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When you think about the Internet chances are you immediately think about the World Wide Web. However it was E-Mail that was the Internet’s first “killer application.” The most common Email environments, such as Exchange and Notes, are hard to customize which has led to organizations being forced to adapt to how their tools do things, rather then adapting the tools to their needs.
When you think about the Internet chances are you immediately think about the World Wide Web. However it was E-Mail that was the Internet’s first “killer application.” The most common Email environments, such as Exchange and Notes, are hard to customize which has led to organizations being forced to adapt to how their tools do things, rather then adapting the tools to their needs.
Unlike the chaotic nature of the web, E-Mail tends to be highly structured and centralized. This helps to explain why proprietary applications such as Exchange and Notes have been the only real choice for enterprise messaging. Both platforms are hard to customize which has led to organizations being forced to adapt to how Exchange and Notes do things, rather then adapting Exchange and Notes to their needs.
Zimbra is an Open Source program that marries the best of E-mail with the flexibility and accessibility of the web. In this series of articles Joshua Prismon will teach you how to extend Zimbra to reflect your needs.
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Introducing Zimbra ==
Zimbra is an integrated email platform that provides integrated email, calendaring, events, contacts and tasks. Zimbra is also open source which allows for expandability and lowered risk to corporations. Zimbra consists of server backend which sends and receives mail and two web-based front ends. The first front end is the administration interface which allows for easy management of the server. The second front end is that the standard user application: the Zimbra Web Client. 
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[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Extending Zimbra by Joshua Prismon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License]
[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Extending Zimbra by Joshua Prismon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License]

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Extending Zimbra Joshua Prismon

When you think about the Internet chances are you immediately think about the World Wide Web. However it was E-Mail that was the Internet’s first “killer application.” The most common Email environments, such as Exchange and Notes, are hard to customize which has led to organizations being forced to adapt to how their tools do things, rather then adapting the tools to their needs.

Unlike the chaotic nature of the web, E-Mail tends to be highly structured and centralized. This helps to explain why proprietary applications such as Exchange and Notes have been the only real choice for enterprise messaging. Both platforms are hard to customize which has led to organizations being forced to adapt to how Exchange and Notes do things, rather then adapting Exchange and Notes to their needs.

Zimbra is an Open Source program that marries the best of E-mail with the flexibility and accessibility of the web. In this series of articles Joshua Prismon will teach you how to extend Zimbra to reflect your needs.

== Introducing Zimbra ==

Zimbra is an integrated email platform that provides integrated email, calendaring, events, contacts and tasks. Zimbra is also open source which allows for expandability and lowered risk to corporations. Zimbra consists of server backend which sends and receives mail and two web-based front ends. The first front end is the administration interface which allows for easy management of the server. The second front end is that the standard user application: the Zimbra Web Client.

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Extending Zimbra by Joshua Prismon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

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