Excellent. That appears consistent with the conclusions that I drew. OK if I contact either of you off-list? Thanks a ton.
Scott Ryan Byrd wrote: > 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. >> */ >> > > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
