Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Disable Zimbra Bubbles

Ever since Zimbra 7 there has been support for "bubbles". A bubble is an object that results when a user supplies a name or an email address. The UI converts the text into a bubble that you can then drag and drop:

The text that is supplied by the user should be parsed so that only the correct parts of it are turned into a bubble. The problem is that if what it tries to parse has quotes, then it gets confused. To disable this:

1. Login to webmail and then under the Preferences, tab select General and then look under Other. You should see something like the following:

2. Uncheck "Email Addresses" (display names etc)
3. Uncheck "Bubbles" (show email addresses in bubbles)
4. Click Save