Groupware
Groupware for businesses: email, calendar and contacts as one service.
Conbool Mail is a groupware solution from Germany. Mailbox, appointments, addresses and rooms belong together and are available in the browser, in the mail client and on the smartphone.
Building blocks
What groupware consists of.
Four building blocks that only carry day-to-day work together.
- Mailboxes on your domain with 5, 50 or 100 GB, plus shared mailboxes and distribution lists.
- Calendar
- Personal and shared appointments with free/busy information across the company, in webmail and on every device.
- Contacts
- Personal address books and a shared company address book.
- Rooms and equipment
- Meeting rooms and equipment as bookable addresses, grouped in room lists.
Open protocols
Groupware without being tied to one client.
Conbool Mail speaks the common protocols. You choose the client, not the other way round.
| Protocol | Carries | Clients |
|---|---|---|
| IMAP and SMTP | Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird | |
| CalDAV | Calendar | Calendar on iPhone and Mac, Thunderbird |
| CardDAV | Contacts | Contacts on iPhone and Mac, Thunderbird |
| Exchange ActiveSync | Email, calendar and contacts | Mail apps on iPhone and Android |
Operation
Groupware online or as a groupware server.
Three ways to run groupware. Conbool offers two of them.
Groupware online
Conbool runs the mailboxes in data centres in Germany. You pay per mailbox: €1.29, €2.99 or €5.49 per month, net.
Groupware server on premises
Conbool Mail also runs on your infrastructure and signs users in through your Active Directory.
Self-hosted open source
If you take on operation, updates and backup yourself, you can use open source groupware. The comparisons below show how the routes differ.
Comparisons
Groupware solutions compared.
Questions about groupware
What is groupware?
Groupware is software that supports teamwork. In everyday use it mostly means email, shared calendars, address books and bookable rooms that belong together and look the same on every device.
Is Conbool Mail groupware?
Yes, for email, calendar, contacts and rooms and equipment. Video conferencing, chat and online office are not part of it.
Is there groupware from Germany?
Yes. Conbool Mail is run in data centres in Germany, the contracting party is Conbool GmbH in Hamburg. On request the service runs in your own data centre.
What are CalDAV and CardDAV?
CalDAV carries calendars, CardDAV carries contacts. Both are open protocols spoken by many clients, such as Calendar and Contacts on iPhone and Mac and Thunderbird.
What does groupware cost with Conbool?
Per mailbox per month €1.29 for Kiosk, €2.99 for Plan 1 and €5.49 for Plan 2, net. Shared mailboxes up to 50 GB, distribution lists, rooms and equipment are free.
Email, calendar and contacts from one source.
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