Note: This weekly post serves to detail Zimbra features; update the K-State community with new project information; and answer questions submitted via InfoTech Tuesday and the K-State Zimbra website.

WebMail address books will not be migrated to K-State Zimbra on May 29.  However, K-State Zimbra supports manual importing of address books from other clients, including WebMail. K-Staters wanting to import their WebMail address book into K-State Zimbra should export their WebMail address books prior to the migration of their e-mail and folders on Friday, May 29.

Detailed and easy-to-use export and import instructions are provided on the K-State Zimbra help pages. The IT Help Desk is also available for individual assistance.

Mail filters that you have created in WebMail will not be migrated to K-State Zimbra. You may want to print or write your mail filters prior to the migration so you can quickly re-create them in K-State zimbra.

If you use a local mail client (such as Outlook, Thunderbird, or Mac Mail) but would like to switch to K-State Zimbra as your main mail client, you can also import your local address book into K-State Zimbra.  The IT Help Desk can help you get started and answer any questions about transferring from your local client to K-State Zimbra.

The K-State Zimbra address book can include detailed information about your contacts, such as:

  • Mailing addresses
  • Websites and instant-messaging addresses
  • Home, work, and cellphone phone numbers
  • More than one e-mail address per contact
  • Photos

You can also create group contact lists, have more than one address book, tag your contacts, add a contact from an e-mail message, and print your address books. Additionally, all K-Staters will have access to the global address list (GAL), a searchable repository of K-Staters’ e-mail addresses. If your WebMail address book only contains K-State names and e-mail addresses, you may find the GAL more useful than your WebMail address book.

Go to the K-State Zimbra website to read frequently asked questions and to send comments to the K-State Zimbra project team.