Comparing GroupWise, Exchange, OES, NetWare

Updated the COMPARISION menu on GWCheck.com.

Added the link to OES, NetWare.
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NetMail 3.6 Release Candidate Available

The NetMail 3.6 release candidate code is available through MyRealBox's FTP site.

You can get the code here:
NetWare, ZIP
Linux, TGZ

Once again it is applied as a patch over and existing 3.52 installation.

For those of you who aren't yet familiar with the new features in 3.6 here's a portion of the readme below:

Administration

1. In WebAdmin on individual user account properties you can now view and edit: Immediate Purge of deleted messages, Signatures, Address book settings.

2. There is a new entry on individual user accounts to allow an administrator to set a default Sent Items folder.

3. There is a new entry on individual user accounts to allow an administrator to set a default Drafts folder.

4. The above settings can also be applied to a Parent Object.

5. An administrator can now set a default parent object. This can be set by editing the Messaging Server object. Any settings configured on the assign parent object will apply to all users on the system, unless they have an explicitly defined parent object or have individual settings that are configured to override the default parent. This can be used to set a default Drafts and Sent Items folder for the entire system.

6. Accounts created in TOM can have their eDirectory account disabled by default. To do so you will need to use a tool that can edit the attributes of an object (such as the Other tab in ConsoleOne) and add TomDisableNDSLoginForNewUsers:1 to the NIMS:TOMOptions on the Parent Object.

7. You can use Universal Passwords with NetMail and eDirectory 8.8. You will need to have a password policy defined, the default login method needs to be set for each user (or container) and you need to set NDSD_TRY_NMASLOGIN_FIRST=true. See this CoolSolutions article for steps to configure: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17259.html

WebAccess Template

1. You can now create rules that contain a “reply with” option.

2. You can define a Drafts folder under options.

3. When composing a new message there is a Save button if a draft folder has been defined. This will save a copy of the email to the drafts folder which can be worked on later.

4. Embedded images can now be displayed in the WebAccess template.

5. Can set a preference to copy automatically generated messages to the Sent Items folder.

6. Support for PNG graphics.

NetMail Template
A new template is included called the “NetMail” template. It has been completely redesigned and has many new features. Please see the instructions in the installation section for how to add this template to your system. Some of the new features include:

1. The new features included above in the WebAcess template.

2. AJAX based implementation, allowing it to be significantly smaller that the previous WebAccess template.

3. A more streamlined look and feel, with a more intuitive user interface.

4. A message preview window.

5. The ability to double click a message in the message list to open a message.

6. Right click functionality for many of the common tasks.

7. Auto -save draft feature-As long as a user is actively creating a message in the compose window the connection to NetMail will never time out, after 3 minutes of inactivity the message will automatically be saved as a draft, and the default timeout timer will begin. If they resume typing the counter will be reset.

8. New contact management interface-The address book is now a folder within the main window.

9. Ability to create Groups within the address book.

10. Messages can be selected in the main window use family keystrokes such as CTRL-A to select all, CTRL-click to select many individual messages, and SHIFT-click to select a series of messages.

11. CTRL-N or ALT-N is a new shortcut to create a new messages in IE and Safari.

12. Calendaring has a new interface

13. There is a calendar quick view window on the left hand side to quickly see the calendar items for the day.

14. Appointments can be created by highlighting on the calender itself and dragging over the time desired.

Assuming all goes well the plan on shipping the full release will be November 5th.
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GroupWise 7.0.2 GWIA Post HotPatch 1a - Rev B. 7.0.2HP

Let's keep it simple... GroupWise 7.0.2 GWIA Post HotPatch 1a - Rev B. 7.0.2HP.

At least it fixes something.

