[SOGo] ANN: SOGo v1.0 RC1

[Wolfgang Sourdeau]

The Inverse Team is pleased to announce the first release candidate (RC1) 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
 * Perfected integration with Mozilla Thunderbird and Lighthing by using the SOGo Connector
 * 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/uploads/SOGo/SOGo-1.0rc1.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 ===

 * Added browser detection with recommended alternatives (supports for Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, and Safari)
 * User-configurable Drafts / Sent / Trash mailboxes
 * Completed IMIP/ITIP support and added CardDAV support
 * Added identities and recurring events support
 * Added the ability the move and copy message across mail folders
 * Added the ability to label messages
 * Implemented cookie-based identification in the web interface
 * Fixed a bug where a false positive happening whenever a wrong user login was given during an indirect bind
 * Remove the constraint that a username can't begin with a digit
 * Deleting a message no longer expunges its parent folder
 * Implemented support for multiple calendars
 * It is now possible to rename folders
 * Fixed search in message content
 * Added tooltips for toolbar buttons (English and French)
 * Added checkmarks in live search options popup menus
 * Added browser detection with recommanded alternatives
 * Support for resizable columns in tables
 * Improved support for multiple selection in tables and lists
 * Improved IE7 and Safari support: attendees selector, email file attachments
 * Updated PrototypeJS to version 1.6.0
 * Improved address completion and freebusy timeline in attendees selector
 * Changed look of message composition window to Thunderbird 2.0

=== 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 :

 * 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 profesionnal services around SOGo to help organizations deploy the solution and migrate from their legacy systems.