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

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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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