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Section 2. Before Installing the SCOoffice Server

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Section 2. Before Installing the SCOoffice Server

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System Requirements

Planning a SCOoffice Server Configuration

Allocating a Separate Filesystem for the SCOoffice Server Software

Number of Mail and Calendar Clients

Mail Quotas and Mailbox Creation

Global Disclaimers

Junk Mail Filtering and Virus Protection

How the SCOoffice Server Alters Your System

System Requirements

OS:

UnixWare 7.1.4 with MP3 or later 

OpenServer 6.0.0 with MP2 or later 

RAM:

Minimum 256 MB + 1 MB per user 
(in addition to OS RAM requirement) 

Disk space:

Minimum 600 MB + allocation for user 
mailboxes (in addition to OS disk space 
requirement )

Networking: 

TCP/IP networking with DNS name 
resolution configured 

Note

Compatible software products (such as backup solutions) may have additional RAM and disk space requirements.

Planning Your SCOoffice Server Configuration

We recommend installing the SCOoffice Server on a freshly-installed UnixWare or OpenServer system that is dedicated for mail server use.

Allocating a Separate Filesystem for the SCOoffice Server Software

To ensure system stability, it's recommended that the SCOoffice Server software be installed in a non-root filesystem in order to prevent the root filesystem from becoming filled by the mail store over time. To do this, specify a separate /opt/insight filesystem during the UnixWare or OpenServer installation process.

Number of Mail and Calendar Clients

Estimate the number of mail clients your system must service for a reasonable period of time into the future. This will help you determining licensing and system hardware needs. Based on these decisions, you might also want to set mail quotas for users, or set up multiple servers (see “Distributed Mail” in the Server Administration Guide for details).

Mail Quotas and Mailbox Creation

The SCOoffice Server allows you to set quota limits on the size of user mail stores, which include their inboxes and folders. Individual quotas can be defined when a user is created. Default quotas can be also be defined by selecting ConfigurationàServicesàCyrus IMAP using the Web administration console. Set the autocreatequota parameter (under “Preferences”) to the maximum size desired.

You have the option of creating user mailboxes automatically or letting the user’s mail client create them.  Note that the server will create mailboxes in the language configured for the server; if users need to use a different language setting, let the clients create the mailboxes by de-selecting the Create Mailbox option when creating users.

Global Disclaimers

Global Disclaimers (Mail DeliveryàGlobal Disclaimers) are legal disclaimers that can be automatically appended to email messages.  Refer to the Mail Delivery topic in the Server Administration Guide for more information. If disclaimers are not needed, the feature can be disabled to improve system performance (the default is disabled).

Junk Mail Filtering and Virus Protection

The SCOoffice Server provides protection against junk mail (unsolicited email or spam) and viruses. Because filtering can be implemented globally or per user, we recommend that you set junk mail policies before creating mail client users. AMaViS is integrated in SCOoffice Server, along with Clam Anti-Virus and Spamassassin; see the chapters for these topics in the Server Administration Guide for more information. If content filtering is not needed, this feature can be disabled to improve system performance (the default is enabled).

Using Command Line Utilities

To use the server command line utilities, you must set the library path variable in your environment or from the command line:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/insight/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

If running the Cyrus utilities, you must also su to the cyrus account.

How the SCOoffice Server Alters Your System

The following services will be disabled in the /etc/inetd.conf file:

·        ftp   21

·        imap  143

·        pop3   110

·        smtp  25

The following scripts in the /etc/rc2.d directory will be disabled:

·        P86mmdf

·        P86sendmail

·        P90apache

SCOoffice Server includes its own SMTP, IMAP, POP3, FTP, LDAP, and HTTP servers.

The following users and groups are added to the system: amavis, apache, cyrus, filter, jabber, nobody, postdrop, postfix, proftpd.

Most of the SCOoffice Server software is installed in the /opt/insight directory (documentation is installed in /usr/share). It is not possible to change the location of the server components.


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