The Zimbra Web Client interface features that can be enabled by either
COS or Account configuration are listed below. In addition to these features,
additional Preferences and Advanced features can be enabled to enhance
how some of these features work.
Address Book Users
can create their own contacts lists. When this is enabled, a Contacts
and an Emailed Contacts address book are created in the user's Address
Book. They can create additional address books. You can set maximum number
of contacts
they can have in their address books from the COS Advanced tab. The default
is unlimited. Users can share their contacts, if the Sharing feature is
enabled.
Calendar Calendar lets users schedule meetings, record
appointments, see colleagues' free and busy time, and view their calendar
of appointments and meetings. Users can share their calendars if the Sharing
feature is enabled.
Documents Documents
is a document collaboration application that gives users a central place
on their ZWC to develop and organize information. Users have one
Notebook in which they can create pages. They
can create additional notebooks. Users can share their Notebooks, if the
Sharing feature is enabled.
Tagging Users can create tag labels and apply the
tag to messages. Users can apply multiple tags to a single item to classify
it under several categories simultaneously.
Sharing Users
can share their Address Books, Calendars, and Documents Notebooks with
other users within their organization and with the public.
Change password This requires users to change their log in
password the first time they log in after the administrator changes the
password.
Change UI themes Users
can change the background colors in their view of Zimbra Web Client. The
themes that are available are configured
in the COS Themes tab.
Advanced search Users
can build detailed search request that include looking up mail by date,
domain, flag, object, size, attachment, and time.
Saved searches Users
can save a search criteria that they built with Advanced search to quickly
run the search again.
Initial search preference Users
can select which of their folders to display when they log on. Also, this
is the folder that is searched before other folders.
IMAP access Enable users to use third party mail applications,
such as Thunderbird or Outlook to access their mailbox using the IMAP
protocol.
POP3 access Post Office Protocol. Enable users to use
third party mail applications, such as Thunderbird or Outlook to access
their mailbox using the POP3 protocol.
External POP3 access Users can set up to retrieve their POP accounts email messages directly
in Zimbra Web Client. When they retrieve their POP email messages, the
messages and attachments are saved on the Zimbra server.
Allow users to specify a forwarding
address Users
can specify a forwarding address for their mail. If Disable Local Delivery
is enabled in Preferences, they can delete the message from their mailbox
after it is forwarded.
Conversations Messages can be displayed as conversations
or as message lists. Conversations group emails by subject. When email
subject lines match, the emails are grouped for easy viewing. If this
feature is enabled, Conversations is the default.
Mail Filters Allows users to create rules for managing their email. Rules can include
routing mail to different folders based on the different defined conditions
and actions.
HTML compose Permits users to compose rich emails that
may contain different fonts, colors, and other style choices.
Out of office reply Users
can create an email message that automatically replies to incoming messages
this is turned on. This
is commonly used as a vacation message. A message is sent to each recipient
only once every seven days, regardless of how many messages that person
sends to the address during that week.
New mail notification When this is checked, users can specify an email address that receives
notification that there is email in the Zimbra mailbox. In
the preferences section, you can enable whether the New mail notification
is on or off and set the address. Users can also do this from Options
on the Zimbra Web Client.
Mail Identities Users can create multiple mail identities that can be applied to email
messages they send. For each identity, they set up an email address and
name that appears in the From header of messages they send.