Kerio Connect Description
Kerio MailServer represents a new generation of mail servers designed for corporate networks
Administration
Uniquely designed for easy deployment and easy administration, Kerio MailServer provides comprehensive features and integrated tools.
Mobile Email
LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award Kerio MailServer unifies access to email, calendar and contacts by synchronizing wirelessly with smartphones. Supported mobile platforms include Treo with Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry.
Anti-virus protection
Dual anti-virus control provides administrators with the ability to use both the integrated McAfee Anti-Virus and one of several external virus scanning products (Avast, AVG, eTrust, NOD32, Sophos, Symantec, and Clam AV) for stronger protection.
Anti-spam protection
A combination of content-based SpamAssassin and sender-based anti-spam tools in Kerio MailServer significantly reduces the amount of unwanted email, helping to limit the legal hassles and security risks associated with spam. Read more...
Email, Calendaring and Collaboration
As a Microsoft Exchange alternative, Kerio MailServer provides access to shared calendars, shared contacts and email from Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Entourage, and Kerio WebMail, while delivering lower TCO and a better overall email management experience for SMBs.
Kerio WebMail & Kerio WebMail Mini
Two different web-based email clients, one with the look and feel of Microsoft Outlook and the other optimized for viewing email on PDA devices, provide users with both comfort and speed while working from most modern web browsers, including Safari and Firefox.
Supported operating systems
Kerio MailServer runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, server and non-server editions, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux and Mac OS X. Kerio Outlook Connector for Microsoft Outlook runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. Kerio MailServer also comes in a Fedora Core 6 virtual appliance
System requirements:
SERVER
Hardware - PC
Minimal HW configuration (1-20 users):
CPU 1GHz MHz, 512 MB RAM, 40GB of free space for message store and backup
Recommended HW configuration (20-100 users):
CPU 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB of free space for message store and backup
Recommended HW configuration (100+ users):
CPU 2.8GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, 200GB+ of free space for message store and backup
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit edition only) Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise or Ultimate edition, 32-bit edition only)
Windows Server 2003 (SP1, 32-bit edition only)
Windows XP (SP2 or SP1, 32-bit edition only)
Windows Windows 2000 (SP4) - requires .NET Framework 1.1 or higher (available through Windows Update)
Red Hat Linux
CentOS 5.2
Fedora Core 7 and 8 (32-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (32-bit)
Requires: libstdc++.so.5 (compat-libstdc++-33 RPM package)
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux or openSUSE 10.0-10.3 and 11.0 (32-bit)
Requires: libstdc++.so.5 (compat-libstdc++-33 RPM package)
Hardware - Apple
Minimal HW configuration:
G4 or G5, 512 MB RAM
Mac Intel Solo or Duo, 512 MB RAM
Recommended HW configuration:
G5, 1GB RAM
Mac Intel Solo or Duo, 1GB RAM
Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
VMware Virtual Appliance
Kerio MailServer VMware Virtual Appliance comes with CentOS 5.2 pre-installed.
Requires VMware Player or VMware Workstation or VMware ESX Server.
Kerio MailServer Administration Console is available in English, Czech, Slovak, German, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified). The language can be switched in Administration Console's user interface.
DIRECTORY SERVICES
Kerio Active Directory Extension
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (SP4)
Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or SP1, 32-bit edition only)
Kerio Active Directory Extension must be installed on Active Directory server.
Kerio Open Directory Extension
Mac OS X 10.5 Server
Mac OS X 10.4 Server
Mac OS X 10.3.9 Server
Kerio Open Directory Extension must be installed on Apple Open Directory server.
CLIENTS
Microsoft Outlook with Kerio Outlook Connector (with offline caching) Kerio Outlook Connector will work with the following Microsoft Outlook clients:
Microsoft Outlook 2007
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (SP3)
Microsoft Outlook XP (SP3)
For Microsoft Outlook 2000 users: Kerio Outlook Connector (without offline caching)
Kerio Outlook Connector (without offline caching) will work with the following Microsoft Outlook clients:
Microsoft Outlook 2007
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (SP3)
Microsoft Outlook XP (SP3)
Microsoft Outlook 2000 (SP3)
Microsoft Outlook must run on Windows 2000 (SP4), Windows XP (SP2 or SP1, 32-bit edition only), Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or SP1, 32-bit edition only), or Windows Vista (Home, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate editions, 32-bit editions only). Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher must be present.
Kerio Outlook Connector and Kerio Outlook Connector (without offline caching) are available in English, Czech, German, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, Russian, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified). The language is set according to Outlook.
Microsoft Entourage
Microsoft Entourage does not require any additional software to be installed on the client. The following versions of Entourage are supported:
Microsoft Entourage 2008 SP1
Microsoft Entourage 2004 SP2 (11.3.3)
Microsoft Entourage must run on Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4 or 10.5.
Kerio Sync Connector for Mac
Kerio Sync Connector for Mac must run on Mac OS X 10.4.11 and later (both PowerPC and Intel).
WebMail clients
Internet Explorer 6 and 7
Firefox 2 and 3
Safari 3 on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
Safari on Apple iPhone
Safari 2
Kerio WebMail Mini
Any browser including PDA browsers, such as palmOne Blazer v4.0.
Mobile Devices
Windows Mobile-based devices:
* Windows Mobile 6.0
* Windows Mobile 5.0
* Windows Mobile 5.0 with AKU2 (Messaging and Security Feature Pack)
* Windows Mobile 2003
* Windows Mobile 2003 SE
* Windows Mobile 2002
* Pocket PC / Pocket PC Phone Edition / Windows Mobile-based Smartphone
Other supported devices:
* Palm Treo 650, 680, 700p/w, 750v and 755p
* Sony Ericsson M600i, P990i with Exchange ActiveSync 2.10 (314) and higher
* Nokia Eseries phones (E50, E60, E61, E65, E70) with Mail for Exchange 1.3.0 and higher
* Nokia N73, N95 phones with Mail for Exchange 1.6.1 and higher
* BlackBerry (via NotifyLink)
* DataViz RoadSync client
* Apple iPhone
o iTunes 7.3 is required for desktop synchronization on Mac OS X or Windows
o Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later required for iPhone desktop synchronization
o Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later required for iPhone desktop synchronization