205122 GWIA Reports "Relaying Denied" Because Wrong DNS Lookup is Used
263393 added "/DefaultNonMimeCharSet". This will tell it to use the specified char set instead of US_ASCII.
269593 Reply to some internet messages is incorrect when using GWIA without Internet addressing enabled
274508 GWIA 7.02 Abend with SendConvert Listed as Running Process
281976 Provide means to identify the build date of the Linux agents when inspecting the core
282614 INTL: GW702(Hot Patch) Unreadable Chinese characters in Name and (partial) Subject line
286710 WDR: Content-type not compliant with RFC2045
291306 Internet Addressing not working after upgrading to GW7.02 GWIA HP1a Rev A
292695 When a image is added, global signature is not working
293099 GWIA abends in RecvConvert Process
295213 Get rid of the 'unused' replies...
301685 ICal Appointments Scheduled after the beginning of DST in New Zealand are off by an hour
304001 Appointments are 1 hour out for 3 weeks following end of extended DST
306150 Message ID in POP mail is only 8 characters
327154 DST is not showing properly for New Zealand Ical Messages
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BlackBerry Seminar Series

The Connect With The Experts - BlackBerry® Technical Seminar for IT Professionals is a seminar series designed for Information Technology experts by BlackBerry experts. A selection of workshops over the course of this one day event offer focused BlackBerry content for the IT manager or administrator who needs in-depth, technical information on how to get the most from BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, achieve optimal BlackBerry smartphone deployments and how best to mobilise applications for BlackBerry.

If you're running BlackBerry Enterprise Server, check it out.
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Friendly Reminder

Go GroupWise. Go GWAVACon.
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NGW list Archives Browsable

Message from Trevor : You can browse / read the ngwlist archives at marc.info/?l=ngw.

Added a quick search form to GWCheck.com, on top between the other quick search forms...


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Rambling

Check out Dean Lythgoe's Cool Blog on how to ramble about GroupWise.
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Netmail 3.6 Release Candidate

The Messaging Architects have updated myrealbox.com with what they hope will be the release candidate for 3.6. If you have a MRB account, check it out.

Be sure to set your template to Netmail (options, general settings).
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OES 2 (not SP2)

OES 2 is available now.
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Solid GroupWise Roadmap

Just got the latest news from Novell on GroupWise :

Because of near-shoring activities, there will be more people working on GroupWise after October than there has been for several years. A lot of this staffing is complete and more will come. Knowledge transfer is happening and Novell is very optimistic about how much this team can affect Quality Control, maintenance work and ongoing new development.

GroupWise has a solid roadmap, this roadmap is committed to throughout the organization... Bonsai is a great release and much anticipated. The Monterrey release will be just as exciting.
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You Know Those Faces, You Remember Those Stories

Check out, no check in for the GroupWise Summit.
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IBM Lotus Symphony Beta

IBM joins the Open Office arena with IBM Lotus Symphony Beta.
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URL fix for the GroupWise 6.5.6 Update 2 Windows Client

URL fix for the GroupWise 6.5.6 Update 2 Windows Client has been released as a Field Test File.

This patch is for the client on the Windows. This patch is to fix issues with current 6.5.6 Update 2 client where clicking on URLs is no longer working.
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WSCNA

Ever wanted to become a Wireshark Certified Network Analyst ?

The Wireshark Certification Program strives to test a candidate's knowledge and ability to troubleshoot, optimize and secure a network based on evidence found by analyzing the traffic.

Check ot out.
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GroupWise EMEA Summit

Are you ready for the GroupWise EMEA Summit?

The guys at GroupWiseR certainly are and very proud too to offer more than 20 Hands-On labs hosted by famous speakers from all over the world.

This year the labs will not only cover GroupWise even more in depth then ever - you can also dive deep into Novell Teaming & Conferencing.

This year a number of Partner Solutions will be presented by some of the best Speakers from GWAVA, Messaging Architects, GroupLink, Omni-TS, RIM/Blackberry and of course Sitescape.

The keynote will be delivered by Novell's Alex Evans, one of the Product Managers for GroupWise.

Novell Support will send Jan-Arie Snijders to host the famous "Advanced Troubleshooting with Novell Support" lab and Tim Draper (Novell) and Tommy Mikkelsen will not run one, but even two GroupWise SOAP workshops.
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Winsock Suite Update

A Winsock Suite Update has been released. This contains fixes for WebAccess.

