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Zimbra Collaboration 8.6 Patch 4 is here
We are delighted to announce Patch 4 for Zimbra Collaboration 8.6. This patch gives full support for Microsoft Edge in Zimbra Collaboration 8.6.0, and fixes up to 47 Bugs focusing on EWS compatibility and many others.
Please do a full backup or snapshot before installing this Patch. You can download the patch and the md5 and the SHA 256 file here:
- Download the Patch for Network Edition and for Open Source Edition
Please, read the Full Release Notes here.
All Zimbra Collaboration 8.6.0 sites are recommended to install this patch. Patch 4 is cumulative with Patch 1, 2 and 3, so only Patch 4 is required in case that you didn't installed the previous ones.
You might find useful the complete list of the fixed Bugs in this Patch 4 for Zimbra Collaboration 8.6.0
Zimbra Support
Open a new Support Ticket or check your opening ones. For questions on becoming a supported Zimbra customer, please contact us.
Zimbra Product Releases
Go to our Zimbra Product Releases page for details about each release, including:
- Release Notes
- Patch Information
- Documents in PDF format
- Documents in ePub format
- Complete Bugzilla reports
Zimbra Security Center
Zimbra is committed to providing a secure collaboration experience for our customers, partners, and users of our software.
Go to our Zimbra Collaboration Security Center to stay updated on all Security-related news.
Highlight new Features in Zimbra Collaboration 8.5 & 8.6
High Fidelity Document Preview
High Fidelity Document Preview is a Network Edition feature that permits preview it regular document files using the Libreoffice engine.
All the supported type documents are converted into a .pdf file, and then any browser with the PDF viewer enabled, or Adobe Reader installed, can preview the files.
DNS caching service (dnscache)
Starting with Zimbra Collaboration 8.5 and above, there is now a DNS caching service available for installation. It is specifically targeted for MTA nodes, and could be perfect for Single-Server Installations.
Three of our supported features are raly heavily on DNS lookups: DKIM verification, SpamAssassin Scoring, Postfix RBLs for spam blocking.
Offline Mode
Zimbra Offline Mode allows you to use the Zimbra Web Client (ZWC) and access your data without network connectivity. For example, if server connectivity is lost, ZWC automatically transitions to “offline mode”.
When server connectivity is restored, ZWC automatically reverts back to “online mode”.
Touch Client
The Touch Client is a Network Edition feature that enables a new web client interface for a mobile device. It uses the Sencha Touch Mobile HTML5 Framework optimized for the canvas of a smartphone or tablet device.
When a client first connects to a mail server via a web browser, the server attempts to detect the client type.
Exchange Web Services
Exchange Web Services was released in ZCS 8.5 or above and is a Network Edition feature that need to be purchased separetly. With this feature you can connect devices or applications that support the EWS technology.
For example, you can find in the above Wikis how to configure it in Microsoft™ Outlook 2011, or in Microsoft™ Outlook 2016.
PCI Compilance and Cipher strength
Starting with ZCS 8.5, it is possible to configure the TLS related strength factors for postfix to not only enforce encryption but to enforce a certain strength of encryption.
With ZCS 8.5 and later, it is now possible to preserve PCI compliance configuration across upgrades.
Separation of WebApp from Mailtstore
The current Zimbra architecture combines the mailstore functionality with all the web functionality on the same server.
Aim is to split the combined functionality so that mailstore server can be run independently from web that includes Zimbra Web Client, Zimbra Admin Client and Zimlets.
Exchange Activesync
Exchange ActiveSync was released in ZCS 8.5 or above and is a Network Edition feature. With this feature you can connect devices or applications that support the EAS technology.
For example, you can find in the above Wikis how to configure different Mail Clients like Outlook 2013, or Windows Mail App using Exchange Active Sync over Zimbra Collaboration.
More new features
Zimbra Collaboration 8.5 and 8.6 include a lot of new features, for example:
- Real time attachment scanning for outgoing mail sent via the web client
- Key migrations from localconfig to LDAP
- Exchange compatible journaling
- LMDB as the supported backend for on-disk database maps
- Ability to blacklist or whitelist specific IP addresses
- Ability to reject or accept deny emails for specific users
- Split Domain support
- Domain level disclaimer support
Wiki articles, per section
- High Fidelity Preview
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
- Offline Mode
- Touch Client
- Exchange Web Services (EWS)
- Ajcody Backup & Restore
- Ajcody Notes Server Move
- Ajcody Server Move/Migration/Upgrade/DR
- Network Edition DR
- Zimbra to Zimbra Migration
- Zimbra ZCO Report
- Zimbra Check Devices
- Deploy Zimbra on Docker
- Zimbra Preauth Router
- Zimbra Intercepting Proxy
- High Fidelity Preview
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
- Offline Mode
- Touch Client
- Exchange Web Services (EWS)
- Ajcody Backup & Restore
- Ajcody Notes Server Move
- Ajcody Server Move/Migration/Upgrade/DR
- Network Edition DR
- Zimbra to Zimbra Migration
- Zimbra ZCO Report
- Zimbra Check Devices
- Deploy Zimbra on Docker
- Zimbra Preauth Router
- Zimbra Intercepting Proxy
- High Fidelity Preview
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS)
- Offline Mode
- Touch Client
- Exchange Web Services (EWS)
- Zimbra ZCO Report
- Zimbra Check Devices
- Deploy Zimbra on Docker
- Zimbra Preauth Router
- Zimbra Intercepting Proxy