Zimbra

[Yu Meng Chong]

----- "Ken Moffat" <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> I was thinking of using it for a small office, about a half-dozen
> desktops,

This email is coming to you from a Zimbra server! Zimbra running on CentOS (64-bit). 

Setup was really easy and it comes with a well-tuned anti-spam engine. Works better than the Exchange servers I have to maintain (for now, anyway), even though many components are J2EE. The webmail is Web2.0, very pretty and functional too, and it does IMAP very well -- have tested it against several phones and it syncs email without the need for another connector (Note: Windows Mobile phones have problems syncing with it, though)
 
I'm not so sure about calendar sharing because I don't use it. 

> We've been using thunderbird, a yahoo shared calendar, and a network
> share
> for document storage. It works (simple needs) but external access is
> through
> logmein. MSOffice is what they chose, so could use Office on line, or
> google
> apps, but would prefer local control, with low maintenance and little
> cost.
> (asking a lot?)

You may want to configure PPTP for remote access. Some routers such as the Linksys RV042 and RV082 can function as PPTP servers. Zimbra would be a very, very nice addition, because it also supports Outlook meeting invites. Are you using Samba and is the server configured as a PDC?

Regards,
pascal chong