Transport Layer Security (TLS) encrypts data sent over the Internet to ensure that eavesdroppers and hackers are unable to see what you transmit which is particularly useful for private and sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, and personal correspondence. (further reading: https://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/tls/basics) In this article you will learn how to configure Zimbra to […]
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Zimbra SkillZ: Enhance Performance Using SSDB on Zimbra
Hello Zimbra Customers, Partners & Friends, Zimbra traditionally stores Authentication Tokens, CSRF Tokens and log-on timestamps to LDAP. On Zimbra systems with a large number of active users, this increases the load on the LDAP server, which can cause LDAP responses to slow down. Zimbra supports storing short-lived data (aka ephemeral data) to a separate […]
Zimbra SkillZ: How to use Zimbra with Let’s Encrypt Certificates (update)
Hello Zimbra Customers, Partners & Friends, Today’s blog post is all about using Let’s Encrypt certificates with Zimbra. Let’s Encrypt is a way to obtain trusted and free TLS certificates. To obtain certificates you can use a program called Certbot. You can find instructions for setting up certbot at https://certbot.eff.org/instructions. If you already use Let’s […]
Zimbra SkillZ: Salesforce Zimlet — Email2Case
Hi Zimbra Partners, Customers & Friends, Salesforce Email-to-Case automatically turns customer emails into cases, so your agents can quickly track and resolve issues. This Zimlet adds Email2Case to the Zimbra More menu. Configure and Deploy the Zimlet Here are the steps to configure and deploy the Zimlet … Get zimbra-zimlet-salesforce.zip and as Zimbra user: zmzimletctl […]
Zimbra SkillZ: How to Use SPF, DKIM and DMARC on Zimbra
Hi Zimbra Customers, Partners & Friends, This blog is a short “how-to” for setting up SPF, DKIM and DMARC on Zimbra. What is SPF? Sender Policy Framework (SPF) helps prevent email spamming and spoofing by telling the world what servers are allowed to send email from your domain. If an email is sent from user@example.com, […]
Zimbra SkillZ: Enhance email confidentiality using MTA-STS
Hi Zimbra Customers, Partners & Friends, Do you want to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks and enhance your email confidentiality? You can with MTA-STS. MTA-STS is short for Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Strict Transport Security (STS). MTA-STS enforces encryption and secure communications between SMTP servers via TLS (Transport Layer Security). With MTA-STS fully implemented, it prevents man-in-the-middle […]