations contribute to the ongoing development of the SME Server, which is made available freely under the GNU General Public License. This license requires the public release of any modifications to the server, and allows these to be used to improve later versions.

SME Server is published under the GPL license and, while freely available, if you find SME Server useful we ask that you make a Donation in order to keep this project alive.

Support

Support for SME Server is via the Community and it is highly recommended that you make yourself familiar with it and the Documentation (read this at least twice) before diving in. You should also read Advice for new and existing users.

The three main methods of support available are:

Documentation:

The Wiki documentation is the primary source of information for SME Server. This should always be your first port of call when seeking help and support for SME Server, together with 'Google'

Forums:

Use the forums if you want advice on how to do something not covered in the Wiki
Post to the forums if you found or did something, and you think other people might find it interesting or helpful to share
If you don't know how to do something, or don't understand the Wiki, ask in the forums

Bugzilla:

Raise a Bug if you tried to do something covered in the wiki and it didn't work.
If you do something and it doesn't 'just work', or it doesn't work as per the Wiki, raise a Bug
For more information on Bugzilla see the Bugzilla Help page.