Good job.

Any chance of getting a flat vmdk file so it can be converted to
Xen or KVM? :)

Regards,
Mark

> Inverse is proud to announce the first downloadable version of SOGo ZEG  
> with native Microsoft Outlook compatibility.
>
> The virtual appliance consists of the latest development version of  
> SOGo, SOPE and OpenChange, properly installed and configured. Note that  
> the native Microsoft Outlook compatibility is still *considered as  
> experimental*. The fundamentals have been developed and the progress  
> towards an end-user usable version will be fast from now on.
>
> Nonetheless, we release this "Technology Preview" ZEG edition to show  
> how promising this is.
>
>
> == Getting it ==
>
> To download ZEG "Technology Preview", simply point your browser to  
> http://www.sogo.nu/english/downloads/zeg.html
>
> Look for "Virtual Appliance - Native Outlook Compatibility".
>
> == Configuring Microsoft Outlook ==
>
> First, you need to make sure you use Microsoft Outlook 2003. Right now,  
> this is the only supported version. Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010 will  
> soon be supported. We decided to first support Microsoft Office 2003 for  
> simplicity during the development cycles.
>
> Prior configuring Microsoft Outlook, you first must boot the virtual  
> appliance. Make sure you're using a bridged network adapter and once the  
> virtual appliance has booted, write down the IP address being used by it.
>
> From your Windows operating system, open the the  
> "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" using Notepad and add the IP  
> address of the SOGo ZEG applicance:
>
> <IP address>  sogo.openchange.local sogo
>
> like :
>
> 192.168.1.3   sogo.openchange.local sogo
>
>
> To configure Microsoft Outlook 2003, first open the Control Panel and  
> double-click on the Mail icon. Click on the "E-mail Accounts..." button  
> and add a new email account. Then, choose "Microsoft Exchange Server"  
> account using the following parameters :
>
>  * IP address of the virtual appliance in the "Microsoft Exchange  
> Server:" field
>  * Uncheck "Use Cached Exchange Mode"
>  * Type in "openchange" in the "User Name:" field and don't click on  
> "Check Name"
>  * Then click on the "More Settings..." button and discard the warning
>  * In the "Microsoft Exchange Server" window, click "Ok" to continue
>  * From the "Security" tab, check "Always prompt for user name and  
> password"
>  * Click "Ok" to close the window
>  * Click "Next" and "Finish"
>  * Click again on the "E-mail Accounts..." button and modify the newly  
> created account
>  * Select "View or change existing e-mail accounts" and click "Next"
>  * From the "E-mail Accounts" window, set the "Deliver new e-mail to the 
> following locations:" to "OpenChange Mailbox - openchange" and click on 
> "Finish", and "Close"
>
> If at any point you're asked to provide an username/password, simply use  
> "openchange" as the value of both. Right now, the ONLY usable account  
> from Microsoft Outlook is the "openchange" one. This limitation will  
> very soon be removed.
>
> From Microsoft Outlook 2003, you should be able to perform normal  
> operations such as :
>
>  * Lists contacts, mails, events and tasks in your personal folders
>  * Create contacts, events and tasks in your personal folders
>  * Send and receive mails, consult the Inbox and Sent Items folders
>  * Create notes (which are stored on the filesystem, and not in SOGo)
>
> Other operations, such as free busy lookups will soon be available.  
> Also, we created a small FAQ section with various Q&A on the current  
> state of things at :
>
> http://www.sogo.nu/english/nc/support/faq/select_category/9.html
>
> You can of course use SOGo on the ZEG at any moment (with the sogo1,  
> sogo2, sogo3 and openchange users) - simply open "http://<IP address>"  
> from your favorite web browser. The mail domain is "example.com" in case  
> you want to send mails to ZEG users.
>
> == Installation / Update ==
>
> Both SOGo and SOPE were installed from the Monotone repository while  
> OpenChange was installed using the "sogo" branch from their official  
> Subversion server.
> To update those components on ZEG, simply sudo as root. Then, to update  
> SOGo, do:
>
> cd /home/sogo/SOGo
> mtn pull
> mtn update; make install
>
> To update SOPE, do:
>
> cd /home/sogo/SOPE
> mtn pull
> mtn update; make install
>
> To update OpenChange, do:
>
> cd /home/sogo/openchange/sogo
> svn update; make clean; make install
>
> For OpenChange, you can also refer to those instructions:  
> http://tracker.openchange.org/projects/openchange/wiki/HowTo_Update_OpenChange_and_Samba_From_Source
>
> Once done, simply restart the "sogo" service and also the "samba" service :
>
> /etc/init.d/sogo restart
> stop openchange
> start openchange
>
> See /etc/init/openchange.conf for details on the OpenChange/Samba  
> Upstart script. The SOGo/OpenChange log is located in  
> /var/log/openchange.log.
>
>
> == Helping Out ==
>
> There are many ways you can help us. You can:
>
>  * spread the good word about this technology preview!
>  * follow our development in the [email protected] mailing list and update  
> regularly the components mentioned above
>  * contact us if you want to sponsor specific features with regard to  
> Outlook / SOGo compatibility
>
> Special thanks to the OpenChange developers for helping us delivering  
> this first technology preview.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- 
> Ludovic Marcotte
> [email protected]  ::  +1.514.755.3630  ::  www.inverse.ca
> Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence 
> (www.packetfence.org)
>
> -- 
> [email protected]
> https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists

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