University Email Management
with Zimbra Collaboration
Suite (ZCS)
Open Source Edition

Why Zimbra?
• RnD by Server & Networking Unit
• Other email systems – Squirrelmail, Usermin, Horde.
• Zimbra Collaboration Suite provide a better solution that suits
the need of the organization.
– Email
– Group Calendars
– Address Books
– Task management
– Web document management and authoring
• Upgrading the current email system.

Deployment Process
• Deployed in 4 different servers:-
– mailhost.upsi.edu.my :- this server manage 8
domains for 8 faculties. Deployment period within
one week.
– maildept.upsi.edu.my :- this server manage 4
domains for 4 main excellence centres.
Deployment period within 2-3 days.

Deployment Process
– mailftmk.upsi.edu.my :- this server manage mail system for
dedicated faculty (FTMK). Deployment period within 8
hours.
– mymail.upsi.edu.my :- this server manage all email account
of UPSI staff (@upsi.edu.my). Deployment period within one
week.
• Current user: 1540

Benefits
• To provide protection and security to user mailbox.
– ClamAV: antivirus scanner
– SpamAssassin: mail filter to identify spam
– Amavisd-new: content checkers.
• User friendly and easy to manage.

Benefits
• Free (Open source)
• New services:
– OpenLDAP : User authentication
– Lucene : full featured text index and
search engine
– James/Sieve filtering : create filters
for email
– Import external account using
Zimbra interface.

Challenges
• Hardware constraint
– Budget.
– CPU, Memory and hard disk.
• Convert unix based user id to OpenLDAP.

Challenges
• Migrating old mailbox to Zimbra Mailbox
using IMAP Sync.
• Educating user to use Zimbra.

Savings
• No cost involved.
• Shorter deployment period.
• Save time for administrative and
maintenance jobs.

THANK YOU