General Web Interface
More
|
| AJAX-based end user interface |
Rich, interactive, web-based interface for end user functions (access via HTTP or HTTPS) |
| Automatic web client updates |
The web interface automatically updates to display messages and other updates |
| Online end user help |
Online end user help accessible directly from the end user interface |
| Themes |
Ability to customize the colors and appearance of the web interface |
| Extended Zimlet framework for expanded search |
Users can search the web from within Zimbra Web Client |
Cross-Application Features
More
|
| Drag/Drop with drag context |
Ability to drag/drop items, with dynamic indicators of the number of items being dragged and valid drop zones |
| Auto-complete addresses |
Addresses auto-complete as they are being typed, including a dynamically updated selection dialog when multiple addresses match |
| Tags |
Ability to quickly categorize messages, contacts, and/or documents by attaching "Tags" with user-defined names and colors |
| HTML formatting |
Ability to render and create messages, appointments, and web documents in HTML format |
| Spell check |
Option to check and correct spelling in a mail message, calendar appointment, or web Document |
| Share with Internal Users and Groups |
Ability to share Address Books, Calendars, and Notebooks (Documents) with internal users and groups (read or write access) |
| Share with External Users |
Ability to share Address Books, Calendars, and Notebooks (Documents) with external users via a custom password (read access) |
| Share with Public |
Ability to share Address Books, Calendars, and Notebooks (Documents) with the public (read access) |
| Zimbra Assistant |
Mini dialog for quick actions (e.g. send message, create appointment) without changing the underlying application context |
| Multi-source address picker |
Ability to choose from users in personal Address Books, shared Address Books, or the Global Address List |
| "View as HTML" option for attachments |
Option to quickly view attachments in HTML format |
| Keyboard Navigation |
Keyboard shortcuts are available for Zimbra Web Client |
| Custom keyboard navigation shortcuts |
Users can create custom shortcut keys for folders, tags, and saved search from their Options page |
Mail
More
|
| Conversations |
Automatic grouping of messages in a message thread, enabling efficient message organization |
| Conversations span folders |
Conversations are formed independently of folders, meaning that messages in different folders can be part of the same conversation |
| Conversation rehash |
If a message is contributed to a conversation, that conversation is marked as unread and moved to the top of the Inbox |
| Conversation-level actions |
Ability to perform actions on an entire conversation such as move, Tag, flag, drag/drop, etc. |
| Preview pane |
Ability to view a highlighted message in a preview pane |
| Personal folders and hierarchies |
Ability to create personal folders and folder hierarchies |
| Publish RSS/ATOM feeds |
Ability to generate RSS or ATOM feeds based on the contents of the Inbox or other mail folders |
| Subscribe to RSS/ATOM feeds |
Ability to subscribe to RSS/ATOM feeds |
| Message print and print preview |
Ability to print a message and see a print preview |
| Message sort |
Ability to sort messages based on subject, date, or sender |
| Flags |
Ability to flag/unflag messages/conversations for follow up |
| Filters |
Ability to define filter rules and priorities for incoming messages |
| Away messages |
Ability to enable/disable a custom away message |
| Signatures |
Ability to add a custom signature to a message |
| Compose in window |
Option to popup a separate window when composing a message |
| Drafts |
Ability to save in-progress messages to a Drafts folder |
| User-controlled forwarding |
Ability for a user to set an automatic forwarding address and choose whether to leave a copy in the primary mailbox |
| Reply with attachments option |
Option to Reply or Reply-All while retaining the attachments from the original message |
| Right-click message context menu |
Right-clicking a message displays a menu of actions to take on that message (e.g. Mark Read, Reply, Delete) |
| Right-click email address context menu |
Right-clicking an email address displays a menu of actions to take on that address (e.g. view website, add/edit contact, create filter, search for messages) |
| Hover over attached image shows preview |
Hovering over an image attachment in a message displays a thumbnail preview of the image |
| Create calendar appointment from message |
Ability to drag a message to a mini-calendar date to create an appointment based on the message |
| Quota indicator |
Visual indicator of quota and amount of quota consumed |
| Export messages as ZIP file |
Ability to export a set of messages as a ZIP file |
| Reply/Reply-All Toggle |
Ability to toggle between Reply and Reply-All while composing a reply |
| Mail Identities |
Ability to create multiple identities in Zimbra Web Client and use different names and mail settings |
| Support for multiple external email accounts |
Within ZWC, users can identify other POP email accounts that they have, retrieve email from those accounts and save in specific folders |
| Reading Pane view can be set |
Users can set their default preference for viewing messages in the reading pane |
