ZIMBRA – NEXT GENERATION E-MAIL AND COLLABORATIONJason Whitaker

Transylvania University

WHAT IS ZIMBRA? Unix based e-mail and collaboration server Makes use of Postfix, Jetty, MySQL, ClamAV and

other open source projects Enhanced AJAX web interface Can integrate with AD for authentication Powerful command line facility for account

provisioning and administration Horizontally scalable, add servers to support more

load Offers Zimlets, or plugins, to offer new functionality

and an API to develop your own Open source license, can download and use the

server for free without support, licensed features Also offers Zimbra Desktop, a desktop e-mail client

LICENSED FEATURES

Built in backup facility, dumps flat file storage of data to a disk location, configurable number of days/weeks/months of backups to keep

Outlook Connector plugin, makes server smell like Exchange; keeps mail, contacts, calendar, tasks in sync with server

Mobile integration licenses for ActiveSync E-mail and phone support, X number of

tickets per year Server clustering Allows re-branding of the site logos

ZIMBRA @ TRANSY

Running v5.0.18, will upgrade soon to v6 Running on RHEL 5.3 Several mobile users with ActiveSync on iPhone Converting administrative offices to Outlook

plugin, shared calendar on Zimbra, etc office by office as requested or as we have time to push

Came from a very basic Novell web mail, so the AJAX interface is strikingly different for students, many have commented that they like it

Were a mostly POP campus before, some faculty/staff now enjoying server syncronization

Discovered Zimbra through open source edition, used it for prospective student e-mail addresses

ZIMBRA – NEXT GENERATION E-MAIL AND COLLABORATIONJason Whitaker

Transylvania University