Re: [Evolution] Zimbra and Evolution

[Jennifer Weltz <jweltz jvnla com>]

Our e-mail server was and is 1 and 1.  I guess I don't understand the question because we use the evolution calendar and download the 1 and 1 e-mails to Evolution.  1 and 1 is only where our e-mails come in before we download them and delete them from the server.

On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 12:55 -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 11:44 -0400, Jennifer Weltz wrote:
> > We are now upgrading to Ubuntu with Evo 2.22.2 and with an on-site
> > Zimbra server.  This is all new to us, but our biggest concern is that
> > we would lose our folders and filters that we have spent many hours
> > setting up in Evolution when making the change.   Since we have had a
> > bad year with Evolution, we are inclined to move away from it entirely
> > and I admit to not fully understanding the advantage to keeping
> > Evolution on our desktops.  Wouldn't this mean that if we access our
> > Zimbra server from home, we would not have all of our e-mail data and
> > filters?  If so, this is not for us.  If so, how does that work?
>
> Hi Jennifer; thanks for this more detailed info.  However, you still
> haven't provided us with the single most critical piece of information
> that we need: what were you using for email/calendaring service up until
> now?
>
> Did you have a POP server?  IMAP?  Was mail delivered locally to each
> system/calendars stored locally?  Or something else?  Basically, when
> you create a new Evolution account, how do you configure it?
>
> This is critical because it greatly impacts how you would migrate data:
> the type of mail service you have tells us where the data is today and
> what format it's in.  However, although we'd like to know the answer to
> this and may have some suggestions for you, almost certainly we'll have
> to hand you off to the Zimbra user community (or support services if you
> purchased a support license) to actually get a real solution for this.
> They will be able to advise you on how best to import data in various
> formats into Zimbra; while we know Evo we don't know Zimbra and
> typically a server like that will have its own tools for importing large
> amounts of data.
>
> Evolution is definitely an application that has had a sketchy history,
> reliability-wise.  I'd say that the very latest 2.22.2 / 2.22.3 versions
> are the best yet.  But that's not to say every problem is solved.  I'd
> give it a try with the latest Ubuntu version and see what you think.
>
> For accessing Zimbra you can use Evo or you can use their web interface.
> The advantages and disadvantages are the same as for any web-based vs.
> local service.
>
> However, you can easily switch back and forth.  That's because a server
> like Zimbra keeps all the data ON THE SERVER: all the mail in your
> inbox, your deleted email, your other folders; plus all your calendar
> info.  So, you can access it from any Evolution client or web client on
> any system (as long as you know your username/password) and see all your
> email/calendaring.
>
> Please let us know if you have more questions.