Upgrade to Zimbra 6.0.8 Scheduled for Sept 18, 2010

VORARI will be upgrading the Zimbra shared infrastructure to version 6.0.8 this weekend. The upgrade is scheduled to take place on Saturday September 18th during a normal maintenance window. Enhancements for 6.0.8

  • Outlook’s “Propose New Time” functionality works in ZCO. When using Outlook 2007 or 2010, the Propose New Time feature is enabled, and when a reply to a Calendar invite proposes a new time, the proposed new time is sent to the originator and the requested time displays in the message header. (Bug 6523. 49387, UI change 48771).
  • Additional mobile devices are now supported by ZCS. See the Zimbra wiki article, Mobile Device Setup, http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/ Mobile_Device_Setup.

Enhancements for 6.0.7

  • ZCO. New email addresses can be added to the Address Book Contacts list when a message is sent from ZCO. For this to work, the Address Book preference Add new contacts to “Emailed Contacts” must be enabled on the Zimbra Web Client. (Bug 10770) Note: This fix no longer works because of Bug 47890 in 6.0.8.
  • ZCO end user documentation is now available from Outlook. Click the link called “Click here for ZCO documentation.” (Bug 11990)

  • When creating an appointment in Calendar, the begin and end times are now selected from a drop-down menu. (Bug 20344)
  • Drag and Drop files to compose tab for email messages is supported in versions of Firefox 3.6 or later, Chrome, and Safari 4 browsers, without the need for extensions/addons. When using Firefox 3.6 + browser, you can drag and drop files to your Briefcase folders, as well. If you are using Firefox 3.5 or earlier, you need the plug-in available from the Zimbra Gallery, http://gallery.zimbra.com/type/extra/zimbra-drag-and-drop-firefox-xpi Known issues: DND does not work with Internet Explorer. DND does not work when composing in a new window. (Bug 27153)
  • The drag and drop Zimlet is now enabled as a core zimlet. (Bug 46325)
  • The Radio field in the Outlook Contacts list now syncs with ZWC address book. The Radio field is added as a new field in the Other section of the contacts form.(Bug 27905)
  • Calendaring and scheduling .ics files received with an email message can now be added to one of your Calendars directly from the mail message. An Add to Calendar link displays when this type of file is received. (Bug 27959)
  • When uploading a file that is too large, an error displays, “Unable to upload attachment. Attachment size is too big.” This error displays in Firefox 3.6+, Safari 4+, and Chrome 5.x. (Bug 36776)
  • Additional data outputs for CLI zmdiaglog. For Linux: ps auxww and netstat -anp. For Max OSx: psauxww and netstat-an. (Bug 42747)
  • “Show Original” is available for Tasks and Calendar items. (Bug 44185)
  • New user preference, Don’t show contact group if one of its members matches can be enabled. When autocomplete is used to enter user addresses, the contact groups that the user might be part of do not display in the auto-complete list. (Bug 44509)
  • A new COS attribute, zimbraPrefCalendarApptAllowAtendeeEdit, can be set to FALSE to disable the ability for attendee to edit an appointment sent to them. The default is TRUE. Attendees can edit appointments in their Calendars. Now, when an attendee tries to edit an appointment, a warning displays reminding the attendee that the edits are only made to their appointments. If the organizer makes changes to the appointment, these changes overwrite the attendee’s edits. (Bug 44885)
  • Migration Wizard for Exchange enhancements: One step migration. The migration tool now provides an option to browse for a migration XML file and then migrate as per the options in the selected XML file. (Bug 45307)
  • When running the migration wizard, a zimbra migration account and the MAPI profile are automatically created in AD. Once the migration is completed, the account and profile are deleted. (Bug 45012)
  • A new shortcut key, Shift ! (exclamation), display appointments that are overdue or will start in 1 hour or less from the current time. (Bug 45208)
  • ZCO. Folders can now be shared with internal users when using the External GAL with ZCO. (Bug 45381)
  • ZCO. Outlook 2010 32 bit only is supported. (Bug 41037)
  • The maximum attachment size allowed is now displayed in the Attach dialog and Upload dialog. (Bug 45520)
  • New IMAP attribute to set the maximum allowed size of an IMAP request. Attribute name is zimbraImapMaxRequestSize. Previously this was a localconfig property. The default is 10240. (Bug 45891)
  • Users can now search for messages in their Sent folder by recipient name. In the Sent folder, select the recipient name and then click on the To column header. A Select an Address dialog opens. Select the name and click OK. (Bug 46794)
  • A global config attribute, zimbraAuthTokenValidityValueEnabled has been added. The default is TRUE. If this attribute is set to FALSE, auth token validity checking is disabled. (Bug 46966)

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