Did you know that you can create dynamic distribution lists in Zimbra? The benefit of dynamic distribution lists is that they are based on LDAP queries. So whenever users are added/removed/changed on your Zimbra server, the distribution list is automatically kept up-to-date based on the contents of LDAP and your query. The creation of dynamic […]
Patch Release: Improved Language Support, Modern UI, Distribution Lists & Other Security Enhancements
Patch Security Severity: Low Deployment Risk: Medium This release focuses on improving user experience, enhancing group communication and essential security for the following editions Zimbra Daffodil 10.0.7 (Release Notes) Zimbra 9.0.0 Kepler Patch-39 (Release Notes) Patch updated on 28 Feb include the following in their respective releases What’s New Improved Language Support (Zimbra Daffodil) OnlyOffice […]
How to implement (external LDAP) authentication in a Zimbra Java Extension
Frequent readers of the Zimbra blog will know that Zimbra can be extended/customized by using Zimlets. By creating your own Zimlets you can add functionality to the UI (front-end) and the Java back-end, allowing you to cater to specific customer needs. Zimlets can be enabled globally or per user (group) Details on this can be […]
Mobileconfig in Settings menu Zimlet
This Zimlet adds a menu option in the Settings menu to download mobileconfig file to configure your Zimbra account on Apple devices. The same is included in Modern UI by default under Settings->Accounts then expand your account and scroll down. This Zimlet exposes the feature more prominently and makes it easier to find. You can […]
Manage Global S3 Configurations using zms3config CLI
In a previous blog we introduced Zimbra’s new Storage Management, in this article we introduce you to zms3config a command line application that allows you to manage Zimbra’s S3 configuration. The zms3config is the CLI utility to manage the Global S3 buckets which can be shared across mailstore nodes. Bucket configurations can be created from any node […]
SMTP Smuggling in Zimbra Postfix a technical deepdive
E-mail providers like Microsoft Exchange Online and GMX allowed to pass <LF>.<CR><LF> sequence unfiltered from their outbound (sending mails) SMTP server to the inbound (receiving mails) SMTP server (postfix in our case). In the case of Postfix serving as an outbound/inbound (sending mails/receiving mails) server, it does not ignore the sequence ‘<LF>.<CR><LF>’; rather, it interprets […]