Ease of installation?

[Daniel-Daniel]

Hi all, I saw a news article about Zimbra and have spent a few hours reading their website etc. It looks exactly what I want! However, I have just one question that I hope someone can answer.

I currently use Debian/Postfix/Cyrus IMAP for my mail server. All works great but it was a horrible week getting it all configured and working. It is so unfriendly and long-winding editing all the config files etc etc. Compared with something like Exchange (which I manage at work) it is fair harder. An installation of Exchange is much more straightforward. So, my question is this. How easy is a complete installation of Zimbra on a linux server? I want everything available. i.e. webmail interface, IMAP, shared calenders etc. If it is going to be tricky i think i'll stick with postfix/cyrus because I have it working. However, if the installation and further administration runs like a dream then i'll be switching super quickly!

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

[rsharpe]

In my humble opinion, the install couldn't get much easier. The easiest is having all services on one box. Basically run the ./install.sh and you're ready to go. As long as your DNS is configured properly. But if you want to be very sure everything will go smooth as silk start with a freshly installed system.

[andreychek]

Originally Posted by Daniel-Daniel

Hi all, I saw a news article about Zimbra and have spent a few hours reading their website etc. It looks exactly what I want! However, I have just one question that I hope someone can answer.

Howdy,

I agree with rsharpe that a Zimbra install is easy. You type a command, answer some questions, then you're all set.

However, that's based on an install on a RedHat based distro (RedHat Enterprise, Fedora, or CentOS). That's where Zimbra is currently supported.

You *can* get it working on Debian, and there are a number of folks who did that. The following post contains instructions on how to do so:

Debian Port - Completed with Instructions

Have a good one,
-Eric

[Daniel-Daniel]

Wow! Sounds too good to be true. I plan on installing FC4 on the server beforehand. So, what about configuring all the virtual domains (i need to host more than 1 email domain) and user accounts, lists, IMAP config etc? Can this be done via a webadmin interface or does it have to be done via config files like postfix/cyrus?

Thanks

[marcmac]

It was our goal to completely get the admin out of the business of editing postfix config files - and cyrus imap isn't even used

When you install, you'll create an initial domain - subsequent domains are created via the web UI. All the postfix configuration will be taken care of wrt accepting email, routing, etc.

[andreychek]

Originally Posted by Daniel-Daniel

Wow! Sounds too good to be true. I plan on installing FC4 on the server beforehand. So, what about configuring all the virtual domains (i need to host more than 1 email domain) and user accounts, lists, IMAP config etc? Can this be done via a webadmin interface or does it have to be done via config files like postfix/cyrus?

Blast, I knew I should have been more specific :-)

The binaries are meant for FC3 and RHEL4 (which also works with CentOS 4).

*But*, you may still be in luck :-)

There are simple instructions for making it work in FC4, even easier than Debian :-) The binaries still work, you just need to make a couple of links (most of the rest of the stuff in there is recommended regardless of distro).

You can see the instructions here:

Fedora Core 4 how-to

Have a good one,
-Eric

[Daniel-Daniel]

Originally Posted by marcmac

It was our goal to completely get the admin out of the business of editing postfix config files - and cyrus imap isn't even used

When you install, you'll create an initial domain - subsequent domains are created via the web UI. All the postfix configuration will be taken care of wrt accepting email, routing, etc.

:-O Wow! that sounds great, then I am off to plan the migration! I cannot believe that I will not have to edit a single config file. But, if I do...

"I'll Be Back"

;-) Thanks

[rsharpe]

Originally Posted by Daniel-Daniel

So, what about configuring all the virtual domains (i need to host more than 1 email domain) and user accounts, lists, IMAP config etc?

Everything can be done via the "admin console" as I call it. The one thing that isn't supported as of yet in the console are mailing lists, but that is really no biggy. I dropped in mlmmj and it worked instantly.

Oh and just as a side note I installed M2 not a few minutes ago and it is working like a dream, a great dream! Way to go guys, this is a great product keep up the good work, and I'll definitely be putting the word out about Zimbra!

[ebayer]

Originally Posted by rsharpe

I dropped in mlmmj and it worked instantly.

Hi, would you please tell how you configured zimbra and mlmmj to work together. I just installed mlmmj successfully and initiated a new mail list under /var/spool/. I have added the appropriate command to /etc/aliases and I can recieve automatic mails from test mail list. But when I tried to send a mail to mail list, the mail bounces back to myself and eventually get returned to the sender.

What could be the problem here?

Feb 13 15:17:31 47D7A30002: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Feb 13 15:17:31 47D7A30002: message-id=<47B3089A.1020505@yyy.com>
Feb 13 15:17:31 47D7A30002: from=, size=1328, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 13 15:17:31 disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Feb 13 15:17:31 63A3E30001: to=, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=5, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 47D7A30002)
Feb 13 15:17:31 63A3E30001: removed
Feb 13 15:17:31 47D7A30002: to=, relay=none, delay=0, status=bounced (yyy.com)
Feb 13 15:17:31 570C030001: message-id=<20080213151731.570C030001@hostname.yyy.com>
Feb 13 15:17:31 570C030001: from=<>, size=3199, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 13 15:17:31 47D7A30002: removed
Feb 13 15:17:31 570C030001: to=, relay=hostname.yyy.com[192.168.34.1], delay=0, status=sent (250 2.1.5 OK)
Feb 13 15:17:31 570C030001: removed