Questions about scalix

[kool_kid]

Hey how do we show the mailbox size in the SWA, OL etc ?

Another question if i take a backup of /var/opt/scalix folder using tar and its a full backup now if i have a restore a particular user data then how would i determine which folder is to be copied and if i cannot do it this way then how do i accomplish this? I thought after taking full backup we can restore particular user too isnt it?

[Valerion]

Hey how do we show the mailbox size in the SWA, OL etc ?

In OL right-click, Properties, Folder Size.

Another question if i take a backup of /var/opt/scalix folder using tar and its a full backup now if i have a restore a particular user data then how would i determine which folder is to be copied and if i cannot do it this way then how do i accomplish this? I thought after taking full backup we can restore particular user too isnt it?

Yes, you can. The easiest is if you have a sxmboxexp image of the user's mailbox. If you don't and just have /var/opt/scalix, then

1) Install Scalix on another machine with the same hostname
2) Extract the mailstore archive here
3) do a sxmboxexp of the required user

When you have the transaction file, just use sxmboximp to restore the user again on the real mail server,

[kool_kid]

In OL right-click, Properties, Folder Size.

I want to make it available for users to see it like we were able to see in yahoo mail, hotmail etc

So inorder to do individual user backup we need to have 2 servers right? one will be live machine and if any particular user backup only needs to be restore then we need to restore it on test machine export it from that machine and get it to main machine and import it here right?

Apart from hostname and operating system anything else that needs to be same on both machines ?

[Valerion]

In OL right-click, Properties, Folder Size.

I want to make it available for users to see it like we were able to see in yahoo mail, hotmail etc

You are limited here by the OL user interface, Scalix cannot easily (at all?) change this. In SWA this can be done, however. If there's no feature to show this, you can do an enhancement request at http://bugzilla.scalix.com for this.

sxdu -h will give this to you on the command line, and you can also get this in SAC if you want to see it as administrator.

So inorder to do individual user backup we need to have 2 servers right? one will be live machine and if any particular user backup only needs to be restore then we need to restore it on test machine export it from that machine and get it to main machine and import it here right?

Apart from hostname and operating system anything else that needs to be same on both machines ?

That's it. You don't need two machines, but then you need to do a sxmboxexp for each user when you do a backup. There is a script that does this elsewhere on the forum.

[kool_kid]

Thanks Valeriion i will add a request in that Bugs site.

If we use the default login authentication without implementing LDAP or Kerberos etc then are we having security hole? or is it unsafe?

[Valerion]

Not as far as I am aware.

The only insecure stuff is Scalix's own web services, since they talk to one another. This, however is easy to secure, it's just not done by default (Apache access control, for example). And if you have to go cross-server, you can always implement Kerberos for that portion.

[kool_kid]

cross-server?? what does it mean?

[Valerion]

If you implement Scalix on multiple servers, all linked together.

[kool_kid]

can you tell me how to secure SWA and apart from this are there any security/application holes in Scalix?

[Valerion]

can you tell me how to secure SWA

Have a look in the Scalix Wiki, there's some information there on securing your server.

and apart from this are there any security/application holes in Scalix?

None known. If you find any, please file a bug report.

[kool_kid]

Thanks will do that

[kool_kid]

Hey how can i monitor incoming mails using community edition, i know abt mail archiver tool but thats available only for Enterprise Edition but i think we can fetch all incoming mails using fetchmail software or something like that can anyone who knows how to do it please guide me.

[Valerion]

What do you want to monitor, exactly? If you just want to see how much mail flows in and out, search the forum for "auditing".

If you want to capture a copy of each email coming in or going out, you will either need the Archiver (SBE/EE only from Scalix 11.3.0 onwards) or do it in sendmail. I know it's possible in sendmail, but I can't say how to do it, haven't needed to do it myself.

[kool_kid]

If you want to capture a copy of each email coming in or going out, you will either need the Archiver (SBE/EE only from Scalix 11.3.0 onwards) or do it in sendmail. I know it's possible in sendmail, but I can't say how to do it, haven't needed to do it myself.

yes thats what i want, who can help me with this please .

Secondly if already i have a domain and a website i got hosted on it can i make use of that domian for scalix?

[Valerion]

Secondly if already i have a domain and a website i got hosted on it can i make use of that domian for scalix?

Yes, you just need to set the MX records to point to the Scalix server.