| User-specified default HTML settings |
Users can set the default font family, font size and font color to use when composing email messages and Documents pages |
Address Book
More
|
| Contact Card View |
Business card view of Contacts |
| Contact List View with Preview Pane |
List view of Contacts with preview pane |
| Import/export contacts in CSV format |
Ability to import/export Contacts in .csv format |
| Import/export vCards |
Ability to import/export contacts in vCard (.vcf) format |
| Contact print and print preview |
Ability to print a single Contact or list of Contacts and see a print preview |
| Right-click Contact context menu |
Right-clicking a Contact displays a menu of actions to take on the Contact (e.g. compose message, search for messages) |
| Drag/drop Contact to mini-cal date to create appointment |
Ability to drag a Contact to a mini-calendar date to create an appointment with that Contact |
| Multiple Address Books per mailbox |
Ability to create multiple Address Books in a single mailbox |
| Move/copy contacts across Address Books |
Ability to move/copy contacts from one Address Book to another (based on access privileges) |
| Personal Distribution Lists (Group Lists) |
Ability to create group contact lists in their user Address Books |
Calendar
More
|
| Personal scheduling |
Ability to schedule personal appointments |
| Group scheduling |
Ability to schedule meetings and view attendees' free/busy information |
| Recurrences and recurrence exceptions |
Ability to create recurring meetings and exceptions to recurring meetings |
| Resource scheduling |
Ability to book resources (locations, equipment, etc.) for a meeting |
| Resource search by attributes |
Ability to search for available resources by attributes such as site, building, floor, and capacity |
| Resource auto-respond |
Ability to configure a resource to auto-respond to scheduling requests based on availability |
| Calendar alerts |
Option to enable an alert popup for upcoming appointments |
| Time zone adjustment |
Appointments/schedules are automatically displayed in the users current time zone |
| Per-appointment time zone setting |
Ability to set an explicit time zone for an appointment |
| Day, Week, Work Week, Month views |
Ability to view calendars in Day, Week, Work Week, or Month views |
| Customizable first day of week |
User setting for the first day of the week; value chosen impacts the Week calendar view |
| Create/drag appointment inline in calendar views |
Ability to create an appointment and/or drag an appointment's boundaries inline in calendar views |
| Quick Accept/Tentative/Decline from calendar views |
Ability to quickly mark Accept/Tentative/Decline from calendar views |
| Faded display of declined appointments |
Declined appointments display faded so that the user remains aware of their occurrence |
| Calendar print and print preview |
Ability to print calendars in day, week, work week, or month views and see a print preview |
| Hover over appointment shows details |
Hovering over an appointment in calendar view displays additional appointment details |
| Mini-cal |
Option to display a miniature calendar at all times |
| Hover over date in mini-cal shows schedule |
Hovering over a date in the mini-cal displays calendar information for that date |
| Right-click mini-cal context menu |
Right-clicking on the mini-cal displays a menu of actions to take on the associated date (e.g. add appointment, search for messages) |
| Multiple calendars per mailbox |
Ability for a user to create multiple calendars within a single account |
| Free/busy inclusion by calendar |
Ability for a user to designate which calendars will be included in the user's free/busy calculations |
| Subscribe to external calendars |
Ability to subscribe to an external calendar in iCalendar (.ics) format |
| Publish calendar in iCalendar format |
Ability to publish/export a calendar in iCalendar (.ics) format |
| Multi-calendar overlay views |
Ability for a user to view multiple calendars overlaid in the same view, which each calendar optionally represented by a different color |
| Schedule "thermometer" |
When viewing multiple calendars, option to view a "thermometer" that indicates the degree of conflict at each potential time slot |
Documents
More
|
| Rich Web Document authoring |
Ability to create rich web Documents with WYSIWYG or HTML editing |
| Notebooks |
Ability to create a notebooks as a Document repository and as a mechanism for navigating through Documents |
| Multiple notebooks per mailbox |
Ability to create multiple notebooks in a single mailbox |
| Domain-level Notebook option |
Ability to create a notebook that is shared by everyone within a domain |
| Links |
Ability to insert links in Documents to other Documents or to external URLs |
| Attachments as Documents |
Ability to upload Attachments as Documents |
| Ajax Linking & Embedding (ALE) |
Ability to embed rich content objects as independently editable items inside a web Document |
| Inline images |
Ability to embed an image as an ALE object inside a web Document |
| Inline spreadsheets |
Ability to embed a spreadsheet as an ALE object inside a web Document |
| Document print and print preview |
Ability to print a Document and see a print preview |
| Versioning |
Pages show when last modified and version |
Zimlets
More
|
| Zimlets infrastructure |
