Zimbra has lots of nice features, one of the best one is that the Web interface is full featured, and looks very much like Outlook. Additionally if folks use the desktop client, the look and feel of it is consistent. Another subtle feature is that it allows for larger than 2 gig Mail boxes. The only bad part is .. that Zimbra is a Memory Hungry !!!! and due to the web interface being full functional, folks will use it Web interface as the primary interface.. thus one will have to make sure that the mail server is sized correctly to handle the Web load...
FYI, Spam & Virus protection on emails is best handled by external system... and not the mail server... You get the best of both worlds if you have two different systems doing this.. .rather than one. We have been using Katharion / now GFI Max service for years, has been an awesome system, for many many reasons. Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet& Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net On 1/9/2012 10:10 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > I run the open source version, so it is free. I'm still working on > various customizations of it. As far as the version I use, I believe it > is one of the 7.1 releases. > > For me, I guess the platform isn't something different because my cable > and phone companies both use Zimbra already. The key will be in how I > leverage it with my existing services for business users. > > http://www.zimbra.com/products/secure-email-anti-spam.html > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > On 1/9/2012 8:52 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: >> Hi Mike >> >> first of all thank you for your answer. I am a WISP so I am trying to >> give "something different" to my customers. The net stability is >> important, and also bandwidth but I am trying to fight also with add >> ons like emails etc >> >> Regarding Zimbra, I think I could give the "basic" thing to the >> customers and then they could never know it's Zimbra. >> >> I am curious to know >> >> 1) do you use a white brand version? which version of Zimbra do you use? >> 2) if it's possible, how much does it cost to you in terms of licenses >> and per-user? The ideal for me would be to keep 1-2 dollars per user >> per month (or even less if possible). >> 3) how does anti-spam and anti-virus work? is it fully integrated into >> the product? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >>> I'm still getting settled in with Zimbra. For general users, I believe >>> you can dummy Zimbra down, but then you have the extra functionality for >>> internal use or for up-selling to business clients.You can easily >>> implement a multi-server solution for redundancy and load sharing. My >>> current implementation has 7 (virtual) servers and I can easily add more >>> as demand requires. It also has one of the best webmail interfaces I've >>> seen. >>> >>> http://www.zimbra.com/learn/customer-list.html They have a wide range of >>> customers, including Comcast which has 17M+ customers. >>> >>> Many WISPs treat email as a disease, but I fully embrace it and consider >>> it to be a linchpin in attracting and maintaining valuable customers. >>> >>> As far as APIs go, they do have a provisioning command line utility >>> http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Bulk_Provisioning. They also have a SOAP API >>> in their source code (ZimbraServer/docs/soap.txt). >>> http://zimbra.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/zimbra/trunk/ZimbraServer/docs/soap.txt?revision=843&view=markup >>> >>> <http://zimbra.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/zimbra/trunk/ZimbraServer/docs/soap.txt?revision=843&view=markup> >>> >>> http://zimbra.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/zimbra/trunk/ZimbraServer/docs/soap-admin.txt?view=markup >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1/9/2012 7:18 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: >>>> why Zimbra? >>>> >>>> The reason why I Asked is that it looks more like an enterprise >>>> environment more than an ISP product (I hope I expressed the concept) >>>> >>>> The point is that maybe it's too difficult to use for an average user >>>> who only wants to download the emails. >>>> >>>> Question: does it have any API to be "controlled" by external >>>> softwares? >>>> >>>> Comments are welcome! >>>> >>>> >>>>> I am moving all of my boxes to Zimbra. >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/8/2012 11:18 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: >>>>>> Dear All >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering what you are using to give email boxes to customers. >>>>>> >>>>>> In particular: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) POP3/IMAP/SMTP, etc >>>>>> 2) spam/virus filtering >>>>>> 3) APIs so that it's possible to automate the processes (e.g. >>>>>> email box >>>>>> creation) >>>>>> 4) web interface >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestion is welcome >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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