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Zimbra
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Collaboration SuiteAdministrator’s Guide
Release 5.0
Open Source Edition
December 2007
 
Legal Notices
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Building Better Products within the Open Source Community
Zimbra Collaboration Suite leverages many great technologies from the open source community:MySQL, OpenLDAP, Postfix, SpamAssassin, and Apache. Zimbra believes that great products comefrom contributing to and leveraging open source technologies. We are thankful for the greatcontributions that led to the creation of MySQL, OpenLDAP, Postfix, SpamAssassin, and Apachesoftware.Zimbra, Inc.700 First StreetSunnyvale, California 94089 USA408.349.3000www.zimbra.com
ZCS 5.0 12172007
 
Zimbra Collaboration Suite Open Source Edition 5.0 iii
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Available Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Support for Recommended Third-Party Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Support and Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Chapter 2
Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Core Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Zimbra Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11ZCS Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Zimbra Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Zimbra Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Zimbra System Directory Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Example of a Typical Multi-Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Chapter 3
ZCS Mailbox Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Incoming Mail Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Disk Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Message Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Data Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Index Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Chapter 4
Zimbra Directory Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Directory Services Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23LDAP Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Zimbra Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Account Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25Internal Authentication Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26External LDAP and External Active Directory Authentication Mechanism 26Custom Authentication - zimbraCustomAuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Kerberos5 Authentication Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Zimbra Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Company Directory/GAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 5
Zimbra MTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Zimbra MTA Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Postfix Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36MTA Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36SMTP Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37SMTP Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Relay Host Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
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Firzan Faisal

Hi m.diesel, could you please allow me to download the Zimbra 5 Administration Manual... I need it cause i just installed zimbra and still confused how to administer it. regards firzan

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