Zarafa (software)

{{short description|Discontinued free and open-source groupware}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Zarafa

| logo =

| developer = Zarafa BV

| latest release version = 7.2.5

| latest release date = {{Start date|2017|01|07}}

| license = Server side: AGPL-3
Other parts: proprietary

| operating_system = Linux, 32-bit Windows

| programming_language = C++98

| genre = Groupware

| website = [https://www.zarafa.com/ www.zarafa.com]

}}

Zarafa was an open-source groupware application{{cite web|first1=Christoph H.|last=Hochstätter|access-date=2019-10-20|title=Open-Source statt Exchange: Zarafa Mailserver im Praxistest|trans-title=Open Source instead of Exchange: Zarafa mail server in the field test|language=de|url=https://www.zdnet.de/41530602/open-source-statt-exchange-zarafa-mailserver-im-praxistest/|date=20 April 2010|website=ZDNet}}{{cite web|first1=Thomas|last1=Drilling|date=April 2011|access-date=2019-10-20|title=Zarafa 7 mit MAPI-Unterstützung und voller Outlook-2010-Kompatibilität|trans-title=Zarafa 7 with MAPI support and full Outlook 2010 compatibility|language=de|url=http://www.admin-magazin.de/Das-Heft/2011/04/Zarafa-7-mit-MAPI-Unterstuetzung-und-voller-Outlook-2010-Kompatibilitaet|website={{ill|Admin Magazine|de|Admin-Magazin}}}}{{cite web|access-date=2019-10-20|date=8 April 2016|first=Andrej|last=Radonic|title=Collaboration-Programme im Test: Es muss nicht immer Exchange sein|trans-title=Collaboration programs under test: It does not always have to be Exchange|language=de|url=https://www.computerwoche.de/a/es-muss-nicht-immer-exchange-sein,1927948,6|website=Computerworld}}{{cite web|first1=Susan|last1=Perschke|access-date=2019-10-20|title=Review: 6 free email servers for small business|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2159856/review--6-free-email-servers-for-small-business.html|date=17 September 2012|website=Network World|url-access=subscription}} that originated in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The company that developed Zarafa, previously known as Connectux, is also called Zarafa. The Zarafa groupware provided email storage on the server side and offered its own Ajax-based mail client called WebAccess and a HTML5-based, WebApp. Advanced features were available in commercially supported versions ("Small Business", "Professional" and "Enterprise" (different feature levels)[http://www.zarafa.com/content/editions Editions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902113754/http://www.zarafa.com/content/editions |date=2009-09-02 }}. www.zarafa.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.). Zarafa has been superseded by Kopano.

Zarafa was originally designed to integrate with Microsoft Office Outlook and was intended as an alternative to the Microsoft Exchange Server.Asay, Matt. (2008-09-28) [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10053043-16.html Zarafa: Open-source e-mail gets competitive | The Open Road - CNET News]. News.cnet.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024000541/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10053043-16.html |date=October 24, 2012 }} Connectivity with Microsoft Outlook was provided via a proprietary client-side plugin. Support for the plugin has been discontinued after Q1/2016,Zarafa to discontinue Outlook support, Zarafa Forum (2015-01-16) [https://forums.zarafa.com/showthread.php?11134-Zarafa-Outlook-support-discontinued] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111948/https://forums.zarafa.com/showthread.php?11134-Zarafa-Outlook-support-discontinued |date=2016-03-04 }}. forums.zarafa.com. Retrieved on 2015-04-12 though Outlook from then on can use its own ActiveSync implementation instead. The WebApp (and WebAccess) has the same "look-and-feel" as the Outlook OWA. The software handles a personal address-book, calendar, notes and tasks, "Public Folders", a shared calendar (inviting internal and external users, resource management), exchange of files, and video chat. The open source edition does not support any MAPI-based Outlook users, while the community edition supports three Outlook users.[https://forums.zarafa.com/showthread.php?4458-zarafa-license-community-version zarafa-license / community version] forums.zarafa.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-22.

[http://www.zarafa.com/node/40 What happens when I create more than 3 users in the community version incl. Outlook support?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014024821/http://www.zarafa.com/node/40 |date=October 14, 2010 }}. www.zarafa.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.

All server-side components and the WebApp/WebAccess of Zarafa are published under the Affero General Public License (AGPL), based on the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2). Introducing and maintaining a dual-licensing strategy, on 18 September 2008 Zarafa released the full core software, that is the server side software stack, under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPLv3).{{Cite web |url=http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/pressrelease%20opensource.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-29 |archive-date=2013-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020111741/http://download.zarafa.com/zarafa/pressrelease%20opensource.pdf |url-status=dead }}