Dear clapf-users,
it's been a while ago since I wrote to the list the last time. Today
I've just
finished a rewrite of the web based gui. Now it features twitter's
bootstrap
elements to provide a better look than the previous one.
To clarify: there's no need to upgrade the clapf daemon and the binary
tools.
They hasn't changed since the last stable version. Only the gui is
changed
with this new rc version.
There are a few other changes to the clapf project. I moved the source
code,
and the issue tracker to bitbucket.
You can always get the latest master branch (alias the nightly build)
at
https://bitbucket.org/jsuto/clapf/get/master.tar.gz
The master branch provides no new features, so you don't have to
upgrade to it
at all. However I encourage you to try the gui in the source/webui
directory, since
I believe it's an improved version. I'd like to get as much feedback as
possible
so I recommend you to try it on a separate virtualhost before
presenting it to your
users.
And you should try it with different browsers, too. It should work with
all major
browsers.
The new gui features a different configuration file. I used to provide
a setup script
that reads your current config.php adds the new stuff, then regenerates
it. This is
no more. The new release has a config.php script, and it's overwritten
with every
new release. To preserve you site specific settings create a
config-site.php next to
config.php with all your local values. Eg. my config-site.php is
something like this:
**************** snippet begins ****************************
<?php
// yes, the gui can be branded with your text/logo
$config['BRANDING_TEXT'] = 'SPAM FREE INBOX';
$config['BRANDING_URL'] = 'http://clapf.org/';
$config['SITE_NAME'] = '*********.acts.hu';
$config['SITE_URL'] = 'http://*******.acts.hu/';
$config['POSTFIX_LISTEN_ADDRESS'] = '1.2.3.4';
$config['SMTP_DOMAIN'] = 'acts.hu';
$config['SMTP_FROMADDR'] = 'no-re...@acts.hu';
$config['HAM_TRAIN_ADDRESS'] = 'h...@acts.hu';
$config['SPAM_TRAIN_ADDRESS'] = 's...@acts.hu';
$config['DIR_BASE'] = '/opt/www/data/********.acts.hu/';
$config['SPAM_ONLY_QUARANTINE'] = 1;
$config['TRAIN_DELIVERED_SPAM'] = 1;
?>
**************** snippet ends ****************************
One more thing with the gui upgrade: delete the t_search table, since
its format is changed a bit. I think it won't bother your users much.
I know it's rude to force you to such a manual work, but I promise this
is
the last time :-)
If you find anything (bugs, etc.) you may open a ticket at
https://bitbucket.org/jsuto/clapf/issues
Please don't use https://jira.acts.hu:8443/ anymore I'm about to shut
it down.
It's a shame that I have left a single ticket there for years, but the
good
news is that now it's solved with the new master branch.
So that's for the new gui. I have other plans, too, to improve clapf.
For starters, I'd get rid of the AD/ldap syncing stuff. It would be
more elegant
if the gui could authenticate users directly against AD (or ldap). A
few problems
arise however regarding user preferences and training, but I'll look
for a solution.
I also think about converting all tokens to utf-8 encoding using iconv.
For an English
language email it doesn't make much difference, however for other
languages (eg. Hungarian)
it offers a better and more reliable tokenisation. The bad news is that
this requires
dropping then creating the token database from scratch. I think this
feature will be
optional by a configure option to make the transition to newer version
smoother.
Another user asked for help with zimbra integration. If any of you is
familiar with
writing zimlets, changing/customizing the zimbra gui (and it works with
zimbra 8, too :-)),
then please drop me a line. I could use a little help here.
If you have any questions, comments, etc. feel free to voice your
views.
Best regards,
Janos
