Upgrading to MDaemon 8
Below is a list of special considerations and notes that you may need to be aware of when upgrading to MDaemon version 8 from a previous version.
Version 8.0.0 Special Notes
- MDaemon 8.0 includes a product activation system to aid in combating software piracy and protecting the interests of legitimate customers. Immediately after MDaemon starts, it will launch the Activation Wizard, which will walk you through a simple one-time process to activate your registration key. You can activate in quickly through an automated online process or manually through a secure web site.
The activation process verifies that the registration key you are using is legitimate, and it associates your registration information with the machine on which MDaemon is installed and the MAC address of your Network Interface Card. This makes it impossible for others to illegally use your registration key. Reactivation is required only if you replace your Network card. Click the Help Activate your registration key… menu selection to launch the Activation Wizard.
Multiple activations are allowed (such as when you reinstall MDaemon, move it to a different machine, change your network card, and so on), but this is for customer convenience only and should not be considered a license to violate the EULA or attempt to use the same key simultaneously on multiple machines.NOTE:None of your personal information is required or transmitted during the activation process, registered users have 30 days in which to activate the software, and activation is required in order for MDaemon 8.0 to function.
For a more information on activation see:
http://www.altn.com/Activation/faq.asp - In order to support MDaemon's new collaboration system, Calendar, Contacts, and Task folders are created for each user during installation. A Contacts folder is also created for each domain. If any of these folders already exist, they will be renamed to Old Calendar, Old Contacts, and Old Tasks, and access control is preserved when folders are renamed.
Additionally, the address book and calendar formats were changed. Consequently, the installation process will automatically convert each user's private address book file (addrbook.xml) to the new Contacts folder in his or her root mail directory, and Calendar information will be migrated from the old Calendar.mrk file to the new XML format within the Calendar folder. For domain public address books, each will be converted and placed into the domain's Contacts public folder. None of the original files are deleted by this process. You shouldn't need to repeat the conversion/migration process, but you can run \MDaemon\App\MD3Conv.exe to migrate the calendar and contact data for any user (or all users) if necessary. Run it once with no command line arguments for instructions. - MDaemon no longer maintains a single global address book accessible by all domains. Address books are now maintained on a per-domain basis. If you wish to create a global address book or any other address books, then you can do so via the Public Folders tab of the Shared Folders dialog.
- MDaemon now includes SpamAssassin 3.0. This new version of SpamAssassin includes many upgrades and improvements. For a complete list of changes see http://www.spamassassin.org.
On the Heuristics tab of the Spam Filter dialog, the method for designating whether or not the Subject tag will be included in spam messages was changed. SpamAssassin no longer supports a key to turn subject modifications on and off. Instead, the existence of a subject tag determines whether or not one is used. As a result, please check this tab and make sure the subject modification is to your liking. Also, the _HITS_ tag in SpamAssassin 3 does not pad the score with leading zeros. Consequently, you may want to use _SCORE(0)_ in your subject tag instead of _HITS_ to aid in proper message sorting in some email client.
SpamAssassin 3 does not come configured to use the JP list for SURBL. Consequently, a rule was added to 80_MDaemon_scores.cf to support this. Also, because the default scores for SURBL hits were much lower than what was previously used with MDaemon, the old scores were put into 80_MDaemon_scores.cf. Adjust these score to your liking or delete the lines to use the defaults.
New default Bayesian scoring was been added to 80_MDaemon_scores.cf. In the future this file will always contain the default scores for Bayesian rules. You may wish to consider deleting the various "score BAYES_xx" lines from your local.cf file in order to use the new defaults. - Your AntiVirus update schedule file (MDaemon\App\AVSchedule.dat) was renamed to "…\AVSchedule.dat.old" so that a new set of default update times could be put in place. The new defaults randomize the times that updates take place, and schedule only a single update per day. This can improve update speeds by preventing excessively large numbers of MDaemon servers from attempting to update simultaneously around the world. If you prefer to use your previous settings, then you can restore you old AntiVirus update schedule by renaming "…\AVSchedule.dat.old" to "…\AVSchedule.dat".
- Please note the evolution of the old MDaemon GroupWare product into the new Outlook Connector for MDaemon. This name change is reflected in numerous places within the MDaemon and its documentation. To read more on this change, see the partner newsletter at:
http://files.altn.com/static/images/partners/press/newsletters/NL-200501.pdf - The default automatic spam filtering IMAP rule was changed. This rule is created for each account via the "Automatically filter spam messages into user's IMAP spam folder" option located on the Spam Filtering tab of the Spam Filter (click Security Spam Filter…) The rule used to merely check for the existance of the X-Spam-Flag header within each message. This was found to be insufficient because some external SpamAssassin-enabled software places "X-Spam-Flag: No" into messages. The rule was therefore changed to check for "X-Spam-Flag: Yes" rather than merely the existance of the header. To change the rule for all your accounts, clear the "Automatically filter spam messages into user's IMAP spam folder" option and follow the instructions. This will remove the old rule from each of your accounts. Then, simply click the checkbox again to build the new rule for each account.
- If you are using the composite log window in the main interface, then check your settings at Setup Miscellaneous Options GUI. They may need adjustment because a new log for Outlook Connector activity was added, which may have caused your previous settings to be changed.
- Older versions of ComAgent will no longer synchronize contacts with MDaemon 8. To regain this capability your users must update to ComAgent 8.
- See the Relnotes.txt file located in MDaemon's \Docs\ subfolder for a complete list of all new features, changes, and fixes to MDaemon from the previous version.
