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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by rufugee on Friday February 12, 2010 @03:37PM (#1121699)
http://www.zimbra.com. Better in some ways, worse in others, but by far the most capable open source webmail available. I used it for a few years and loved it.
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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by Timothee on Friday February 12, 2010 @06:15PM (#1122095)
I always see Zimbra mentioned as a good open-source alternative to Gmail. But the demo always made me feel like it was a web-based Outlook UI-wise.

Like mbreese, I have wondered for some years if an open-source version of Gmail existed, and also what would be necessary to reproduce the Gmail experience (on the backend side for example, to get to the same speed in search). But I always hear Zimbra which doesn't seem to be the right answer to me.

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by troels on Saturday February 13, 2010 @09:18AM (#1123026)
> But the demo always made me feel like it was a web-based Outlook UI-wise.

My experience too, after using it for about a year. It's OK, but it's nowhere near as good as gmail.

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by rufugee on Saturday February 13, 2010 @11:30AM (#1123148)
I'm curious...what do you find Gmail does better than Zimbra?
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