[LUNI] [FWD: Linux - Zimbra - your opinion]

[Samir Faci]

I've drooled over Zimbra before but never managed to get it working
properly.  The open source edition I found tedious to install, at least for
gentoo.  You had to run it in a chroot ubuntu install.  It looks beautiful
though.  They do have a commercial version which I'd be more then happy to
spend the money for at least for a business.

I would also look at atmail.com which is a similar product as Zimbra.  It is
a commercial product but for a business they have a decent price and it is a
good product.  They have a one flat rate per domain.  So you buy it once,
install it and you can add as many users as you'd like, unlike exchange and
similar products.

just my un-educated opinion.
--
Samir

On 1/15/08, Seva Epsteyn <seva at sevatech.com> wrote:
>
> Zimbra is not a distribution, it's a mail, calendaring, tasks, IM, etc
> system that competes with things like MS Exchange and runs on top of a
> number of Linux distros.
>
> I've setup Zimbra for a medium sized company before and have used it
> myself, and I highly recommend it.  It uses a lot of open source
> components (such as postfix) and is itself available in an open
> source version.  Release 5 is just around the corner - try the beta
> release.
>
> -Seva
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Mike Scott wrote:
>
> > I received the email below from a friend of mine who is looking to break
> > free from MSFT and is considering a turnkey Linux application.  Has
> > anybody heard of the distro he is talking about and/or do you have any
> > other suggestions for implementing an easy email/calendar server that
> > can be set up to allow his family to continue using Outlook as the
> > client.  They don't run Linux on the desktop (yet) and don't plan to.
> >
> > - Mike Scott
> >
> > > I recently purchased two domains, I am considering using this domain
> for my family.
> > >
> > > If I switch Sandra over to this domain, it will free up a CAL for SBS
> > > 2003 on the business domain.  Also, I want to set up a domain for
> > > the house with email for the kids, and have a shared family calendar
> via
> > > "exchange" like.
> > >
> > > Either I buy another license with 5 CALS for a second SBS 2003 server,
> > > this seems to be the most economical software purchase.  Then we can
> use
> > > Outlook, in exchange mode.  Also keeping Sandra on Outlook makes my
> life
> > > easier.
> > >
> > > The guys who are assisting me with managing my
> > > SBS 2003 server installation, are recommending I try the Zimbra Linux
> > > server application found at www.zimbra.com.
> > >
> > > It claims to have seamless outlook integration, but it looks to me
> like
> > > you have to purchase the commercial version to get the shared exchange
> > > database features?
> > >
> > > If I go with the SBS 2003, I will have Taylor put the www and ftp for
> > > the family on one of the existing linux servers and only use the
> SBS2003
> > > server for email.
> > >
> > > I am interested in learning how to install the linux, I downloaded the
> > > software, but am already over my head.
> > >
> > > Let me know what you think, or if you know of a better solution.
> >
> >
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