With todays edition of the techSTREET we like to inform you 
about the new features of the upcoming release of 

SCO Office Mailserver 4 for OpenServer

This Release is currently in Beta3 and will be available in May 2004.
If you are interested in testing the Betaversion please send us an email
to infod@sco.com and we will get in contact with you.

Best regards and a happy Easter Holiday!

SCO Office Mail Server Release 4.1 for SCO Openserver (R)
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Core Features:

SCO Office Mail installs a set of core dedicated services for
the email and collaboration suite.  In many cases these services
will replace the ones normally found on the OpenServer system.
The following are a list of these services.

Apache Server
*	The SCO Office Apache server is specially compiled to run the binary
	SCO Office Management console and collaboration WebClient applications.
	By default this LDAP server replaces the one that runs on port 80.

Cyrus IMAP Server
*	The Cyrus IMAP server is used to provide a reliable private message
	store for the system.  Cyrus supports both IMAP and POP services.

OpenLDAP Server
*	The SCO Office LDAP server is a specially modified LDAP server
	preconfigured with settings required for SCO Office.  

Postfix Server
*	The Postfix mail transport agent replaces MMDF or Sendmail on the 
	system.
*	Postfix was designed from the ground up as a secure email transport
	service and provides improved security and easier configuration 
	capabilities than sendmail or MMDF.

Proftp Server
*	Proftp is a secure FTP server.  It is used by SCO Office to allow 
	the sharing of free-busy calendar information by collaboration users.



Management Features:
 
SCO Office console management functions add the ability to 
configure mail delivery and transfer via SCO's web-based interface.  
SCO Office Mail Server provides administrators with robust 
configuration options via a web console.  The following summarizes 
these management features and their current development status:

Hierarchical Organization Management
*	The ability to create and manage hierarchies of organizations, 
	domains, groups, and resources

Delegated Administration
*	The ability to manage domains and groups with special administrative
	accounts

Alias Management
*	The ability to manage mailing lists

Backup and Restore
*	The ability to backup and restore configuration information and mail 
	folders.

Categorized Statistics and Reporting
*	The ability to obtain meaningful reports on mail server usage statistics

System Log Access 
*	The ability to access system logs through the graphical user interface.

Redundancy and high availability
*	The ability to have multiple servers accessed through a single point 
	so that all servers appear within a single coherent  name space.  
	If one server goes down, the rest keep running.

Server side filtering 
*	Filtering of mail messages at the server side on mail delivery based 
	on sets of rules applied by the end-user

Queue management 
*	Allows administrators to view, reprioritize or delete queued messages

Data Migration
*	The ability to migrate users and data from UNIX (R) or Microsoft
	Exchange (R) mail servers

Task Scheduling
*	The ability to schedule tasks for the mail server to perform at 
	scheduled times

Server Management
*	The ability to manage advanced parameters of the Mail Server 
	including postfix, cyrus, proftpd, apache, and LDAP server parameters.

Spam Prevention
*	The ability to filter email and identify it as Unsolicited Commercial 
	Email (UCE) so that the user can automatically process it for SPAM  
	prevention.  Also server features for capturing and rejecting SPAM  
	before it is even delivered.

Shared Folders
*	The ability to manage both user and shared email and collaboration 
	folder types. includes the ability to set specific access controls and 
	allow/restrict who can access folders.

Edit Profile
*	The ability for users to change their passwords and contact 
	information as well as to forward email.

Vacation/Out of Office
*	The ability for users to set a vacation message to be sent
	automatically to those sending the users mail while they are out 
	of the office.

Client Configuration
*	The ability to automatically download configuration information and 
	binary tools for the configuration of Microsoft Outlook (R) and 
	Microsoft Outlook Express (R).


WebClient Features:

The SCO Office WebClient provides the ability to access and share email
and collaboration content from a web browser.  This includes the ability to 
share email, calendars, tasks, and address books with users of the 
SCO Office Mail Connector for Microsoft Outlook.

Web Based Email:
*	The ability to send, receive, and reply to email messages through 
	the browser. Also the integration of the commonly used Draft 
	Messages, Outbox, and Sent Items folder features of email clients.

Web Based Calendar:
*	Add and delete calendar events and send meeting requests

Web Based Contacts:
*	Add and delete contacts and share them with other users.

Web Based Tasks and Notes:
*	Add and delete tasks and notes and share them with others.