iPhone and Zimbra. Ears perk up all around the world. Everyone says ARE THEY FOR REAL?

Written by Karl L. Gechlik | AskTheAdmin.com on July 15, 2007 – 4:42 am -


Straight from the horse’s mouth over @ Zimbra:

It’s been a question that’s been asked in our forums since the time the iPhone was first announced: “Will Zimbra support the iPhone?” and “Does Zimbra support the iPhone?”

Yes! (to both)Currently, you can connect to Zimbra using the Exchange server, POP3, or IMAP. If you have the iSync connector installed, you can sync contacts, calendars, and address books.If you’re a fan of the Web Client, you’ll be happy to know that our Standard client is 100% compatible with the iPhone, providing all of the features of the Desktop, on the iPhone.

We’ve put together a wiki page on how to set up your iPhone to talk with the Zimbra server.Kevin Kluge, Zimbra’s VP of Engineering, says: “We are committed to making the iSync connector, [which is] available in the Network Edition, work well in this environment. If over-the-air sync is added, we will examine what if any changes are needed to ZCS to have the iPhone successfully sync against a Zimbra server.

“We’re also gonna be at the iPhone Dev Camp July 6-8 at Adobe Systems in San Francisco. If you’re gonna be there, shoot me a note in the forums: username jholder.We’ve attached a couple of images of Zimbra in Action on the iPhone. Click on the pictures for a bigger image.

Here is a link to a Cnet posting on it as well. How does this improve your feelings about the iPhone? What about the PC VNC control? Let us know in the comments!

Edit: Works like a charm!

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11 Responses to “iPhone and Zimbra. Ears perk up all around the world. Everyone says ARE THEY FOR REAL?”

  1. By The Slothman on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    Dead, freaking sexy.

    A big F-U to the MS Exchange crew….even though the iPhone works with Exchange/Outlook.

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  2. By Karl L. Gechlik on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    Hey Sloth hows that iPhone testing going? How is the integration with exchange - has it been smooth? Any big issues?

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  3. By The Slothman on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    If the CEO is in today, I am supposed to grab his CC and get the iPhone today to start testing.

    Here’s what we want to do, and this is a precursor to a blog I will make when we get some test time on the phone.

    1. Marketing materials on the phone via flash/quicktime/mpgs/itunes movies.
    2. Replace blackberry with sexy iphone
    3. Mail sync - probably though pop/imap
    4. Calendar - probably going to use Domino Access for MS Outlook, as MS’ Outlook -> Domino connector sucks
    5. Contacts -> Totally not sure how I am going to do this. I may be able to use the DAMO.

    Those are my objectives. I’ll let everyone know how it works when I get some time in it….probably next week.

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  4. By Anonymous on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    Is there a beta? I need this now for my office!

    did i say please?

    good

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  5. By MiniYou on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    i just looked at the wiki and this is great and it looks like it is already working NOW!

    Check out : here.

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  6. By Karl L. Gechlik on Jul 13, 2007 | Reply

    just got this working and boy is it smooth. coupled with the remote desktop albeit only pc for the moment is fantastic. good information fellows!

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  7. By John Holder on Jul 14, 2007 | Reply

    Yep.

    We’re for real. :)

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  8. By Karl L. Gechlik on Jul 14, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks so much John. We appreciate you stopping by and please come back again! We have got a lot of emails and responses to your iPhone support.

    Has the response been overwhelming for you guys?

    Keep up the amazing open source work!

    Zimbra Rocks!

    Karl L. Gechlik

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  9. By John Holder on Jul 15, 2007 | Reply

    You’ve got a few fans here@zimbra.

    Love the article title.

    Best of luck,
    jh

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  10. By JohnBlazE on Jul 15, 2007 | Reply

    Nice find. So can i achieve ‘push’ email from zimbra with a iphone client?

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  11. By Karl L. Gechlik on Jul 15, 2007 | Reply

    Here you go John from the Zimbra Forums looks like chattermail is the answer!

    For anyone that’s interested, you can achieve the same ‘push’ features that Blackberry & Exchange 2003 (SP2) have. I have tested this with the current version of Zimbra and a Treo 650 (also works with a Treo 600) and an email client called ChatterEmail (ChatterEmail is exclusively for the Treo 600/650) from here http://www.chatteremail.com - email arrives in the Zimbra and, voila, almost instantly on your phone/PDA.

    There may, of course, be other solutions to this but I thought someone might be in the same position as me and needing instant email notification - at a relatively low cost with Zimbra & ChatterEmail.

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