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IT Help Desk
Kansas State University
214 Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7722
800-865-6143 (toll-free)
helpdesk@k-state.edu
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K-State Zimbra Help

The K-State Zimbra Collaboration Suite is an integration of e-mail and calendaring that allows for easy collaboration with the sharing of e-mail inboxes, folders, address books, calendars, contacts, documents, briefcases and tasks.

New Zimbra 7.0 features

K-State Zimbra was upgraded to version 7 on Sunday, Nov. 20. Notices will be posted on the IT Status page if any issues arise.

Some of the biggest changes that K-Staters will notice:

  • K-State's new branding will be on the graphics, for consistency with the university's graphic identity.
  • Creating calendar events and meetings will be simplified.
  • Users will have the ability to recover email and calendar events already deleted from Trash.
  • The Documents tab will be removed after its contents are merged with the Briefcase tab.

More about the new version and its advantages will be covered after the upgrade.  In the meantime, see these resources:

Questions about the Zimbra server or the coming upgrade can be directed to the IT Help Desk, 785-532-7722, helpdesk@k-state.edu.

Getting Started

Shared accounts (formerly group eIDs)

A new feature of K-State Zimbra are shared accounts (formerly group eID). A shared account allows several K-Staters, such as a college or department staff, to share a single K-State Zimbra account, which includes email, calendar, contacts, document, and more. Advantages of shared accounts include:

  • No password to remember, change, and distribute to every group member.
  • Only those who have been designated by the account owner can access the account.
  • The shared account's email inbox and calendar is added to each member's K-State Zimbra account. No need to toggle between your personal and group email. Think of it as an account within an account.

Learn more about shared accounts, including requesting a shared account or converting to a shared account from a group eID.

Sharing and managing in Zimbra

Zimbra allows you to collaborate with others by letting you share items such as folders, mailboxes, contacts, address books, calendars, documents, brief cases, and tasks. This sharing feature is very useful when you need to manage other's accounts but still use your own eID. To have several K-Staters share a single K-State Zimbra account, see shared accounts.

K-State Zimbra calendar objects

K-State Zimbra calendar objects are special e-mail accounts representing locations (rooms) and resources (equipment) that departments or organizations want to be available in K-State Zimbra for scheduling. See K-State Zimbra calendar objects for more information.

Zimlets

Zimlets are small programs created as a way to integrate third-party information and content with Zimbra.

E-mail client configuration

Information is available about how to configure the following supported e-mail clients to work with Zimbra, but they will not provide the full Zimbra experience. In order to be able to use the full set of Zimbra features at K-State, you should use the webmail client or the desktop client.

Mobile device configuration

Information is available about how to configure the following mobile devices to work with Zimbra, but they will not provide the full Zimbra experience. In order to be able to use the full set of Zimbra features at K-State, you should use the webmail client or the desktop client.