[HLUG] Zimbra - A real Outlook /Exchange replacement?

[Alex Mace]

I did prefix it with "personally" for that reason. I was going to  
mention it in a reply to the original post but figured it wasn't  
really relevant, but I'd consider it before Exchange, so when Andrew  
mentioned that I thought I'd mentioned it.

In the context of e-mail systems and storage in an office environment  
then it's all stored away from your particular computer anyway.  
Perhaps it would be nice to have the option to store all of your  
information yourself, but I don't think that is particularly realistic.

I like the convenience of having all my stuff in the cloud anyway.

Alex

On 27 Jun 2008, at 20:47, matt jones wrote:

> Alex Mace wrote:
>> Personally I'd look at Google Apps - only $50 per user per year,  
>> 25Gb of storage per user, calendaring, sites, etc, etc. I use it my  
>> personal domain and we use it in work too. They've got some pretty  
>> massive installations on it now (aside from Gmail!). The spam  
>> protection is absolutely amazing, and it is as reliable as...  
>> Google. 'nuff said!
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 27 Jun 2008, at 18:19, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If you are looking at Zimbra check out Scalix http:// 
>>> www.scalix.com - I
>>> looked at Zimbra when going to Scalix a couple of years ago, but  
>>> Scalix
>>> seemed at the time to be more customisable, Zimbra seemed to  
>>> require the
>>> web interface to do a lot, which seemed a bit clunky to me.   
>>> Scalix has
>>> done the bread and butter of our email for the past two years, and  
>>> other
>>> than a few minor problems, we have had no issues with the  
>>> backend.  It
>>> hasn't been as smooth on the Outlook front, but the issues have been
>>> fixed with product updates.
>>>
>>> That said, due to our volume of mail, and neither Zimbra or Scalix
>>> support on the large style backup applications, we may be forced  
>>> down
>>> the Exchange route at work, which is a shame.
>>>
>>> Andrew.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of  
>>> Julian
>>> Robbins
>>> Sent: 27 June 2008 08:38
>>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
>>> Subject: [HLUG] Zimbra - A real Outlook /Exchange replacement?
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I looked at using Zimbra ww.zimbra.com once in the company I work  
>>> for,
>>> but we went for a different solution. Shame in some ways when you  
>>> see
>>> what Zimbra is capable of these days.
>>>
>>> I mention Zimbra as there is a open source version of their  
>>> software.
>>> You don't get every bell and whistle, but you get most of the
>>> functionality you require without having to go with the commercial
>>> version.
>>>
>>> I also wanted to plug a new service that the ISP we use,
>>> (www.openia.com) are trialling  - a full hosted Zimbra service.
>>>
>>> I had a play with the system, and was mightily impressed with the  
>>> ease
>>> of use, the ajax interface and the quick response :- it really was  
>>> like
>>> using a standalone local application. Might you I'm told that Openia
>>> have a dual quad Xeon set of processors, effectively an 8 core setup
>>> server, so pretty hefty hardware behind it.
>>>
>>> I hope this doesn't come across as advertising, but I wanted to  
>>> bring to
>>>
>>> people's attention that you can get hosted solutions such as this  
>>> in the
>>>
>>> UK, though sadly not from Herefordshire itself as yet.
>>>
>>> Also Openia don't yet have anything on their website advertising  
>>> this
>>> service, but I'm sure they will in due course.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
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>>
> Yes, but it is hardly open is it? Also, I  and others as well feel  
> uncomfortable storing my personal documents on a Google server where  
> they can  do anything they want with it.
> Mj
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