WSPSSL.NLM
- Because of the NILE changes, WSPSSL had to be changed to be able to manage the TCP window differently. This affected SSL connections to the server including FTP and Groupwise Webaccess among others. Symptoms would include TCP window going to zero. Webaccess stops responding.
The updated WSPSSL.NLM can be used and is backwards compatible but if the new NILE is used, you must also use the updated WSPSSL in this patch. Bug 269502, Bug 278932
- Fixed a problem where GroupWise Webaccess stopped responding because of Winsock was backlogged. Bug 259478
- Fixed ABend: Kernel detected an attempted context switch while holding a spinlock caused by some of new code put in for NILE.
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GroupWise Mobile Server 2.02

Now available: GroupWise Mobile Server 2.02 powered by Intellisync.

Novell GroupWise® Mobile Server 2 enables customers to synchronize e-mail, appointments, tasks, contacts and notes between GroupWise and hundreds of mobile devices. This capability is the result of a partnership between Novell and Nokia* Corporation to integrate Intellisync's wireless "push" e-mail and Personal Information Management (PIM) synchronization technology with GroupWise.
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Survey In The Workplace

Osterman Research is conducting a quick survey on various messaging issues in the workplace and invites you to participate in this survey.
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Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra

I read the news today, oh boy ...
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GWAVACon Europe

Can't be in two continents at the same time ? Visit GWAVACon Europe october 20 - 22.

Click here to register.
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NetMail 3.6 Public Beta

Posted yesterday by Jeff Dalby of the Messaging Architects in the NetMail list talk@netmailinfo.com ...

"The initial public beta is finally ready to go on our servers. You can get the NetWare and Linux versions here:

ftp://ftp.myrealbox.com/nm36beta/netmail36beta2_lin.tgz
ftp://ftp.myrealbox.com/nm36beta/netmail36beta2_nw.zip

If anyone is interested in a windows build please let me know. As a standard warning this is Beta code, I've tried to have it tested as much as possible, but odds are you will find issues beyond what we've already found, which of course is the reason for this Beta. Critical issues we will do everything we can to fix immediately, so please post anything critical to this list and also email me directly so I can work with you to make sure we fix them quickly.

You'll find a readme of sorts in the root after you extract the files. It explains how to install the update and lists some of the new features you may want to try out. It also lists some of the issues we have not resolved as of yet. The install is simple, but this version does require you have a previous install of NetMail 3.52. Once you have that system setup it's basically the same as applying any patch. Just extract the file at the root of the server you want to patch. One thing you will have to do is create the NetMail template in WebAdmin by hand. Instructions for doing so are included in the readme.

The back out plan is simply apply the F patch over top. You may also want to remove the new NetMail template from WebAdmin as well.

Some important limitations that I want to stress are that the new NetMail template is currently English only, and also some of the new features that have been added to the old WebAccess template are not yet localized. Also there hasn't been any help added to the new template yet, but I think you'll find it to be quite intuitive.

One issue not mentioned in the readme is that you'll run into some styling issues in IE6 that we haven't worked out yet, for best results you'll want to try the new template in FireFox or Internet Explorer 7.

Please post any issues you find that aren't covered in the readme to this list, that way we can get everyone involved with making this as bug free of a release as possible.

I'm very excited about the direction the new template is going and hope that you will be as well. Please let us know your opinions of the look and feel of the new interface. For those of you who can't help with the Beta, I'll be updating myrealbox.com on Wednesday so everyone can check it out.

Thank you everyone for all your support and help with this,

Jeff Dalby
NetMail Support
Messaging Architects"
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Exchange 2007 Facts

Check out Gregg Hinchman's article on Exchange 2007.
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OES2 and NW65 SP7 Beta

Posted by Novell :

If it's not there yet today it will be on Monday. I know that was their plan. Both OES2 and NetWare 6.5 SP7 should be available before the end of the day Monday.
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Google, GroupWise, and GWAVACon

Richard Bliss has been conducting a survey to determine the interest level amongst Novell ustomers who are Educational Institutions.

