Can I upgrade? If you are running build 1083 or later, you can upgrade by simply running the installer of the latest release. I installed a previous version of Zimbra Desktop.
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What platforms do Zimbra Desktop support? Zimbra Desktop can run on Windows XP (x86), Windows Vista (x86), Mac OS X Tiger (Intel), Mac OS X Leopard (Intel), a variety of Linux (i686) flavors including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Suse and others.
Where do I download the installer? Go here to download the installer for your platform. Download and Install What are the prerequisites of installing and running Zimbra Desktop? Before you start, you should check out the Zimbra Desktop wiki page where you can read about the latest release and known issues. How do I get it into the product? Go to Zimbra Bugzilla to file a ticket. I have this brilliant idea to make Zimbra Desktop 10 times better.
By doing this you will be notified on every update to the bug you file. If this is your first time, you will need to register an account with your email address. It will greatly help Zimbra engineers to investigate your issue if you include as much information as possible, including how one might be able to reproduce what you see. How do I report it? Go to Zimbra Bugzilla to file a ticket.
See here for a high level feature comparison. Why should I use Zimbra Desktop instead of other email software? While similar to competing products like Outlook and Thunderbird, Zimbra Desktop offers users many advantages not found elsewhere. While synchronization requires network connectivity, Zimbra Desktop can be used when the user's computer is not connected to the network. Zimbra Desktop can work with many types of servers to synchronize email, contacts and calendar data between user's mailboxes on servers and local data stored on your computer disk. It's cross-platform, available on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
General Questions What is Zimbra Desktop? Zimbra Desktop is a free and open source email software application.
This is archive documentation, which means it is not supported or valid for recent versions of Zimbra Collaboration.