we use zimbra here at my company. we have 60 or so employees and it works well for us. we upgraded to version 4.0 over the weekend. the web interface is very slick and the search is super fast. I recommend it.
Ryan On 9/25/06, Jesse Stay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I mentioned my previous employer (backcountry.com) used Zimbra for about 200+ (and growing) employees. I speak from mostly a user perspective, but I know the admin who maintained it didn't have too much beef with it. We rarely saw downtime, except during upgrades (which is a good thing - most of the examples mentioned do not provide as frequent updates as Zimbra. You can always count on Zimbra improving even more than it does now), and it being open source, I even started to look into writing my own Thunderbird plugins for accepting appointments, etc. Zimbra actually gave more functionality to Outlook users than Linux users, something that can't be said for a lot of its OSS competitors. Show your boss the demo that was pointed out earlier - I am willing to bet he will fall in love with it as soon as he sees it. I doubt you can get the Exchange Outlook Connector to auto-link phone numbers and addresses in your e-mails to your address book like Zimbra's web client does, and I know it doesn't link dates to your calendar so you can check within the e-mail itself if you are busy during those times. We were even working towards integrating it with our Asterix system so the phone numbers in e-mails customer support received would auto-dial the customer when you clicked on them. I think I'm only touching the surface with the possibilities. Outlook users will most likely not even notice the difference between being on Exchange vs. Zimbra - I know ours didn't at Backcountry, and they used it just as they would have on an Exchange platform. After seeing it in action I will be encouraging all my employers to make the switch in the future. Jesse On 9/25/06, Scott Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We've had some discussion recently about server replacements for > Exchange. I did get all of the suggestions for such applications, such > as Zimbra, Citadel, OpenXchange, Scalix, etc. What I didn't catch was > personal experience that anyone had with any of these. > > If you've had experience with any of these, which seems easiest to > install, maintain, etc? > > Off-hand, do you know which support Outlook connectivity without having > to buy something extra? > > Anything to steer clear of or be aware of? > > Again, I'm aware of many of the possible alternatives. I'm mostly just > looking for personal experience that anyone has had. > > My manager is about 10 seconds away from just telling me to install > Exchange. Please save me from the agony. :) > > Thanks in advance. > > Scott Morris > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- #!/usr/bin/perl $^=q;@!>~|{>krw>yn{u<$$<Sn||n<|}j=<$$<Yn{u<Qjltn{ > 0gFzD gD, 00Fz, 0,,( 0hF 0g)F/=, 0> "L$/GEIFewe{,$/ 0C$~> "@=,m,|,(e 0.), 01,pnn,y{ rw} >;,$0=q,$,,($_=$^)=~y,$/ C-~><@=\n\r,-~$:-u/ #y,d,s,(\$.),$1,gee,print /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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