Read Richard's Blog why and what the subject means to GroupWise.
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GWAVA 4 CBT for free

Check out the temporarely free GWAVA 4 CBT Online Training.
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GWCheck Support Options

>> originally this was the 1st posting of this Blog,
posted at 7.01... <<

Bob Jonkman has updated his listing of all GWCheck Support Options.

Basic, Additional, Undocumented and listed Alphabetical. Now available for GroupWise versions 5.x, 6.x and 7.x.

Another copy of this file can be found on GroupWise.org.
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Retain for Blackberry Enterprise Server

GWAVA will launch Retain for Blackberry Enterprise Server somewhere next week.

Check out the demo !
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Bonsai Update

Dean Lythgoe on Bonsai (from the NGW List):

We will support upgrading from GroupWise 6.5 to Bonsai.

We have not officially announced the version number for Bonsai. I will check with marketing and try and reply soon.

Bonsai will still use ConsoleOne. During the Bonsai time frame, we have developed a Java API for a future administration console. That console will most likely not be based on ConsoleOne or iManager. We are still designing the final delivery. It will probably be web based and SOAP enabled. We plan to put SOAP on top of the Java API.

Bonsai will still be eDirectory dependent. However, we plan to decouple this dependency in "Monterrey". If you have eDir, you will have more functionality, but we plan to support 'any' LDAP compliant directory.

Dean
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Quick Survey on Messaging Issues

Osterman Research is conducting a quick survey on various messaging security issues and we invite you to participate in this survey. This survey will take about five minutes to complete.

Everyone who receives an invitation from Osterman Research and completes this survey will be entered into a drawing to receive a $250 Amazon.com gift certificate or a check for $250.
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Google Academic Offering for Schools

Google has recently begun offering to host student email accounts for Universities and K-12 Educational Institutions. Schools still have a lot of questions about the offering and what it entails.

Richard Bliss is conducting a survey to determine the interest level amongst Novell ustomers who are Educational Institutions. Please take a few minutes to fill out the 11 question survey.

Read Richard's Blog why.
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Collaboration Advisor Summit

Presented just ONCE, ADVISOR SUMMIT will get you on the inside of collaboration with:

MICROSOFT software -- SharePoint, Access, Office, Silverlight, and .NET

IBM software -- Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Lotus Quickr, and Lotus Sametime

NOVELL software -- GroupWise Bonsai, Novell Teaming + Conferencing, and Messaging Architects NetMail
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GroupWise 702 Agent Hot Patch 2 Rev 1 SP2

GroupWise 702 Agent Hot Patch 2 Rev 1 SP2 is out.

Simple versioning name, hmm?
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Novell Alumni

Did you once work at Novell? Ever wonder what happened to others you worked with? Want to swap some stories? This is a place to put out word about yourself and reconnect with old colleagues.

Check out Novell Alumni !
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Lori Quinn Group New GWCheck Partner

Welcoming to a new GWCheck partner:

The LoriQuinn Group is a team of professional, experienced software trainers who have been training and supporting GroupWise and it's predecessor, WP Office, since 1991. From newbies to power users, we train all versions of GroupWise to end users.

The LoriQuinn Group partners with integrators so they can provide a complete solution to their customers.

Check out their website !
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GroupWise 7.02 HP View Designer

Ed Hanley released an updated GroupWise 7 View Designer.

This one works with the latest GW Client / 7.02 HP and works from the GroupWise client directory.
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Visual Click Software New GWCheck Partner

Welcoming to a new GWCheck partner:

Visual Click Software helps you save time and money in effectively managing your eDirectory/NDS, NetWare and GroupWise networked environments.

Check out their website !
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Bonsai News

Read Dean Lythgoe's Bonsai update on Cool Blogs.
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GroupWise Advisor Summit 2007

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