SME Server v6.1

      Introduction

SME Server (Small to Medium sized Enterprise) is an Open Source answer     to Microsoft's Small Business Server, and is much more stable and secure      out-of-the-box that the Microsoft version.

SME Server is built on a standard Linux operating system which includes common applications and utilities freely available to the Linux community. Although the functionality provided by SME Server is certainly readily available to any knowledgeable Linux administrator, the product's custom management tools and automated installation process let virtually anyone with a modicum   of Linux experience install and maintain a network file   server with minimal effort

      Advantages

• High performance, very secure mail server. Virus scanning service stops Windows viruses before they even reach the PC's
• Low cost Internet Firewall and mail server for your small business (5 - 1,000 employees)
• Stop Email spam.
• Secure access by PPTP or IPSEC for traveling employees
• Control access to objectionable web sites.
• Easy to turn off services (like AppleTalk) that you are not using.
• Employer control over employee Internet access to time wasting sites
• Avoid monthly ISP per mailbox charges for email
• Far less costly than competitive Microsoft solutions
• The security and stability of Linux, tuned to work as a plug and play back-end   for Windows desktop clients.
• Provides Windows 2000 and XP domain logons and file and print-sharing
• Macintosh file and print-sharing--Via AppleTalk over TCP/IP.
• End Users may change their password using a secure Web-Based form.
• You can enable User disk space quotas.
• Information bays or i-bays are a powerful, simple, flexible mechanism for  creating distinct information-sharing sites
• The caching proxy server (on port 3128) is installed. 
• Support for an NTP server to automatically keep the date and time correct. 
• In terms of day-to-day maintenance, the product is easy to manage through its secure, browser-based interface.
• Its remote administration and management features--absent from Windows   2000 environments--provide additional flexibility.
• SME Server requires no client access licenses, so a corporation can serve a dozen or a thousand users from an SME-based server without breaking the   bank to pay license fees.

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