CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 So with L2ICT being as open as a closed door when giving us info and their forum is dead I thought this could be a good place for us to share our tips, ideas and problems with Zimbra. So I will start - How do you apply a filter in admin to just see staff or students and not a huge muddle of all of them? What are the POP/SMTP/IMAP servers?
webman Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 I think this will depend on how your accounts are defined as staff or student. E.g. if the 'Description' field is completed, you can search like this: (description=*Staff*) For all accounts where the Description field contains 'Staff'. If it's by Class of Service - first find the ID of the CoS by clicking it on the left. Its ID should appear in the blue bar next to the name. Then search like this: (zimbraCosId=822936b9-a808-4df0-aab6-8a1a9a0bb3be) Obviously replace that string with your CoS ID.
jamin100 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 argh, I havent had time to look at zimbra properly yet. Have you made all the alias's to your old BGFL+ accounts yet?
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 I think this will depend on how your accounts are defined as staff or student. E.g. if the 'Description' field is completed, you can search like this: **snip** L2ICT have set up the accounts so probably no description added what so ever, great! argh, I havent had time to look at zimbra properly yet. Have you made all the alias's to your old BGFL+ accounts yet? Yeh, the infant migration is in about 30 mins lol
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 Oh and a heads up, if you are migrating your bgfl email to zimbra via IMAP, you have to specifically request that your old domain is IMAP enabled. This is in tiny print on the migration document.
Little-Miss Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Good question Chr1S! So, i asked a question for a second time last tuesday.... Hi ****, Am I correct in thinking that we are unable to start migrating our bgfl email to our Zimbra accounts at the moment? Me I've just recieved an email pointing me here... http://moodle.myvle.org/lpsg/mod/glossary/view.php?id=518&mode=entry&hook=371 I'm sure it didnt say that before! Nice to finally have an answer...i think.. 1
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 I've just recieved an email pointing me here... http://moodle.myvle.org/lpsg/mod/glossary/view.php?id=518&mode=entry&hook=371 I'm sure it didnt say that before! Nice to finally have an answer...i think.. (Last edited: Tuesday, 27 April 2010, 12:56 PM) It didnt, amazing how poor this migration is being managed!!
Little-Miss Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Yup, that'll mean we'll have to edit each member.... *sigh*
Little-Miss Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Oh and a heads up, if you are migrating your bgfl email to zimbra via IMAP, you have to specifically request that your old domain is IMAP enabled. This is in tiny print on the migration document. Eh? Which is true then....the fact we have to get them to set up IMAP or what the PDF says and that they have already enabled it? Pah...
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 Eh? Which is true then....the fact we have to get them to set up IMAP or what the PDF says and that they have already enabled it? Pah... Trust me, its not set up! I have just tested a migration on my account
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 Hmmm, my migration was set for 3pm today, not heard a thing, no calls back and no idea if they are doing anything at all! How can I play anything when no one gives you any information!!
Little-Miss Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Hmm, god knows then.... I just remember him say it would be good to go the next day....what does the email say? I spent the afternoon editing their migration guidance cus it was pants!
CHR1S Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 Advanced is Ajax so could be a few things, what version of IE is it?
CHR1S Posted April 28, 2010 Author Posted April 28, 2010 pop3 - mail.myvle.org smtp - smtp.bgfl.org 1
CHR1S Posted April 28, 2010 Author Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) Does anyone know the format of the parked BGFL+ domain after the migration? Answering my own questions now - domain.plus.myvle.org why the hell cant they put all this info in the FAQ? Edited April 28, 2010 by CHR1S
dpittaway Posted April 28, 2010 Posted April 28, 2010 How did your Zimbra transfer go? I had one of my schools done on monday (the first in the cluster), and for the most part it went well. However, I was a little annoyed to find that immediately after that BGFL+ has been disabled completely. Considering I'd definitely read that BGFL+ inboxes would be available for two weeks after the transfer, I'm not too happy to be greeted with a 404 error when trying to get into mymail, mydesktop, admin etc. Anyway, I logged a call with Link2ICT on Monday afternoon, and they put it on a P3 (3 days) priority, so I've had no answer as to why it's gone as of yet. Can you still access BGFL+ for your school CHR1S? I am concerned about this, as one of my schools uses BGFL+ very heavily (weird, I know!), and as they're not all trained up and confident with Moodle, it would be devastating if BGFL+ was just 'switched off' with the Zimbra transfer. Also, thanks for the pop/smtp info - I was wondering about that!
CHR1S Posted April 28, 2010 Author Posted April 28, 2010 Yeh, the old webmail is parked like this - yourdomain.plus.myvle.org/mymail they dont disable it just change the MX records to point somewhere else. They have provided the information but its hidden in the most random places, even their 1st line didnt really know 1
dpittaway Posted April 28, 2010 Posted April 28, 2010 Yeh, the old webmail is parked like this - yourdomain.plus.myvle.org/mymail they dont disable it just change the MX records to point somewhere else. They have provided the information but its hidden in the most random places, even their 1st line didnt really know Ah, excellent - a simple answer! Surely Link2ICT should of let me know that URL. Or at least should of been able to give me it when I logged the call - 48 hours and counting since I logged it and still they've not given me that vital piece of info! Oh well, at least this means I should be able to set up Zimbra to get external mail from it still. I'll have to give it a go. Thanks!
CHR1S Posted April 28, 2010 Author Posted April 28, 2010 Ah, excellent - a simple answer! Surely Link2ICT should of let me know that URL. Or at least should of been able to give me it when I logged the call - 48 hours and counting since I logged it and still they've not given me that vital piece of info! It was at the very bottom of a 4 or 5 page pdf posted to eBreifing over 2 weeks ago, but not on their FAQ or anywhere useful lol!
dpittaway Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 Don't suppose that pdf said anything about the email server details for the old mymail once it's on the parked domain? Before the migration, I could get Zimbra to grab mail from BGFL+ accounts using mail.domain.bham.sch.uk, but that no longer works and neither does mail.domain.plus.myvle.org. I've tried a few alternate versions of this but no joy. I didn't quite get everyone's mail across from Plus into Zimbra before migration as I (possibly stupidly) assumed it would stay the same for the two weeks - just not working. I could really do with getting this working, and I'm guessing it should still be possible with the right settings. Any ideas?
Little-Miss Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 eh? You were able to move email from Plus to Zimbra?!
dpittaway Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Never mind, I figured it out.... Little-Miss, yes you can move from Plus to Zimbra. I found this out just after the holiday AFTER having backed up loads of people's emails using Outlook.... typical! A quick run-down - In Zimbra: Preferences > Accounts > Add External Account Email Address: Obviously the email address ([email protected]) Account name: Just descriptive, whatever you want Account type: Pick IMAP if you want to keep your folder setup. Has to be enabled by Link2ICT though I think. Username: The email address again email server: mail.domain.bham.sch.uk password: the password associated with that email account Test Settings - If you see success, you just click save and it'll return to the main screen and dump all your BGFL+ emails into your inbox. By the way, the email server after migration IS mail.domain.plus.myvle.org, I was making the mistake of using the old email addresses, when infact they have changed to [email protected]. I changed it to this and it works a treat. Now to get the remaining email into everyone's inboxes! Thanks for your help anyway guys - hope this info is of some help to other as I know Link2ICT haven't helped me one bit here! Edited April 29, 2010 by dpittaway 2
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