SME 7 New Feature List


Type

Distribution
Feature

Alignment with Source Packages
  • Completely aligned with CentOS 4.3 (2.6.x kernel) and Mitel packages
  • Packages which come from CentOS 4.3 and Mitel are used unmodified
  • All other packages taken from stable upstream repositories (e.g.atrpms) whenever possible
  • Packages for CentOS 4.3 and RHEL 4.3 can be used unmodified |


Type

System
Feature

Hard Disk improvements
  • Automated installation as RAID
  • 1 disk: One-way RAID1 mirror
  • 2 disks: Two-way RAID1 mirror
  • 3-5 disks: RAID5
  • 6+ disks: RAID6
  • NOTE: All disks must be the same size in 7.0


Type

eMail
Feature

Secure eMail
  • POP3/SSL, IMAP/SSL, SMTP/SSL
  • SMTP AUTH over SMTP/SSL


Type

eMail
Feature

Webmail Upgrade
  • Horde/IMP3 based Webmail


Type

eMail
Feature

qpsmtpd enabled
  • SMTP reception via qpsmtpd
  • Loads of plugins available, many enabled
  • Full user/domain filtering to block mail to invalid user/domain combinations
  • Many other mail sanity checks - see /var/service/qpsmtpd/config/plugins
  • Lots of other plugins also exist - see /var/service/qpsmtpd/plugins/


Type

eMail
Feature

Antivirus eMail scanning
  • Virus scanning with ClamAV
  • Virus laden mail rejected during SMTP transaction
  • Automated pattern files download
  • Engine download via yum (see Software installer)
  • Optional weekly/daily filesystem scan
  • Optional quarantining of infected files during scan
  • Plugins for plenty of virus scanners exist - see /var/service/qpsmtpd/plugins/virus/

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aveclient - Kaspersky
bitdefender - BitDefender
check_for_hi_virus - clamav
clamav - clamav
clamdscan - clamd
hbedv - AntiVir
kavscanner - Kaspersky
klez_filter
pattern_filter
uvscan - McAfee


Type

eMail
Feature

eMail Attachment handling
  • Attachment blocking - e.g. to block EXE, ZIP, PIF, ...
  • Attachment conversion from TNEF or UUENCODE to MIME


Type

eMail
Feature

Spam Assassin
  • Spam filtering with SpamAssassin
  • Automatic tagging with X-Spam-Status: header
  • Optional filtering to junkmail folder
  • Optional Subject tagging
  • Selectable tagging levels
  • Optional rejection during SMTP transaction of spam exceeding a configurable level


Type

User Accounts
Feature

Pseudonyms
  • Pseudonyms panel:
  • Ability to send (e.g.) support@domain1 and support@domain2 to different places
  • Can enter pseudonyms of pseudonyms


Type

Distribution
Feature

Contribs and Updates distribution
  • Yum based software installation
  • Standard/safe yum "channels" enabled
  • Additional channels can be enabled from the panel, and others added to the db and then enabled/disabled