On 1/9/2012 10:48, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > 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...
Granted it's been awhile since I was running an ISP (dear god almost 7 years or so), but as I still consult and am familiar with the business of the Indi ISP, hope you all don't mind my two cents. I truly love zimbra, I use it for my personal mail and blackberry, however as an ISP your not getting any money to provide email (with google giving it away you can't compete). Why would you invest in the hardware necessary to run Zimbra? A simple linux/bsd box can run qmail with virtual domains and basic spam filtering for 20k email boxes. If you need to throw 15k dollars on the hardware to run a redundant zimbra cluster for a service that makes no money, it's not worth it. All you need is a simple pop box for the end user, if they want more than that, let them get a Google account (they most likely have one anyways). A proper POP+qmail server needs a 1ghz box with raid, a G1 DL360 for $400 can support this. Figure a day of your time to get it setup and pop'n and you're going. There is no need to give the customer any more than that, not to mention they will be bugging your support staff with stupid questions about the zimbra interface or other inane stuff. A pop client is all they should guarantee and quite frankly most end users are lucky they get that with the amount they cost in support. I'm not saying this is the proper way, but if you're in the transport and IP business, then email is secondary. If you're running a value added service you can license zimbra for that and triple your money, but most are not in that market. -- *Bryan Fields* *APAC Imports LLC* Phone: 800-721-6502 Fax: 727-493-1511 http://apacimports.com
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