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I am really enjoying working with Scalix and I feel that it is *finally* going to bring some sense to our office email system. Great job in combining everything in a great package. The Outlook integration is about the best that I have seen.

I have one request something I feel would be quite useful to other new Scalix Admins:

A max two page PDF file listing common administrative commands and their uses. I have downloaded and printed the Administration Guide, but for me atleast, its a bit of a pain because I have to flip to the end of the guide to find the command reference, then try to guess from the command line switches what each thing does.

Some would say I should read the man pages and guide cover to cover, and I plan to, but I think it would be a great boon to Scalix if they could attach this 'cheat sheet' to the end of their documentation.

A small handy guide that I can have on the desk that shows me common everyday commands that I can type away at the prompt to do maintenance tasks would be great.

Thanks for the suggestion; i'd think that this might really be useful and we'll discuss what we can do.

In the meantime, however, there are some strategies that help you find the right command:

1) If you type "man scalix-server" you'll get a master index manpage that contains a lot of references to other commands, sorted by topic and functional group.

2) Command names have a logical structure - for example if you don't remember how to add a new user, just type "omadd" (most commands start with om and most commands that add something continue with "add"), then hit the "tab" key twice. Bash will show you all commands that start with what you typed. Looking at the commands displayed, it will be easy to guess that omaddu is the one you're looking for.

3) Next, type the command with the "-h" or "-?" option - it will display a Usage line with common switches and options - in most cases, you can guess the meaning of the switch by reading the parameter name.

Certainly, in some cases you'll still have to go to the respective command man page.

Hope this helps - and again, we'll look into what it takes to create a 2-page (double-sided) quick cheat sheet.

-- Florian.