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

[Seva Epsteyn]

Actually, I've been out of the loop, not only is Zimbra 5 out, but they 
are up to 5.0.1

Try their hosted demo here: http://www.zimbra.com/products/hosted_demo.php

-Seva

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, uteck wrote:

> I use Citidel (http://www.citadel.org/doku.php), but if I have to ever
> rebuild the box I would try Zimbra.  Citidel only works with Outlook
> shared resources with a paid plugin from Bynari, but using IMAP and
> ical are supported.
> 
> On Jan 15, 2008 12:10 PM, Jason Hedden <jason at latigid.net> wrote:
> > I've been using Release 5 for a bit now. Seems pretty stable, and has a lot of nice features (it'll even pick up lotus notes calendar events.) I also really like the amount of control available from a CLI.
> >
> > Few things to watch out for:
> > It's a resource hog, expect 2GB of memory dedicated to Zimbra.
> >
> > Zimbra recommends that you don't use a fire wall... This wasn't an option for me. open ports 25,80,389,443,465,993,5222,5223,7071. I'm still tweaking it a bit, but this seems to work.
> >
> > The admin console will connect back to the system via ssh. If you change the default ssh port it'll break the admin console. Use `zmprov ms server.domain zimbraRemoteManagementPort ##` to resolve it.
> >
> >
> > I do miss procmail though =(
> >
> > -Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Seva Epsteyn" <seva at sevatech.com>
> > > To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion" <luni at luni.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:27:47 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
> > > Subject: Re: [LUNI] [FWD: Linux - Zimbra - your opinion]>
> >
> > > 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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