ANN: SOGo v1.0 RC 6

[Wolfgang Sourdeau]

The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the release candidate 6 of 
Scalable OpenGroupware.org (SOGo).

=== What is SOGo ===

SOGo is a free and modern scalable groupware server. It offers shared 
calendars, address books and emails through your favorite Web browser or 
by using a native client such as Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning.

SOGo is standard-compliant and supports CalDAV, CardDAV, GroupDAV and 
reuses existing IMAP, SMTP and database servers - making the solution 
easy to deploy and interoperable with many applications.

SOGo features :

 * Scalable architecture suitable for deployments from dozen to many 
thousand users
 * Rich Web-based interface that shares the look and feel, the features 
and the data of Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning
 * Improved integration with Mozilla Thunderbird and Lighthing by using 
the SOGo Connector and the SOGo Integrator
 * Two-way synchronization support with any SyncML-capable devices 
(BlackBerry, Palm, Windows CE, etc.) by using the Funambol SOGo Connector

and many more! SOGo and our connectors are completely free.

=== Getting SOGo ===

SOGo is free software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. As such, you 
are free to download and try it by either getting the newly released 
snapshot from :

http://www.inverse.ca/downloads/SOGo/Sources/SOGo-1.0rc6.tar.gz

or by getting the sources from the official SVN server :

http://svn.opengroupware.org/SOGo/inverse/trunk/

Documentation about the installation and configuration of SOGo is 
available from :

http://www.inverse.ca/contributions/sogo/documentation.html

You can also try our online SOGo demo at :

http://sogo-demo.inverse.ca/

Finally, you can also download our SOGo Connector for Mozilla 
Thunderbird / Lighthing and our SOGo Connector for Funambol at :

http://www.inverse.ca/contributions/sogo connector.html
http://www.inverse.ca/contributions/funambol.html

These connectors allow a good integration with Mozilla Thunderbird, 
Lightning and your favorite mobile devices.

=== Changes from the previous release ===

 * retrieving the freebusy DAV object was causing SOGo to crash
 * converted to use the gnustep-make 2 build framework
 * added custom DAV methods for managing user permissions from the SOGo 
Integrator
 * pressing enter in the contact edition dialog will perform the 
creation/update operation
 * implemented more of the CalDAV specification for compatibility with 
Lightning 0.8
 * added Italian translation, thanks to Marco Lertora and Sauro Saltini
 * added initial logic for splitting overlapping events
 * improved restoration of drag handles state
 * improved contextual menu handling of Address Book module
 * fixed time/date control widget of attendees editor
 * fixed various bugs occuring with Safari 3.1
 * monthly events would not be returned properly
 * bi-weekly events would appear every week instead
 * weekly events with specified days of week would not appear on the 
correct days
 * added support for calendar colors, both in the web and DAV interfaces
 * refactored and fixed the implementation of DAV acl, with partial 
support for CalDAV Scheduling extensions
 * removed the limitation that prevented the user of underscore 
characters in usernames
 * added Spanish translation, thanks to Ernesto Revilla
 * added Dutch translation, thanks to Wilco Baan Hofman
 * applied a patch from Wilco Baan Hofman to let SOGo works correctly 
through a Squid proxy

=== How can I help ? ===

The product is in constant evolution. You can provide your help to make 
SOGo better by contributing on various areas such as :

 * Translations
 * Testing and bug reports! (you can use http://sogo-demo.inverse.ca)
 * CSS and JavaScript adjustments to the Web UI

Feel free to send us your questions. You can also post them to the SOGo 
mailing list:

http://sogo.opengroupware.org/en/support/lists/index.html

=== Getting Support ===

For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing an email to: 
support@inverse.ca

Inverse offers professional services around SOGo to help organizations 
deploy the solution and migrate from their legacy systems.

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Wolfgang Sourdeau   ::   +1 (514) 755-3520   ::   wsourdeau@inverse.ca