Recommended mac client for zimbra?

[MACscr]

I just got my first mac pro and its running lion on it. I have a Zimbra 7.1.1 NE server and I heavily rely on its calendar and contacts. What email client for OSX do you feel best connects with Zimbra?

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by MACscr

I just got my first mac pro and its running lion on it. I have a Zimbra 7.1.1 NE server and I heavily rely on its calendar and contacts. What email client for OSX do you feel best connects with Zimbra?

How about a wild guess - Zimbra Desktop?

[MACscr]

Thats obviously not a desktop client, its just a bloat POS web server running the webmail client. The "desktop" client provided by zimbra is a joke.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by MACscr

That's obviously not a desktop client...

Obvious to whom?

Originally Posted by MACscr

.... its just a bloat POS web server running the webmail client. The "desktop" client provided by zimbra is a joke.

Fine, that may be your opinion it doesn't happen to be mine. If you don't want suggestions that don't fit your 'likes' then don't ask for them in a public forum. If you want something that first your ideas of what a client should be then how about giving some criteria for what you want/need instead abusive comments.

[MACscr]

Hey, I appreciate help, but obviously suggesting a webmail client wasnt really on topic. No matter how you put it, even if zimbra webmail is ran locally, its still a browser based client and not what I asked for. Its also horrible for desktop client replacement and i think you will find most agree with me, no matter what OS your on.

[MACscr]

Just wanted to apologize for my grouchiness in my earlier replies. I had been awake for about 30 hours and was a bit aggravated with the idea of paying $280 for Office 2011 when I only needed outlook, then to find there wasnt a connector for it for zimbra. Luckily im just trialing office right now. Who knows what i will end up using.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by MACscr

Just wanted to apologize for my grouchiness in my earlier replies.

That's OK, there's no apology necessary.

[Tripple]

Webclient or Zimbra Desktop are best choises but you can stay with all the Mac app's if you like:
Mail: mail.app (imap, POP3)
Contacts: addressbook.app (CardDav)
Calendar: iCal.app (CalDav)
IM: iChat.app (jabber)

[mickier]

this post is getting stale, but Thunderbird with lightning and zindus is a great mac client - it will integrate calendar and address book with the web client, and best of all it will automatically keep imap folders in sync automatically.
It also displays repeating appointments correctly - Mac Calendar doesn't show repeating appointments that have a TIME - (but all day repeating appointments show fine)

[ewilen]

As of Zimbra 7.1.1 and Lion 10.7.2, there have been a number of compatibility issues--to the point that I'm holding off upgrading to Lion across my Mac users.

ZCS 7.1.3 may make that moot.