zimbra mail versus exchange et al

M3_SJ · 04-25-2008, 11:53 AM

so what are the pros and cons of going to a webmail based solution like Zimbra Server for a company of 1000 + employees.

I come from an exchange w/ outlook background and a Apple Mail w/ iCal background. I find it odd that all employees will have to log on to IE or Firefox to access their "company mail" just like gmail or hotmail.

I'm used to having an setup.exe and a "client install"

Is this where enterprise email is headed ?

I have my doubts.

Can anyone shed light on this ?

Is Zimbra really the way to go ? if so why ?

What does Microsoft have to say about this ? or are they asking everyone to go "windows live"

thanks for any suggestions

lensman3 · 04-26-2008, 10:03 PM

>>>so what are the pros and cons of going to a webmail based solution like Zimbra Server for a company of 1000 + employees.

>>>I come from an exchange w/ outlook background and a Apple Mail w/ iCal background. I find it odd that all employees will have to log on to IE or Firefox to access their "company mail" just like gmail or hotmail.

I think this is the trend. You log on to the company mail using a browser. My wife teaches in a large school district and they have a central server which they log on to. My kids went to Colorado State Uni. and the had a central server that was accessed through a browser. My kids seem to accept this better than I do. I use Thunderbird...

One of the pluses would be: one, very well maintained, virus scanner. Each PC wouldn't have to have a scanner.

04-25-2008, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
M3_SJ Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 23 OS: xp	zimbra mail versus exchange et al so what are the pros and cons of going to a webmail based solution like Zimbra Server for a company of 1000 + employees. I come from an exchange w/ outlook background and a Apple Mail w/ iCal background. I find it odd that all employees will have to log on to IE or Firefox to access their "company mail" just like gmail or hotmail. I'm used to having an setup.exe and a "client install" Is this where enterprise email is headed ? I have my doubts. Can anyone shed light on this ? Is Zimbra really the way to go ? if so why ? What does Microsoft have to say about this ? or are they asking everyone to go "windows live" thanks for any suggestions

04-26-2008, 10:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 470 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: zimbra mail versus exchange et al >>>so what are the pros and cons of going to a webmail based solution like Zimbra Server for a company of 1000 + employees. >>>I come from an exchange w/ outlook background and a Apple Mail w/ iCal background. I find it odd that all employees will have to log on to IE or Firefox to access their "company mail" just like gmail or hotmail. I think this is the trend. You log on to the company mail using a browser. My wife teaches in a large school district and they have a central server which they log on to. My kids went to Colorado State Uni. and the had a central server that was accessed through a browser. My kids seem to accept this better than I do. I use Thunderbird... One of the pluses would be: one, very well maintained, virus scanner. Each PC wouldn't have to have a scanner.