Zimbra Open Source Edition

Getting Started Checklist 2: Basic Administration and End-User Feature/Functionality Testing

Basic Administration

• Create User Accounts: Configure one account at a time, or migrate multiple existing accounts from a server.

• Define Classes of Service: A default Class of Service (COS) is automatically created during the installation of Zimbra software. The COS controls mailbox quotas, message lifetime, password restrictions, attachment-blocking and server pools. You can modify the default COS and create new COSs to assign to accounts according to your group management policies.

• Add Zimlets: Zimlets enable your end-users to look at information and interact with other third-party applications (calendar, maps, Salesforce.com, WebEx, and more) from within their email messages. Zimlets can be made available by modifying the Class of Service (COS).

• Mail Queue Monitoring: Incoming and outgoing mail is processed by postfix in a series of queues that can be monitored from within the admin console; select Manage Mail Queues from the left sidebar and your queue information will be shown.

• Certificates: Clicking Install Certificate from either the Manage Certificates tab or a Certificates tab opens the Certificate Installation Wizard. The Certificate Installation Wizard is a tool that will help you quickly create and deploy a certificate.

End-User Feature/Functionality Testing

• Test the basic end-user functions of creating, sending and replying to email, using folders, searching (text/boolean), and creating filters.

• Address Book: Importing/exporting contacts

• Calendar: Free/busy reporting, sharing and delegation

• Setting email preferences: Customizing signature files, text versus html

Consider a 60-Day free trial of Zimbra Network edition if you want email/phone support, mobile device sync, built-in archiving and compliance, or integrated unified communications. You can always easily go back to the free version, if you're not convinced.