Yahoo's new Zimbra Desktop puts all your e-mail in order

**ReuvenNY** · 24th July 2008, 08:42 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...a_N.htm?csp=34

Excerpt:

"Yahoo is expanding its popular e-mail service to the desktop in a bid to help consumers manage their e-mail accounts when they aren't online...
...is set to release a beta version of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, an e-mail program that organizes Yahoo Mail, AOL, Google's Gmail and work and business e-mail accounts in one place — and lets you read, compose and organize messages off-line."

Berenburger · 25th July 2008, 12:29 AM

EuMX has Zimbra (the collaboration suite) in alpha testing.

paul33 · 1st August 2008, 10:57 PM

yeah

it is great , i tested it,,,,,
i love zimbra.
only problem so far is the bad speed,,maybe because it is java.
ok... but it is in beta so what.

yahoo has to use zimbra to defends its leading position in mail service ,,,,then gmail has no chance....
in my opinion zimbra is better than gmail and thunderbird.
and now you can use your free yahoo account trough imap with zimbra,
isnt it great?
unfortunately it is at moment only with yahoo.com mail adresses possible to use, not with local one like yahoo.de

theog · 2nd August 2008, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul33

yeah

it is great , i tested it,,,,,
i love zimbra.
only problem so far is the bad speed,,maybe because it is java.
ok... but it is in beta so what.

yahoo has to use zimbra to defends its leading position in mail service ,,,,then gmail has no chance....
in my opinion zimbra is better than gmail and thunderbird.
and now you can use your free yahoo account trough imap with zimbra,
isnt it great?
unfortunately it is at moment only with yahoo.com mail adresses possible to use, not with local one like yahoo.de

Yahoo will not kill gmail as long as yahoo is attempting to install on the desktop. Desktop clients are dead... Outlook '07 has won that war. Period. On the other end, kids and 20 somethings want something on their phone... they don't need or want a desktop client (at least all the ones I know).

And if their online version is as slow as their demo, they don't have a chance against even a caveman with chalk and a cave. My yahoo mail times out every now and again (only service that does), so what else should I expect.

We won't even mention when Microsoft launches more Live products... along with integration of online live with Microsoft Office.

edit: my fault, seems IE 7 PRO was blocking portions of the site... zimbra runs fairly fast....

Ennis · 2nd August 2008, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theog

Yahoo will not kill gmail as long as yahoo is attempting to install on the desktop. Desktop clients are dead... Outlook '07 has won that war. Period. On the other end, kids and 20 somethings want something on their phone... they don't need or want a desktop client (at least all the ones I know).

Kids and 20 somethings don't use email. They text.

At least the ones I know...

theog · 2nd August 2008, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ennis

Kids and 20 somethings don't use email. They text.

At least the ones I know...

Yea, that is why I said they use their phone... either text or email... many plug into email (20 somethings)... some even do the email through myspace.... all depends... of the teens it seems txt rules. lol...

Either way, a cell phone is the center of the universe.

kelly · 27th August 2008, 11:35 AM

can be downloaded from ... http://downloads.yahoo.com/

David · 27th August 2008, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berenburger

EuMX has Zimbra (the collaboration suite) in alpha testing.

Is the alpha testing by request Berenburger?

xmailer · 27th August 2008, 12:42 PM

Yes it is, David. I'm not Berenburger (in case you didn't notice the difference in the spelling of my user name

), but, based on information about it in a thread going back a few months at the EuMX forum, I emailed support AT eumx.net (I think it was) from my eumx.net account and after a couple of email exchanges, I had an account by the next day. That wasn't more than a few weeks ago, so unless something has changed radically since then, I assume they're still available by request. You may prefer to double-check the relevant thread in their forum first though, in case my memory may be "off" on a detail or two.

Edit: This thread: http://support.eumx.net/viewtopic.php?t=336

David · 27th August 2008, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xmailer

Yes it is, David.

Thanks xmailer. I might just do that, although I am just started to like OWM, and am contemplating on using it permanently, instead of SquirrelMail.

xmailer · 27th August 2008, 12:52 PM

As far as I can recall, EuMX is now the only service I still have an account with that has OWM available, and after all the bloated AJAX web interfaces which have been appearing lately, I think I'm starting to appreciate both it and Squirrelmail more than ever. (Although I'm, starting to like my everyone.net account (the 'simple' interface) better lately too, especially now that they've increased the storage quota above Gmail's.)

