On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Thomas Rieff <trieff at greencaremankato.com> wrote: > TCLUG, > > Is Zimbra ZCS a good choice for replacing Outlook??? > > Currently we are not running an exchange server and Outlook clients are > stand alone. > > As I understand it, Zimbra ZCS would add web access and server capability. > > Tom I use Zimbra at work and Google Apps for my own stuff. Zimbra is a quality product and I don't mind it's interface. I would not say I love it. It seems to have trouble when integrating with Outlook especially when it comes to calendaring. Our less than Tech savvy users always complain about it and some have even gone as far as putting up campaigns in their offices to get rid of Zimbra. I can't say that their complaints are warranted as I generally have no problems working in the Zimbra web interface and I can do everything I need. My sysadmin will read this and probably punch me tomorrow. Sorry, man! Google apps is solid and I really like the interface. But (this may be a big but too), you must trust your data with Google. Personally I don't mind Google having access to my email as it's probably more or less worthless anyway, but I can understand why some might not like it. I've also administered Scalix in the past. I enjoyed it and found it to be a rock solid product. Again, we occasionally experienced issues with Outlook plugins and I think that will always be a problem with third party Exchange emulators and Outlook. Eric