Ability to dynamically interact with internet/intranet applications and data sources during a ZCS session |
| Custom Zimlets design framework |
Design framework for building custom Zimlets |
| Content recognition and Zimlet trigger |
Ability to recognize content patterns (e.g. dates, phone numbers) in mailbox items and to trigger a Zimlet(s) based on that content |
| Zimlet hover-over displays |
Dynamic displays that appear when hovering over recognized content patterns, including displays of external images/data |
| Zimlet hover-over action menus |
Dynamic action menus that appear when right-clicking recognized content patterns |
| Panel Zimlets |
Zimlets that display in a separate UI panel, enabling interaction via double-click and/or drag/drop |
| Date Zimlet |
Hovering over a date term (e.g. December 12, tomorrow, last Friday) displays the user's calendar schedule for that date |
| Email Address Zimlet |
Hovering over an email address displays additional information about that person (from data in the corresponding Contacts record) |
| Phone Zimlet |
Right-clicking a phone number enables placing a VOIP call to that number (requires external VOIP client) |
| URL Zimlet |
Hovering over a URL displays a thumbnail image of the URL |
| Zimlets Examples Directory |
Directory of additional optional Zimlets that demonstrate examples of using the Zimlets infrastructure |
Search
More
|
| Server-side indexing |
Server-side indexing of mailbox content, enabling fast and efficient search from the web interface |
| Multi-condition search |
Ability for a search to include any number of conditions combined via Boolean-like expressions (AND, OR, NOT, etc.) |
| Text-based search queries |
Ability to use text commands to execute searches |
| Advanced Search |
Advanced interface for building searches |
| Cross-context search |
Ability to search for a specific item type (Mail, Contacts, Documents, etc.) or across item types |
| Wildcard searches |
Ability to search using a prefix plus a wildcard |
| Continuous search |
When using Search Builder, the search result set updates continuously as search conditions are changed |
| Saved Searches |
Ability to save searches for subsequent one-click re-execution |
| Search by keywords |
Ability to search for items that contain specific keywords |
| Search by date or date range |
Ability to search for items with a specific date or within a specific date range |
| Search by relative date/time |
Ability to search for items with specific relative date/time characteristics (e.g. "today", "yesterday", "last 4 hours") |
| Search by existence of an attachment |
Ability to search for items that contain an attachment |
| Search by existence of an attachment type |
Ability to search for items that contain an attachment of a certain type(s) |
| Search by flagged/unflagged status |
Ability to search for items that have a specific flagged/unflagged status |
| Search by folder |
Ability to search for items that are in a specific folder |
| Search by size |
Ability to search for items based on storage size |
| Search by read/unread status |
Ability to search for items based on read/unread status |
| Search by recipients |
Ability to search for items with specific recipients in the To/Cc fields |
| Search by sender |
Ability to search for items from a specific sender |
| Search by subject |
Ability to search for items based on subject |
| Search by Tag |
Ability to search for items that include a specific Tag(s) |
| Search by Zimlet content pattern |
Ability to search for items that contain specific Zimlet content patterns (phone numbers, etc.) |
| Search by To/From domain |
Ability to search for items that were sent to or received from a specific domain |
| Shared Contacts search |
Ability to search for Contacts in a Shared Address Book |
| Attachment contents search |
Ability to search for content inside attachments |
Domain-Level Management
More
|
| Multi-domain administration |
Ability to create and manage multiple mail domains within a single ZCS instance |
| Per-domain GAL |
Ability to use different Global Address Lists for each domain |
| Per-domain authentication |
Ability to use different authentication stores for each domain |
| Domain Administrators |
Ability to delegated domain-level administrators to manage users and other settings specific to a domain |
| Domain-level branding |
Ability to create domain-specific custom branding of the web interface |
| Domain admins can set account quotas |
Ability to enable a domain admin to update account quotas up to a maximum set value |
| Per-domain quota management |
Ability to set quota for each domain (either unlimited or a maximum value per account) |
Storage
More
|
| Single-copy message storage |
Messages (including attachments) sent to multiple users are stored once to optimize storage space |
| Quotas |
Ability to set quotas for mailbox size and number of Contacts |
| Mailbox Quota view |
View of mailboxes sortable by quota, total mailbox size, or % quota consumed |
| Message retention policies |
Ability to define retention policies for all messages, trashed messages, and/or junk messages |
| Online mailbox move |
Ability to move a mailbox(es) from one server to another without requiring system downtime or affecting other mailboxes |
| Hierarchical storage management |
Ability to run a regularly scheduled process that moves older messages to a secondary storage volume |