David · 27th August 2008, 01:09 PM

For some reason, OWM reminds me of CWMail (which I used many years ago) although the latter only supported POP.

William9 · 27th August 2008, 02:56 PM

A problem with Zimbra Desktop reported by several users and acknowledged by the company is inability to send messages with a Yahoo! Small Business account. Very disappointing. Apparently not recognized as a problem until after software was released. I think it is identified as beta, however.

marcus0263 · 28th August 2008, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theog

Yahoo will not kill gmail as long as yahoo is attempting to install on the desktop. Desktop clients are dead... Outlook '07 has won that war. Period. On the other end, kids and 20 somethings want something on their phone... they don't need or want a desktop client (at least all the ones I know).

And if their online version is as slow as their demo, they don't have a chance against even a caveman with chalk and a cave. My yahoo mail times out every now and again (only service that does), so what else should I expect.

We won't even mention when Microsoft launches more Live products... along with integration of online live with Microsoft Office.

edit: my fault, seems IE 7 PRO was blocking portions of the site... zimbra runs fairly fast....

Desktop Clients dead?

xmailer · 28th August 2008, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcus0263

Desktop Clients dead?

Of course, you might wish to bear in mind that theog also believes that Bill Gates is God.

24th July 2008, 08:42 PM	#1
ReuvenNY Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York Posts: 3,776	Yahoo's new Zimbra Desktop puts all your e-mail in order http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...a_N.htm?csp=34 Excerpt: "Yahoo is expanding its popular e-mail service to the desktop in a bid to help consumers manage their e-mail accounts when they aren't online... ...is set to release a beta version of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, an e-mail program that organizes Yahoo Mail, AOL, Google's Gmail and work and business e-mail accounts in one place — and lets you read, compose and organize messages off-line."

27th August 2008, 11:35 AM	#7
kelly Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 111	Zimbra Desktop client... can be downloaded from ... http://downloads.yahoo.com/

25th July 2008, 12:29 AM	#2
Berenburger Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 924	EuMX has Zimbra (the collaboration suite) in alpha testing.

1st August 2008, 10:57 PM	#3
paul33 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 177	yeah it is great , i tested it,,,,, i love zimbra. only problem so far is the bad speed,,maybe because it is java. ok... but it is in beta so what. yahoo has to use zimbra to defends its leading position in mail service ,,,,then gmail has no chance.... in my opinion zimbra is better than gmail and thunderbird. and now you can use your free yahoo account trough imap with zimbra, isnt it great? unfortunately it is at moment only with yahoo.com mail adresses possible to use, not with local one like yahoo.de

27th August 2008, 12:42 PM	#9
xmailer The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,989	Yes it is, David. I'm not Berenburger (in case you didn't notice the difference in the spelling of my user name ), but, based on information about it in a thread going back a few months at the EuMX forum, I emailed support AT eumx.net (I think it was) from my eumx.net account and after a couple of email exchanges, I had an account by the next day. That wasn't more than a few weeks ago, so unless something has changed radically since then, I assume they're still available by request. You may prefer to double-check the relevant thread in their forum first though, in case my memory may be "off" on a detail or two. Edit: This thread: http://support.eumx.net/viewtopic.php?t=336

27th August 2008, 12:52 PM	#11
xmailer The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,989	As far as I can recall, EuMX is now the only service I still have an account with that has OWM available, and after all the bloated AJAX web interfaces which have been appearing lately, I think I'm starting to appreciate both it and Squirrelmail more than ever. (Although I'm, starting to like my everyone.net account (the 'simple' interface) better lately too, especially now that they've increased the storage quota above Gmail's.)

27th August 2008, 01:09 PM	#12
David Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: location, location Posts: 8,376	For some reason, OWM reminds me of CWMail (which I used many years ago) although the latter only supported POP.

27th August 2008, 02:56 PM	#13
William9 Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,062	A problem with Zimbra Desktop reported by several users and acknowledged by the company is inability to send messages with a Yahoo! Small Business account. Very disappointing. Apparently not recognized as a problem until after software was released. I think it is identified as beta, however.