Scalix: Linux Administrator’s Guide Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Email and Groupware: History and Basics
Chapter 2: Scalix Groupware
Chapter 3: Installing Scalix
Chapter 4: Advanced Installations
Chapter 5: First Steps with Scalix Admin Console and Scalix Web Access
Chapter 6: Administration and Configuration
Chapter 7: Common Options and Documentation
Chapter 8: Monitoring Scalix
Chapter 9: Scalix and Security
Chapter 10: Backup and Restore
Chapter 11: Scalix Directory Integration
Chapter 12: HA and Multi-Server Setups
Chapter 13: Defeating Spam and Viruses
Bibliography
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Email and Groupware: History and Basics
  • A Brief History of Email
    • The 1960s—CTSS and MIT
    • The '70s—From MULTICS to RFC Standards
      • The Story of @
      • RFCs—Request for Comments
    • Mailing Lists, Sendmail, X.400, BBS, and More
      • The '90s: Groupware, the WWW, and Microsoft
  • How does Email Work?
    • Sending Mail—the User View
    • The Protocols Involved
    • SMTP
    • POP
    • IMAP
    • MAPI—IMAP, the Microsoft Way
    • MIME
    • Headers—What Does an Email Look Like?

• Storing the Groupware Data
  • Directory Services—DAP and LDAP
  • VCAL, ICAL, GroupDAV, CalDAV, WebDAV, ...
    • Groupware Definitions

• Summary

• Chapter 2: Scalix Groupware
  • The History of Scalix: Why HP Won the "Bury The Gold" Award
    • Abandoning OpenMail
  • Scalix at First Glance—SAC and SWA
    • Scalix Web Access—the Web Client
  • Scalix Architecture and Protocols
    • Protocols
    • User Types
    • Mailnodes
    • Services
    • Daemons
    • Queues
    • The Message Store
  • Scalix Versions and Packages
    • Licenses
    • Platforms and Hardware Requisites
    • Packages
    • Add-Ons
  • Getting Help
    • The Scalix Website
    • Manual Pages
    • Online Help
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Installing Scalix
  • Installing Scalix on OpenSUSE
    • Download Community Edition from the Scalix Website
    • Checking and Troubleshooting the System Before Installation
      • DNS Integration
    • Continuing Installation
    • Three Steps for Initial Configuration
    • Setting Up the Server
    • Testing the Installation
  • Installing Scalix on Fedora Core
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Advanced Installations
  • Advice for Installation
  • Checklist for Accessing the Graphical Installation
    • Graphical Installation on Windows Using NoMachine
      • Setting Up Your First NoMachine Session
  • Text-Based Installation
  • Uninstalling, Updating, and Reconfiguring Scalix
    • Uninstalling Scalix
    • Updating and Reconfiguring

• Advanced Installations—Multi-Server Setup
  • Distributing Scalix Services on Multiple Hosts
  • Troubleshooting Installation

• Summary

• Chapter 5: First Steps with Scalix Admin Console and Scalix Web Access
  • SAC at a Glance
    • Logging In
    • A First Look Around
    • Navigating in the Admin Console
  • Users, Groups, Resources...
    • Changing Passwords
    • Filtering the List
    • Adding a User
    • Playing with Filters
  • Testing the New Account—Logging into SWA
    • Sending the First Email

• Summary

• Chapter 6: Administration and Configuration
  • Deploying Clients
    • Installing Scalix Connect for Outlook
    • Installing Outlook as a Client
      • A New Account
      • Changing an Existing Account
      • Adding an Outlook Profile
      • Setting Up Outlook for the Scalix Server
      • SmartCache
    • Starting Outlook 2000
    • The SmartCache Icon and Context Menu
    • Outlook 2003
    • Installing the Scalix Evolution Connector
    • Kmail/Kontact as IMAP Client
    • Kontact as Groupware Client with a Scalix Server
    • Scalix Email with Thunderbird
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Common Options and Documentation
  • Global Configuration Files and Directories
    • Scalix—Outlook: mapi.cfg
  • Options and Parameters
  • General Options
  • IMAP and Addressing Options
  • Item Structure Server, Local Delivery, and More
  • POP, Public Folders, Queue
  • Service Router and UAL Client Options
  • Virus Protection
  • Configuring Scalix Components
  • Administration Commands
    • Start/Stop Scalix
    • Status and Other Information
    • User Management
    • Installation and Configuration
    • Tuning
    • Services
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Monitoring Scalix
  • Standard Monitoring Commands
    • Log Files and Logging
    • Scalix Applications
    • Checking the Limits
      • The Error Manager
    • Monitoring Scalix with Nagios
      • Download and Installation
      • Editing the Nagios Configuration
      • Customizing the Configuration
      • Services and Commands—the Hard Work
      • Contacts and Contact Groups
      • Nagios NRPE
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Scalix and Security
  • Basic Security and Firewalls
    • Linux Firewall Terminology
    • iptables—the Standard Linux Firewall Tool
    • The SUSEfirewall
  • Securing Scalix with OpenVPN
    • Generating Certificates
    • VPN Client Access to the Server
    • Setting Up a Web Proxy
  • Stunnel
  • Securing Scalix with https Redirection
    • Configuring Apache2 for SSL Redirection

• Some More Ideas ...
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Backup and Restore
  • Saving /var/opt/scalix
    • Restoring /var/opt/scalix
  • Incremental Backups to a Different Machine
    • Exporting/Importing Single Mailboxes
  • Automated Backups to File
    • Importing Data with sxmboximp
  • Backup Tools for Large Environments
    • Logical Volume Management (LVM) Snapshots
    • Sxbackup from the Scalix Admin Resource Kit
    • Single Mail Restore with SEP sesam
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Scalix Directory Integration
  • Integrating with an External LDAP Directory
    • The Scalix LDAP Server
    • Preparing a LDAP Server for Password Management
    • Configuring Scalix for LDAP Authentication
  • Active Directory Integration
    • Installing the Active Directory Extensions
    • Create a New Scalix-ADS User
    • The Scalix ADS Extensions
    • The Management Console Extension
  • Activating Synchronization Agreements
    • Synchronizing Contacts with Active Directory
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: HA and Multi-Server Setups
  • Multi-Server Setups
  • The Common "Simple" Two-Node Cluster
  • The "Cheap" Active-Passive Cluster
  • Mailrouting in the Enterprise Edition: omaddrt
  • Keeping Directories Synchronized
  • Summary

• Chapter 13: Defeating Spam and Viruses
  • Commercial or Open Source?
  • Scalix Virus Scanning—How It Works
  • Installing Clamav
    • Setting Up Scalix for Virus Control
  • Scalix Anti-Spam
  • Authentication and Relay Control
  • Summary

• Bibliography
  • Links Used Throughout the Book:
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 7:
    • Chapter 8:
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10:
    • Chapter 11:
    • Chapter 12:
  • Acronyms Used
  • Relevant RFCs

• Index

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