Recently, I switched to Ubuntu Operating System. I was looking for best email client on Ubuntu similar to Microsoft Outlook in terms of functionality. Thunderbird and Evolution are good email client, but it does miss out on some key features like calendar.
After some googling, I came across Zimbra Desktop, which is truly the next-generation free application that makes email easy and the best part is that its available on all three OS namely Windows, Mac & Linux.
Zimbra Desktop combines the best aspects of existing email clients with modern webmail applications to make a totally new and improved experience. No where else you will find an application with full email, contact, calendar, document management and offline access feature for free.
Key features of Zimbra Desktop :-
- Email, contacts, calendar and documents all in one application
- Syncs Zimbra, Yahoo! mail & Gmail email, contacts and calendars
- Read email from any POP or IMAP email including AOL, Hotmail or business email
- “Drag and Drop” messages into new folders or the Trash
- Supports plain text and html message formatting
- Compose email even when you are not online-messages you send are saved in the “Outbox” and are sent when you connect again
- Tag messages as important from people you care about
- Quickly search your mailbox for pictures, documents or text-even with attachments
- Manage multiple color-coded calendars
- Invite others to meetings and view free/busy times
- Edit Documents including add images, tables and spreadsheets; share them in email
- Track your to do’s including start and end dates, percent complete
- Works on Windows, Apple or Linux Desktop Computers
- It works online & offline
- Available in 20 languages
Feature Comparison with Competing Products
| Zimbra Desktop | Outlook | Thunderbird | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Platform | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Windows Only | Windows, Mac OS, Linux and more |
| Cost | Free | Commercial License | Free |
| Open Source | 100% | No | 100% |
| Support Enterprise Collaboration Server | Zimbra Collaboration Suite | Microsoft Exchange Server | No |
| Identical UI as Enterprise Collaboration Server Web UI | Yes | No | No |
| Integrated Calendar | Yes | Yes | Via Lightning extension, not production quality |
| Corporate Address Book | Yes | Yes | No |
| Documents, Tasks and Briefcase | Yes | Tasks only | No |
| Groupware Sharing and Delegation | Yes | Yes | No |
| Gmail Mail Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Address Book Support | Yes | No | No |
| Google Calendar Support | Yes | No | No |
| Yahoo! Mail Support | Yes | No | Via WebMail extension, not production quality |
| Yahoo! Address Book Support | Yes | No | No |
| Yahoo! Calendar Support | Yes | No | No |
| POP3 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IMAP4 Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cross-account Message View | Yes | No | No |
| Cross-account Calendar View | Yes | No | No |
| Cross-account Address Book | Yes | No | No |
| Email Address Auto Complete | Yes | Yes | Only previously mailed contacts |
| Drag and Drop from Desktop | Yes | No | No |
| Support Tagging All Data Types | Yes | No | No |
| Conversation View Across Folders | Yes | No | No |
| Usable When Offline | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Seamless Online/Offline Transition | Yes | Yes | No |
| Access All Data Offline | Yes | Does not download all data by default | Does not download all data by default |
| Manage Multi-GB Mailboxes | Yes | Slow | Slow |
| Search across Multi-GB Data | Index based, fast | Limited and slow | Limited and slow |
| New Mail Notification | Yes | Limited | Limited |
| Themes and Colors | Yes | No | Yes |
| Auto Update | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extensibility | Zimlets | Plugins | Extensions |
Zimbra Desktop is free for anyone download and use.
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