I was gonna try that out, but the interface is not too great. I suppose i’ll get it running right now… 😉 Squirrelmail is great but the interface isn’t really either. It would be so awesome if Google released the Gmail system for download. I would shart.
* I personally like the Zimbra interface very much. I recommended the tool in UseNet, having come across this pointer.
* Squirrelmail is terrible from a productivity point-of-view and NeoMail is buggy. For remote mail and handling of several accounts in tandem I use the latest of Horde (formerly Imp), which is fantastic!
* Outlook should not be considered a “gold standard”. Thunderbird with a few extensions and themes is more visually appealing (I use an Aqua theme) and better in terms of functionality. It is also more stable and cross-platform. Version 1.5 is now in Beta and Brent O’Connor gave it the thumbs up today.
* Earlier today I read an article which criticised decisions made arrogantly by the GMail team. Yahoo Mail was said to be superior. if I add links to this comment, I risk being put in the moderation queue…
I personally like the Zimbra web-client interface – and if you’re running it in-house, you can so some minor tweaks of the look and feel by replacing images with your own, if you are up for that. On the other hand, while there are some cool features on the ajax client (conversation view, fast searching, and the cool mouse-overs for addresses, link to Skype, etc), I still connect to my test-Zimbra server with Outlook usually (using the “connector” – and I used the import wizard to import all 8,547 items from my .pst file into Zimbra)
Outlook 2003 really is a pretty good product – my wife uses Thunderbird, with the calendar and contacts extensions for it, and while it’s fine for most things, I still prefer the flexibility that Outlook 2003 has, especially with the “group by” views, etc.
(full disclosure, some partners and I are going to be offering hosted zimbra soon, so I’m obviously biased!)
I was gonna try that out, but the interface is not too great. I suppose i’ll get it running right now… 😉 Squirrelmail is great but the interface isn’t really either. It would be so awesome if Google released the Gmail system for download. I would shart.
You can try our hosted demo right now at: http://www.zimbra.com/demo
The concept and the features are great, but the interface style is so 1999 😛
I agree the brushed metal thing feels really out of place. I like the new interface Yahoo Mail just launched with.
The new Yahoo interface is great. I’m hoping this pushes Google to do something with their setup as well.
Far too slow on an older machine, no thanks.
A few points I would like to raise:
* I personally like the Zimbra interface very much. I recommended the tool in UseNet, having come across this pointer.
* Squirrelmail is terrible from a productivity point-of-view and NeoMail is buggy. For remote mail and handling of several accounts in tandem I use the latest of Horde (formerly Imp), which is fantastic!
* Outlook should not be considered a “gold standard”. Thunderbird with a few extensions and themes is more visually appealing (I use an Aqua theme) and better in terms of functionality. It is also more stable and cross-platform. Version 1.5 is now in Beta and Brent O’Connor gave it the thumbs up today.
* Earlier today I read an article which criticised decisions made arrogantly by the GMail team. Yahoo Mail was said to be superior. if I add links to this comment, I risk being put in the moderation queue…
I personally like the Zimbra web-client interface – and if you’re running it in-house, you can so some minor tweaks of the look and feel by replacing images with your own, if you are up for that. On the other hand, while there are some cool features on the ajax client (conversation view, fast searching, and the cool mouse-overs for addresses, link to Skype, etc), I still connect to my test-Zimbra server with Outlook usually (using the “connector” – and I used the import wizard to import all 8,547 items from my .pst file into Zimbra)
Outlook 2003 really is a pretty good product – my wife uses Thunderbird, with the calendar and contacts extensions for it, and while it’s fine for most things, I still prefer the flexibility that Outlook 2003 has, especially with the “group by” views, etc.
(full disclosure, some partners and I are going to be offering hosted zimbra soon, so I’m obviously biased!)