[Cialug] Mail servers (was: Hostname issue)

[Matt]

Zimbra IS excellent from a user perspective and is very easy to set up and get running.  BUT, he did mention that he wanted something that could run on a modest server, which Zimbra certainly is not.  Three or so years ago Zimbra went from requiring at least 2GB of RAM and some minimum processor speed to requiring a 64-bit processor and 4GB of RAM (I think).  At that point it went from something you could run on a modest server to something that is too big for an affordable VM.

Of course, "modest server" and "affordable VM" are things that are completely different for a business than they are for a home user who just wants to pull all his data out of the clutches of Google.

-- Matt (N0BOX)


> On Nov 25, 2014, at 7:47 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014, Josh More wrote:
>> 
>> I've often thought about ways to detangle myself from Google, simply on
>> the basis that I rely so much on this one vendor. However, the value
>> that Google Apps provides is tough to beat. Being able to use email and
>> a shared calendar on my computer, tablet and phone, as well as a nice
>> web GUI is great.
>> 
>> Any suggestions for alternatives? There are hosted Exchange solutions
>> which> are similar in price and feature,
> Huh? Do you REALLY want everyone to barf?
> 
> ownCloud provides all the fancy stuff, .. we use mailserv for core email
> servers.
> 
> If you MUST go integrated, Zimbra is excellent.
> 
> Any decent client (Evolution, for example) can easily provide all the
> services in one UI, but all are standard so usable separately for phones,
> tablets, at al.
> 
>    Lee
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