Changes

The heart of Koozali SME Server is based on the GPL'd so open 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 it was originally conceived as "e-Smith".  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of early alpha and beta versions and to keep to the  spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

The heart of Koozali SME Server is based on the GPL'd so open 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 it was originally conceived as "e-Smith".  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of early alpha and beta versions and to keep to the  spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

Koozali SME Server 10 is an RPM-based distribution that uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS], [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL], [https://rpms.remirepo.net/ Remi-safe] and OpenFusion: ([http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] is now deprecated).  CentOS 7 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RepoForge 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. What Koozali adds to this solid base is easy and secure ways to adminster and manage all of it in a way that incorporates best practices and ease of use. This means that people not expert in server administration and Linux can safely manage an Internet-connected server. Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2024 for Centos 7.

Koozali SME Server 10 is an RPM-based distribution that uses many packages from [http://centos.org CentOS], [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL], [https://rpms.remirepo.net/ Remi-safe] and [http://www.openfusion.net/linux/openfusion_rpm_repository OpenFusion]: ([http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] is now deprecated).  CentOS 7 is built from publicly available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RepoForge 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. What Koozali adds to this solid base is easy and secure ways to adminster and manage all of it in a way that incorporates best practices and ease of use. This means that people not expert in server administration and Linux can safely manage an Internet-connected server. Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2024 for Centos 7.

====About This Manual====

====About This Manual====

* A high performance email server that handles email to and from your users.  

* A high performance email server that handles email to and from your users.  

* Enhanced security features that reduce the risk of intrusion.  

* Enhanced security features that reduce the risk of intrusion.

* Let's Encrypt support.

* A central file server enabling seamless information exchange among Windows, Macintosh and Unix machines.  

* A central file server enabling seamless information exchange among Windows, Macintosh and Unix machines.  

* A web server to host your company web and/or intranet site.  

* A web server to host your company web and/or intranet site.  

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

* Secure email: 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

* Horde Groupware from horde.org has been upgraded to the latest version, including the Webmail client

* SMTP Email reception is handled by qpsmtpd.  An advanced but simple to use plugin system is provided to enable easy install of extra functionality and write local rules.  Almost all features are implemented in plugins.  

* SMTP Email reception is handled by qpsmtpd enablng powerful filtering and functionality via plugins.  An advanced but simple to use plugin system is provided to enable easy install of extra functionality and write local rules.  Almost all features are implemented via plugins.  

* Antivirus email and hard drive scanning is provided by ClamAV.  Virus definitions are kept up to date automatically, and program updates will be available automatically via the software installer (yum).   

* Antivirus email and hard drive scanning is provided by ClamAV.  Virus definitions are kept up to date automatically, and program updates will be available automatically via the software installer (yum).   

* Email attachment handling: Including the ability to block EXE, ZIP, PIF and automatic conversion of TNEF or UUENCODE encoded attachments to MIME.

* Email attachment handling: Including the ability to block EXE, ZIP, PIF and automatic conversion of TNEF or UUENCODE encoded attachments to MIME.

* Spam Filtering with Spamassassin.  Automatic tagging with X-spam-status headers, and optional filtering and subject tagging.  Configurable rejection levels.

* Spam Filtering with Spamassassin.  Automatic tagging with X-spam-status headers, and optional filtering and subject tagging.  Configurable rejection levels.

* Much reduced requirement for reboots on system software changes with dedicated events on the installation and update of key components.

* Much reduced requirement for reboots on system software changes with dedicated events on the installation and update of key components.

* Encryption standards corresponding to the industry standards for 2021

* Encryption standards corresponding to the industry standards for 2021.

* Enhancement to the pseudonyms panel.  You are able to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different places, and you can  enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms.

* Enhancement to the pseudonyms panel.  You are able to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different places, and you can  enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms.

* Yum based Software installer panel.  Approved contribs and official updates can be installed in the server-manager.  Selectable "Automatically install updates" option.

* Yum based Software installer panel.  Approved contribs and official updates can be installed in the server-manager.  Selectable "Automatically install updates" option.