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* Cross-platform and extendable to meet future needs: SME Server already has everything necessary to provide the core services most people need to network Linux, Macintosh, and Windows systems.  

* Cross-platform and extendable to meet future needs: SME Server already has everything necessary to provide the core services most people need to network Linux, Macintosh, and Windows systems.  

* And it's completely free!

* And it's completely free!

* Download the ISO from [http://www.smeserver.org]

* Download the ISO from http://www.smeserver.org

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 [http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=9787&c=9509&sc=-1|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 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 [http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=9787&c=9509&sc=-1|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 publically 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 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.

====About This Manual====

====About This Manual====

=====Production=====

=====Production=====

This document was revised on the wiki at smeserver.sourceforge.net.  When complete, the final version will likely be created in ~DocBook XML/SGML to simplify creating a PDF copy.* -FIXME Test printing to a pdf file directly from [[SME_Server:Documentation:OnePageManual]]--

This document was revised on the wiki at smeserver.sourceforge.net.  When complete, the final version will likely be created in ~DocBook XML/SGML to simplify creating a PDF copy.--

=====History=====

=====History=====

* A shared email address book that is maintained automatically.  

* A shared email address book that is maintained automatically.  

* 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.  

* [[http://smeserver.sourceforge.netSME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter9?v=ykw#h77-6  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 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.

* USB printer support - It is now possible to connect the SME Server to a printer via the USB port. The printer configuration panel has also changed slightly.

* USB printer support - It is now possible to connect the SME Server to a printer via the USB port. The printer configuration panel has also changed slightly.

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

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

* '''New!''' SMTP Email reception is now handled by qpsmtpd.  Advanced but simple to use plugin system to easily install extra functionality and write local rules.  Almost all features are implemented in plugins.  

* '''New!''' SMTP Email reception is now handled by qpsmtpd.  Advanced but simple to use plugin system to easily install extra functionality and write local rules.  Almost all features are implemented in plugins.  

* '''New!''' Antivirus email and hard drive scanning is now provided by ~ClamAV.  Virus definitionas are kept up to date automatically, and program updates will be available automatically via the software installer (yum).  Plugins are available for 3rd-party (commercial) scanners as well.

* '''New!''' Antivirus email and hard drive scanning is now provided by ~ClamAV.  Virus definitions are kept up to date automatically, and program updates will be available automatically via the software installer (yum).  Plugins are available for 3rd-party (commercial) scanners as well.

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

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

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

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

* '''New!''' Enhancement to the pseudonyms panel.  You now have the ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different places, and you can now enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms.

* '''New!''' Enhancement to the pseudonyms panel.  You now have the ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different places, and you can now enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms.

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

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