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Zimlets

The Zimbra server will be shut down on December 31, 2015.

You will no longer have access to webmail-legacy.stanford.edu and webcal-legacy.stanford.edu after the server is shut down.

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Zimlets are custom tools, often called mashups, which combine features of two or more sources into a new tool. Zimlets save you time by condensing common tasks into one interface, such as referencing calendar data from an email message:

  • Hover on a date (or over the words yesterday, today, or tomorrow) within a message to see your calendar for that day, or right-click (Ctrl + click on the Mac) to schedule a meeting without leaving the email message.
  • Hover to display an email address or phone number, or right click for more options, such as adding or editing a contact.

Other Zimlets are available under the Zimlet heading on the Overview pane in Stanford Email and Calendar. Click the arrow next to the heading to display the list. Zimlets currently available include:

  • Find-a-Resource: search for resource calendars, and access them as shares, provided you have permission.
  • Campus Map: searchable Stanford campus map.
  • Yahoo! Local: search for local businesses.

A few Zimlets from the  Zimbra Gallery are also available. To enable or disable one of these Zimlets, click the Preferences tab and then click Zimlets in the Preferences pane. Available Zimlets include:

  • Package Tracker: track UPS and FedEx packages with a single click.
  • Attachment Alert: alerts you when sending a message without an attachment if keywords in your message imply an attachment exists.
  • Google Translator: translate an email from your language (as set in general preferences) to another language.
  • Webex: easily schedule, start, or join a Webex meeting.
  • Zimbra Social: access social sites like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, and Tweetmeme.  

Note: A Zimbra Gallery Zimlet may be pulled from production at any time if it causes a performance issue.

Additional Zimlets may be added from time to time.

Retired Zimlets—the following Zimlets were previously available but have since been retired:

  • Distribution List Scheduler: search and schedule group meetings using Zimbra Email and Calendar Distribution Lists. This was retired as part of the Zimbra 8 upgrade in August 2013. See Work with Zimbra Distribution Lists for instructions on how to use functionality native in Zimbra 8 to accomplish the same task.
  • Stanford News and Events: retired as part of the Zimbra 8 upgrade in August 2013.
  • LinkedIn: retired as part of the Zimbra 8 upgrade in August 2013.
Last modified August 21, 2015