SME Server User Guide 6
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1. Welcome to your SME Server
1.1. About This Guide
1.1.1. Production
1.1.2. History
1.1.3. Endorsements
1.1.4. Acknowledgements
1.2. Software Licensing Terms and Conditions
1.3. About Our Test Company: The Pagan Vegan
1.4. What's New
1.4.1. Server Features
2. The role of the SME Server
3. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
3.1. Dedicated versus dialup connectivity
3.2. The IP address
3.2.1. Static versus dynamic IP addressing
3.2.2. Routable versus non-routable IP addresses
3.3. Arranging connectivity with your ISP
3.3.1. Ordering a corporate ADSL or other commercial dedicated connection
3.3.2. Ordering cablemodem or residential ADSL service
3.3.3. Ordering a dialup connection
3.4. Arranging Services From Your ISP
3.4.1. Service List A
3.4.2. Service List B
3.4.3. Service List C
3.4.4. Service List D
4. Hardware Requirements of the SME Server Host Computer
4.1. Hardware Requirements for a Category 1 Server
4.2. Hardware Requirements for a Category 2 Server
4.3. Hardware Requirements for a Category 3 Server
4.4. Hardware Requirements for a Category 4 Server
4.5. Supported Ethernet Adapters
4.5.1. Supported Ethernet Adapters
4.6. Supported SCSI Adapters
4.7. Supported Tape Drives
5. Installing And Configuring Your SME Server Software
5.1. Licensing Terms and Conditions
5.2. RAID1 Support (Disk Mirroring)
5.2.1. Software Mirroring
5.2.2. Hardware Mirroring
5.3. Upgrading From A Previous Version
5.4. Installing the Software
5.5. Configuring your SME Server
5.6. Setting Your Administrator Password
5.7. Configuring Your System Name and Domain Name
5.8. Configuring Your Local Network
5.8.1. Selecting Your Local Ethernet Adapter
5.8.2. Configuring Local Network Parameters
5.9. Operation Mode
5.9.1. Option 1: Server and gateway mode
5.9.2. Option 2: Private server and gateway
5.9.3. Option 3: Server-only mode
5.10. Configuring Server and Gateway Mode
5.11. Server and Gateway Mode - Dedicated
5.11.1. Configuring Your External Ethernet Adapter
5.11.2. Assigning Your Ethernet Adapters to Network Connection
5.11.3. Configuring Your External Interface
5.11.4. Configuring Dynamic DNS
5.12. Configuring the Server for Server and Gateway Mode - Dialup Access
5.13. Configuring Your DHCP Server
5.13.1. Configuring the DHCP Address Range
5.13.2. Important issues about the DHCP address range
5.14. Further Miscellaneous Parameters
6. The Server Console
6.1. Using the Text-based Browser
6.2. Accessing the Linux Root Prompt
7. Configuring the Computers on Your Network
7.1. What Order to do Things
7.2. Configuring Your Desktop Operating System
7.2.1. Automatic DHCP Service
7.2.2. Manual entry for computers not using DHCP service
7.2.3. MS Windows workgroup configuration
7.3. IMAP versus POP3 e-mail
7.4. Configuring Your E-mail Application
7.5. Configuring Your Web Browser
7.6. Configuring Your Company Directory
8. On-going Administration Using the server manager
9. Collaboration
9.1. Users
9.1.1. Disabling User Accounts
9.1.2. Changing User Passwords
9.2. Groups
9.3. Quotas
9.4. Pseudonyms
9.5. Information Bays
10. Administration
10.1. Backup or restore
10.1.1. Backup to desktop
10.1.2. Restore from desktop
10.1.3. Verify desktop backup file
10.1.4. Configure tape backup
10.1.5. Restore from tape
10.2. Create reinstallation disk
10.3. View log files
10.4. Mail log file analysis
10.5. Reboot or shutdown
11. Security
11.1. Remote access
11.1.1. ssh
11.1.1.1. ssh clients for Windows and Macintosh
11.1.2. PPTP
11.1.3. FTP
11.1.4. telnet
11.2. Local networks
11.3. Port forwarding
12. Miscellaneous
12.1. Online manual
12.2. Create Starter Web Site
12.3. Other Administration Notes
13. Configuration
13.1. Set date and time
13.2. Workgroup
13.3. Directory
13.4. Printers
13.5. Hostnames and addresses
13.5.1. Creating New Hostnames
13.5.2. Reserving IP Addresses Through DHCP
13.6. Domains
13.7. E-mail
13.7.1. E-mail Retrieval
13.7.2. Other E-mail Settings
13.8. Review Configuration
14. Information Bays (i-bays)
14.1. i-bay Directories
14.2. Accessing the i-bays
14.3. Creating an i-bay
14.4. Modifying an i-bay
14.5. An i-bay Used as a Customer Site: The Miles Gabriel Art Exposition
14.6. An i-bay Used as a Shared Network Drive
14.7. An i-bay Used as an Intranet: The Pagan Vegan "Vegemite"
14.8. An i-bay Used to Expedite Processes: Samson's Farms
14.9. An i-bay Used as Your Customer Download Site
15. User File Storage on the SME Server
15.1. Windows
15.2. Macintosh OS
16. Webmail
16.1. Enabling Webmail On Your System
16.2. Starting Webmail
16.3. Logging In
16.4. Viewing The Inbox
16.5. Logging Out of Webmail
16.6. Composing Messages
16.7. Reading Messages
16.8. Deleting Messages
16.9. Using Contacts
16.10. Changing Webmail Preferences
17. Additional Software
A. Introduction to the Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN)
B. Dynamic DNS Services
C. Proxy Servers
D. Technical Support
E. Quick Start Guide
F. Glossary
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