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==Status: Beta==
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==Status: Gold==
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See the Release Announcement  http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39499.0
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SME Server 7.3 Release Notes
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January 1 2008
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The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
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SME Server 7.3. This release is based on CentOS 4.6 and all packages
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have been updated to the latest releases.
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All SME Server users should upgrade to this release.
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Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised
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in the bug tracker (and only there, please);
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    http://bugs.contribs.org/
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About SME Server
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SME Server is the leading Linux distribution for small and medium
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enterprises. SME Server is brought to you by SME Server, Inc.
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( http://www.smeserver.org/ ), a non-profit corporation that exists to
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provide marketing and legal support for SME Server.
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SME Server is freely available under the GNU General Public License
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and is only possible through the efforts of the SME Server community.
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However, the availability and quality of SME Server is dependent on
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meeting our expenses, such as hosting costs, server hardware, etc.
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As such, we ask for a small donation to offset costs and fund further
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development.
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Please visit http://www.smeserver.org/donate/ to donate.
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Thanks
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The development team would like to thank all of those involved in
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this release. However, this distribution cannot continue with the
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current level of support. More people are required to help with
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bug triage and verification testing.
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This release contains many new features, all released updates for
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SME Server 7.2 and fixes for many reported problems. Upgrades
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will be available by CD, the Software Installer and command line.
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Upgrades
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- Always perform a backup prior to major system upgrades
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- An upgrade will preserve the existing data
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Changes in this release
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Installer Options
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- Using "sme multipart" boot parameter now enables quotas on all LVM's
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  see bug 3651 on how to create your quota files
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Other mail system changes
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- Support for disconnect option in rhsbl plugin
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- Support for disconnect immediately if dnsbl plugin rejects recipient
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  addresses
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- Newer version of ipsvd to resolve a few Thunderbird issues
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- Support for configurable timeouts which by default is set to two minutes
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Console
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- Now able to remove Corporate DNS setting
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- Raid reconstruction now finishes after using "sme nolvm" passed at install
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  time
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Backups
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- Ability to use console restore with CD or DVD recordable media
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- Remove smbpasswd file prior to restore
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Localisation
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- The fr-fr browser language is now supported
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- Italian translation minor update
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Software Installer
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- The voxteneo.com and fullnet.co.uk mirrors has been added as a mirror
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  location. Many thanks to all of our mirrors
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- Removed planetmirror mirror due to being unstable for a number of months
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- Added smecontribs repository to smeserver
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Webmail
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- Horde, imp, turbo and ingo have been updated to the latest versions
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Server manager
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- Updated wording in Server manager > proxy to be correct when running in
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  serveronly mode
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- Now able to remove settings in the Corporate DNS panel
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- Make qpsmtpd/state visible in the view log files
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- Convert squid timestamp in view log files
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- Since we moved to session-based login changing admin password does no
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  longer invalidate access to server manager
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- Added support if you use port-forwarding with an external dynamic ip
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  address
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Other fixes and updates
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- More changes have been made in preparation for migration to CentOS5
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- Various samba issues fixed with new samba 3.0.25b package
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- Smartd is disabled by default but has built in templates to enable
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- Import of spamassassin keys are now processed correctly
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- Fixed various log noise issues
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- Allow root to be key based login only
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- Increased dnscache forwarder cache size
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- Freshclam permissions now corrected
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- Unwanted symlinks in httpd log directory no longer appear
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- Added WPAD feature in DHCP
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- Fixed various perl issues
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- Using long email address now stops regeneration email every day
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General features
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- Based on CentOS 4.6 and all available updates
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There are a few differnces from previous releases <=7.2
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There are a few things that are different from previous releases <=7.2
      
After installing for the very first time:
 
After installing for the very first time:
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- First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
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- First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of
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  groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
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- Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day
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  about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
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* First night you should receive an email from cron about sa_updates.
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* First night you should receive a large email saying a bunch of groups/users were removed/added (rkhunter email notification).
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* Any time you change users/groups you will receive an email the next day about those changes (rkhunter email notification).
      
Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3
 
Taking the upgrade path from a 7.x to 7.3
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- First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates
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- First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files
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  (rkhunter email notification).
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* First night you may receive an email from cron about sa_updates
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* First night you may receive a email saying missing passwd/group files (rkhunter email notification).
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If you do find any potential bugs then as always report http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=SME%20Server%20Release%207.X
 

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