System Health & Security
More
|
| Native anti-spam |
The ZCS natively includes Spam Assassin and the DSPAM filter for spam protection (can be turned on/off) |
| Configurable spam sensitivity |
Administrator interface setting to specify spam quarantine and kill thresholds |
| Automated spam training |
Messages that users mark as Junk / Not Junk are automatically fed into the spam training engine |
| Native anti-virus |
The ZCS natively includes Clam AntiVirus for virus protection (can be turned on/off) |
| Configurable virus signature update frequency |
Administrator interface setting to define the update frequency for virus signatures |
| SMTP authentication |
Ability to enforce client authentication to the SMTP server before relaying mail (with option to require authentication over TLS) |
| System dashboards |
Graphical display of system activity including disk usage, message volume, and AS/AV results |
| Service monitoring/status view |
Ability to monitor the status of all core system servers/services in a single view |
| Attachment blocking |
Ability to block attachments based on criteria such as attachment type or size |
| Clustering/High-Availability |
Native integration with Red Hat Cluster Suite, enabling N+M active/passive clustering across ZCS servers |
| Attachment conversion to HTML |
Ability to enforce that attachments be viewed as HTML, enabling risk-free attachment viewing without requiring attachment-native applications on the viewer's machine |
Zimbra Connector for Outlook (ZCO)
More
|
| MAPI-based connector |
MAPI-based synchronization of mail, contacts, and calendar data between Outlook and the Zimbra server |
| MSI installer |
The ZCO is packaged as a Windows-standard .MSI installer, enabling standard Windows Installer management and utilities |
| Automatic profile creation |
An Outlook/Zimbra profile is automatically created as part of the ZCO installation process, with optionally pre-configured server/port |
| Offline access |
ZCO users utilize a local, synchronized Outlook data store, enabling full offline Outlook use |
| Auto-detect connection status |
Online/offline status is automatically detected, enabling the user to work without having to specify their connection status |
| Cached mode operation |
Synchronization operations are cached and synchronized as an asynchronous process, enabling optimal Outlook performance |
| Tags/Categories sync |
Tags are automatically and bidirectionally synced between Outlook and the Zimbra server (Zimbra tags = Outlook categories) |
| Global Address List sync |
Global Address Lists are automatically synced between Outlook and the Zimbra server |
| Free/Busy access |
Ability for an Outlook user to view other users' Free/Busy information |
| Local archiving |
Outlook users can create one or more local archive stores to manage server-side quota restrictions |
| Secure connectivity over HTTPS |
Option for secure connectivity over HTTPS, encrypting all traffic between the Outlook user's machine and the Zimbra server |
| Sync progress window |
Each synchronization process displays a progress window indicating the progress of the sync and the amount of data transferred |
| Shared/Delegated access |
Ability to share or delegate mail, contacts, or calendar folders with Outlook by selecting the appropriate privileges |
| Tasks are synced |
Tasks created in Outlook are synced to the Zimbra server |
| Sync of contacts and attachments |
Contacts and attachments can be synced |
Zimbra Connector for Apple iSync
More
|
| iCal calendar sync |
Enable two-way synchronization between the Zimbra server and iCal calendar |
| Contacts sync |
Enable two-way synchronization between the Zimbra server and Address Book |
| Integration with Microsoft Entourage |
Integration of Entourage calendar and contacts with Zimbra server |
| Automatic synchronization |
When enabled, changes made locally to Address Book, iCal data or to Entourage calendar and contacts are immediately sent to the Zimbra server |
| Schedule synchronization |
Ability to select when iCal and Address Book should synchronize with the Zimbra server |
Additional Compatibility
More
|
| Exchange Migration Wizard |
Graphical tool that facilitates migration of accounts and mail/calendar/contacts/categories data from Exchange to the ZCS server |
| Import Wizard for Outlook |
Graphical tool that facilitates migration of an Outlook PST to the ZCS server |
| IMAP |
Ability to access the ZCS server via IMAP clients, with the option to connect over SSL/TLS |
| POP |
Ability to access the ZCS server via POP clients, with the option to connect via SSL/TLS |
| SOAP/REST APIs |
Comprehensive suite of standards-based web services APIs enabling seamless integration with other applications |
| Active Directory integration |
Ability to utilize Active Directory for user authentication and/or Global Address List |
| External LDAP directory integration |
Ability to utilize an external LDAP directory for user authentication and/or Global Address List |
| Initial user password |
Admin can configure an initial password in the migration wizard and import wizard for newly provisioned accounts |
| Lotus Domino Migration Wizard |
Graphic tool that facilitates migration of accounts and mail/calendar/contacts data from Lotus Domino to the ZCS server |
| Zimbra Mobile Web Client |
XHTML mobile client optimized for iPhones and other PDA-like devices |
