Release and Installation Notes

SCOoffice Server 4.2

Release and Installation Notes

The SCO Group

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Overview

SCOoffice Server is a secure, robust, and easy-to-use messaging and collaboration server delivering superior application compatibility for small-to-medium sized businesses. Based on open standards for mail and directory services, SCOoffice Server supports Microsoft® Outlook, Internet Explorer and other Web browsers, and popular mail clients.

New & Updated Features

• Multi-server single domain configuration option
• Single server multiple private domains option
• LDAP server synchronization
• Improved Unicode (UTF-8) support
• Statistics module with GUI interface
• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) email support
• Mail forwarding option
• Configurable log file rotation
• Out of office message customizable subject and start/stop dates
• Contacts and Calendar migration added to Exchange migration tool
• Jabber instant messaging service
• SquirrelMail Web email client option
• Updated server components:

  Amavis 2.4.0
  Apache HTTP 1.3.37
  ClamAV 0.88.4
  Cyrus IMAP 2.2.13
  OpenLDAP 2.3.25
  Postfix 2.1.6
  ProFTPD 1.2.10
  Spamassassin 3.1.4
  

• Updated SCOoffice Connector 3.1.1
• Many other enhancements and bug-fixes

System Requirements

• SCOoffice Server 4.2 can be installed on OpenServer 6.0.0 with MP2 or later, or on UnixWare 7.1.4 with MP3 or later.
• A minimum of 256 MB RAM plus 1 MB per user is required (in addition to the OS RAM requirement).
• A minimum of 600 MB of disk space plus the allocation for user mailboxes and backups is required (in addition to the OS disk space requirement).
• TCP/IP networking with DNS must be configured.
• A separate /opt/insight filesystem is recommended.

Installation

Follow this procedure to install the SCOoffice Server package:

1. Log in as the root user.

2. Insert the SCOoffice Server cdrom and enter the following at the command line to install the software:

# mount /dev/cdrom/cdrom0 /mnt    (OSR6)
    - or -
# mount /dev/cdrom/cdrom1 /mnt    (UW7)

# pkgadd -d /mnt/scooffice.pkg scooffice

    Alternately, use the following commands with the cdrom iso image rather than a physical cdrom:

# mount `marry -a <cdrom iso>` /mnt

# pkgadd -d /mnt/scooffice.pkg scooffice

3. When prompted to enter a license, enter the license that came with your product. If you choose to defer licensing, the product will operate with an evaluation license for 60 days.

4. After installation is complete, the SCOoffice Server processes should be running. User creation and other operations can be performed at this time.

Removal

1. Log in as the root user.

2. Back up all user mailboxes and mail configuration files.

3. Enter the following at the command line to remove the SCOoffice Server software:

# pkgrm scooffice

Client Programs

• For Outlook clients, the SCOoffice Connector and Address Book can be installed using the user administration Preferences -> Client Configuration facility. At the file download window, first select Save, followed by Open and Run.

• The Windows ExportPST program is now available as an option for exporting Outlook PST files to SCOoffice Server. To install ExportPST, transfer /opt/insight/var/ftp/ExportPST.zip to the Windows system using anonymous ftp in a command window:

  C:\temp> ftp <server name>
  User: anonymous
  Password: <Enter>
  ftp> bin
  ftp> get ExportPST.zip
  ftp> quit
  

  Then using Windows Explorer, extract ExportPST.zip into C:\Program Files\SCO\SCOoffice Mail Connector 3. To run ExportPST, execute C:\Program Files\SCO\SCOoffice Mail Connector 3\ExportPST.exe.

Documentation

• The SCOoffice Server online documentation is available by clicking Help when accessing the Web administration interface (http://<server name>) or the WebClient interface (http://<server name>/groupware).
• The SCOoffice Server documentation is also available on the installation cdrom (/info/SCOoffice.html).
• SCOoffice Server and Connector differ from the Bynari Insight Server and Connector as described in the documentation in the following areas:

  SCOoffice Server is supported by SCO - see the information on SCO support and services in the Getting Started Guide preface.

  SCOoffice Server 4.2 is provided as a pkgadd format package for SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.4.

  SCOoffice Server installation automatically disables operating system components like Sendmail and Apache, so this doesn't need to be done manually. See How the SCOoffice Server Alters Your System in the Getting Started Guide.

  The WebClient, Connector, and Address Book software are included with SCOoffice Server and do not need to be separately installed or licensed. SCOoffice Connector and Address Book can be downloaded from the server and configured on Windows clients via the user Web administration "single-click" interface.

  SCOoffice Server and Connector do not access a key server to validate their licenses. SCOoffice Connector is not separately licensed - it obtains its license from the server.

The SCOoffice Connector About window does not display a registration option.

Limitations

• SCOoffice Server 4.2 requires a 4.2 license - licenses for SCOoffice Server 4.1 will not work.
• If /var/tmp is configured as a separate filesystem and has less than 300 MB of available space, the SCOoffice Server pkgadd installation may report insufficient (temporary) space. To avoid this problem, you can set the following environmental variable:

  # TMPDIR=/;  export TMPDIR

  # pkgadd -d /mnt/scooffice.pkg scooffice

• Installation of the SCOoffice Connector may result in a "Can not find script file" error when attempting to run the download setup script. The problem can be avoided by first selecting Save, followed by Open and Run.
• It is necessary to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running many of the SCOoffice Server command line utilities:

  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/insight/lib;  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

• PDA synchronization is dependent on the hardware and software provider.
• Backups of the server configuration, LDAP accounts, and user mailboxes are enabled by default, while removal of old backups is disabled by default, which will reduce available disk space over time. These policies can be modified by using the Web administration Tools -> Task Scheduler interface. When the job to remove old backups is run, backups less than two weeks old will be retained by default. This retention time can be changed by modifying the DAYS=14 value in /opt/insight/htdocs/is4web/cron/server-cleanup_backup_files.sh.
• Spam and virus scanning performance can be increased on systems with sufficient hardware resources (CPU & RAM) by increasing the number of amavisd and smtpd processes from the default values of three each:

  /opt/insight/etc/amavisd.conf

  $max_servers = 3;      # number of pre-forked children (2..15 is common)

  /opt/insight/etc/postfix/master.cf

  smtp-amavis unix -    -    n    -        3  smtp

  If either spam or virus scanning is unneeded, improved performance can be achieved by uncommenting one of the following parameters:

  /opt/insight/etc/amavisd.conf

  # @bypass_spam_checks_maps = (1);    # uncomment to DISABLE anti-spam code

  # @bypass_virus_checks_maps = (1);    # uncomment to DISABLE anti-virus code

  If neither spam nor virus scanning is needed, amavisd can be disabled by commenting out the following parameter:

  /opt/insight/etc/postfix/main.cf

  content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024

  The SCOoffice Server processes can be re-started by using the following command:

  # /etc/init.d/insightserver restart

 

Copyright (C) 2006 The SCO Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

25 October 2006