Table of Contents

Legal Notices

Introduction

Intended Audience

Available Documentation

Support for Recommended Third-Party Components

Support and Contact Information

Product Overview

Core Functionality

Zimbra Components

System Architecture

Zimbra Packages

Zimbra System Directory Tree

Example of a Typical Multi-Server Configuration

Zimbra Mailbox Server

Incoming Mail Routing

Disk Layout

Message Store

Data Store

Index Store

Log

Zimbra Directory Service

Directory Services Overview

LDAP Hierarchy

Zimbra Schema

Account Authentication

Internal Authentication Mechanism

External LDAP and External Active Directory Authentication Mechanism

Custom Authentication - zimbraCustomAuth

Kerberos5 Authentication Mechanism

Zimbra Objects

Company Directory/GAL

Flushing LDAP Cache

Themes and Locales

Accounts, COS, Domains, and Servers

Global Configuration

Zimbra MTA

Zimbra MTA Deployment

Postfix Configuration Files

MTA Functionality

SMTP Authentication

SMTP Restrictions

Relay Host Settings

MTA-LDAP Integration

Account Quota and the MTA

MTA and Amavisd-New Integration

Anti-Virus Protection

Anti-Spam Protection

Receiving and Sending Mail through Zimbra MTA

Zimbra MTA Message Queues

Using the Administration Console

Logging In

Changing Administrator Passwords

About the Administration Console

Managing Tasks from the Administration Console

Tasks Not Available from Administration UI

Creating Message of the Day for Administrators

Checking for ZCS Software Updates

Managing ZCS Configuration

Managing Global Configurations

General Global Settings

Global Settings to Block Mail Attachments

Global MTA Settings

Global IMAP and POP Settings

Anti-spam Settings

Anti-virus Settings

Zimbra Free/Busy Interoperability

Managing Domains

General Information

Global Address List (GAL) Mode

Authentication Modes

Virtual Hosts

Documents

Free/Busy Interoperability

Zimlets on the Domain

Renaming a Domain

Managing Servers

General Server Settings

Services Settings

MTA Server Settings

IMAP and POP Server Settings

Volume Settings

Managing Other Functions

Zimlets

Admin Extensions

Backing Up the System

Managing User Accounts

Setting up and Configuring Accounts

Configuring One Account

Configuring Many Accounts at Once

Manage Aliases

Class of Service

Changing Passwords

Directing Users to Your Change Password Page

View an Account’s Mailbox

Reindexing a Mailbox

Changing an Account’s Status

Deleting an Account

Managing Distribution Lists

Using Distribution Lists for Group Sharing

Managing Resources

Searching for Addresses

Customizing Accounts, Setting General Preferences and Password Rules

Zimbra Web Client Versions

Zimbra Messaging and Collaboration Applications

Email messaging

Address Book

Calendar

Tasks

Documents

Briefcase

Instant Messaging (Beta)

Other Configuration Settings for Accounts

Enabling Sharing

Disabling Preferences

Setting Account Quotas

Setting Password Policy

Setting Failed Login Policy

Setting Session Timeout Policy

Setting Email Retention Policy

Zimbra Web Client UI Themes

Configuring Zimlets for Accounts

Other Account Configuration Preferences

Working with Zimlets

Setting Up Zimlets in ZCS

Managing Zimlets from the Administration Console

Managing Zimlets from the Command Line

Viewing Zimlet List

Configuring a Zimlet

Upgrading a Zimlet

Disabling or Removing a Zimlet

Zimlets enabled by default in ZCS

The Zimlets Gallery

Monitoring Zimbra Servers

Zimbra Logger

Reviewing Server Status

Server Performance Statistics

Generating Daily Mail Reports

Monitoring Disk Space

Monitoring Servers

Monitoring Mail Queues

Flushing the Queues

Monitoring Mailbox Quotas

Monitoring Authentication Failures

Log Files

Syslog

Using log4j to Configure Logging

Logging Levels

Reviewing mailbox.log Records

Reading a Message Header

SNMP

SNMP Monitoring Tools

SNMP Configuration

Errors Generating SNMP Traps

Checking MySQL

Checking for Latest ZCS Software Version

Appendix A Command-Line Utilities

General Tool Information

Zimbra CLI Commands

Using non-ASCII Characters in CLIs

zmprov (Provisioning)

zmaccts

zmcalchk

zmcontrol (Start/Stop Service)

zmcertmgr

zmgsautil

zmldappasswd

zmlocalconfig

zmmailbox

zmtlsctl

zmmetadump

zmmypasswd

zmproxyconfgen

zmproxypurge

zmskindeploy

zmsoap

zmstat-chart

zmstat-chart-config

zmstatctl

zmthrdump

zmtrainsa

zmtzupdate

zmvolume

zmzimletctl

zmproxyconfig

Appendix B ZCS Crontab Jobs

How to read the crontab

ZCS Cron Jobs

Jobs for crontab.store

Jobs for crontab.logger

Jobs for crontab.mta

Single Server Crontab -l Example

Appendix C Glossary

ZCS Administration Guide, Open Source Edition, 6.0.6 March 2010