Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Fri Jan 18 05:41:55 CST 2013
Hi Gustav, Just so you know, ActiveSync is now a defunct piece of software. The last release was in 2007; 6 years ago. mvh, Hans-Christian Andersen On 18 Jan 2013, at 03:24, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Mark et al > > These days I wouldn't set up a mail server or service that didn't offer > ActiveSync to sync mail with users' mobile phones or didn't offer a > high-quality web interface for remote users' desktop. > > /gustav > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Mark Breen > Sendt: 18. januar 2013 10:34 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Now that google apps is not free what do we do for > cloud email > Hello Hans-Christian, > > I have just viewed the video for Zimbra and it looks like a lovely product. > > The features of gmail that I liked were > > 1) quick to set up > 2) free so it was no biggie even for very small clients > 3) Web interface, so no local files on laptops or pcs > 4) no software to install anywhere, no backups, no servers to go down > > In summary, it caused me zero worry. > > Zimbra would satisify the first three, and I suppose if I have a cloud based > server, I could assume it would never go down, but I would still be an email > administrator. Not sure if I really want that. > > On the other hand, I could create my own Zimbra server and offer email > services to anyone that wanted it - but that is not core business for me. > > What do you typically use for a client, the web interface or a local client > such as Thunderbird? > > Do you have a spam filter built into Zimbra ? > > thanks for informing us of a lovely product. > > > Mark > > > > > > On 18 January 2013 03:57, Hans-Christian Andersen > <hans.andersen at phulse.com>wrote: > >> >> If you want something free or low cost, perhaps Zimbra might be of >> interest to you. It's a collaboration server and they have a free open >> source version. You get email, chat, calendar, contacts, shared >> document storage, etc. You have to host it on a server, but it's >> really quite easy to install and maintain and has a web admin >> interface for managing your accounts and email services. The cost >> would be as much as it costs for you to host a server (in your office or > some VPS out there). >> >> We've been using it at my company for 5+ years. It's quite stable and >> reliable to use for businesses. It has a web-based interface for >> checking your mail and contact management and calendar, etc etc so you >> can access your emails where ever you like or on the go. But, you can, >> of course, also just connect Outlook, your phone or whatever other >> email client application via IMAP. >> >> http://www.zimbra.com/products/zimbra-open-source.html >> >> It's great. The only downside I can think of is that it's not very >> good for sending high volumes of email, like if you do mass volume >> mail marketing (but then you would probably be better off having a >> dedicated server with a highly tuned postfix daemon for that) . But >> for normal, every day use, it works like a charm and I haven't see any >> other open source alternatives that quite has the same level of >> polish, range of productivity features and easy of > installation/maintenance. >> >> Also, if it's important, for a fee, you can also get a MS Exchange >> adaptor that lets Outlook connect to it as if it was an Exchange >> server and do all that extra integration stuff that you can do with an >> Exchange server. But it costs money, because it is proprietary >> Microsoft technology and you have to pay them a license fee for that. >> >> >> - Hans >> >> >> >> On 2013-01-17, at 9:20 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Since Sept 2006 I have been using Google Apps for company based >>> email for my clients. >>> >>> As you may know, as of Dec 6th 2012, google no longer offer this >>> service for free. It must now be paid for at a rate of US$50 Per user > per year. >>> For a small company 5 - 10 employees, this is not expensive, but >>> over 5 years, it still amounts to 1250 - 2500. >>> >>> In my opinion, it is still good value for what you get, but I wonder >>> what you use if you want to have company based *cloud *email for free. >>> >>> Any recommendations ? >>> >>> Mark >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com