CalDav + Zimbra rocks

I'm nearly a week into my Zimbra conversion and I am very, very happy. I'm still having some issues with Zimbra Desktop (sometimes it syncs (email), and sometimes it doesn't - this may be because I've yet to do a full sync because I've been on a narrowband connection while on holiday this week), but the web client is amazing. I used to say I'd never use it. Now I'm having a hard time figuring out why I need to use fat-client email at all.

The thing that has me happiest, though, is CalDav. John Robb, vice president of Marketing for Zimbra, walked me through set-up on Wednesday afternoon as I was leaving OSBC. Since then, my Zimbra-to-iCal (or the reverse) sync has been flawless. I change an appointment in iCal and it magically changes in Zimbra. No manual sync required. It just happens.

Now I need Zimbra Contacts to Apple's Address Book to work that cleanly. It's not a bad solution, but CalDav is soooo much better.

[mherrick66]

Matt,

I'm also a Zimbra user. I have it sync'd the same way with Mozilla Thunderbird. My only issue is that I can't figure out how to make reminders happen. Do you have luck with that?

Mike

[mherrick66]

Matt,

I'm also a Zimbra user. I have it sync'd the same way with Mozilla Thunderbird. My only issue is that I can't figure out how to make reminders happen. Do you have luck with that?

Mike

[mherrick66]

Matt,

I'm also a Zimbra user. I have it sync'd the same way with Mozilla Thunderbird. My only issue is that I can't figure out how to make reminders happen. Do you have luck with that?

Mike

[petieg]

Try syncing your iCal calendar, thru iTunes, to an iPhone now. I suppose we'll have to wait for the ActiveSync support (remember zimbra has complete compatibilty with ActiveSync. Gives a whole new meaning to the SDK for Zimbra/iPhone users!. Wonder about remote wipe, etc??) I must say that I have hosted ZCS thru 01.com and they rock! I'm well on my way to a full non-microsoft mac world now. Its just that damned Office, ActiveSync and RDP that I use now. Goodbye Exchange !!

[kenneth.barber]

"Now I'm having a hard time figuring out why I need to use fat-client email at all." I switched to the gmail web client a few years ago - and I've never looked back. I've converted others away from Outlook and other fat clients and even the most non-technical user has been happy with the change. That feeling of zero setup, maximum portability and not really losing anything in the switch is awesome. I guess the only fear factor is that you don't "download" your email doing it this way ... people like the safety of having a copy on their own machine I guess.