Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 1 IntroductionPersonal and Public Contact ListsIn Kerio MailServer you can manage private and public contact lists (users’ data, such asemail addresses). Users can access their mail and contact lists via any supported emailclient or Kerio WebMail interface.Free/Busy serverThe Kerio MailServer’s built-in Free/Busy server is a server using HTTP to provide informationon busyness and free time of other Kerio MailServer users without details ofindividual events being displayed.Calendars, tasks and notesKerio MailServer includes tools for keeping and administration of private and public folderswith calendars, tasks and notes. In the Kerio WebMail interface and the MS Outlookapplication with Kerio Outlook Connector, calendar, task and note folders can be managed(see chapter 32.2).LDAP serverThe secure LDAP service allows remote clients to search public and private contacts. Mostemail client programs support this feature of LDAP.Administration of user accounts, groups and aliases via web interfaceKerio MailServer supports user administration via web interface. This way, clients of ISPscan access user mailbox, groups and aliases settings from within their domains.Collecting mail from remote accountsThe mail server can automatically retrieve email from one or more accounts located atexternal servers (e.g. domain account at the ISP) and deliver this mail to local accounts orsort it according to defined rules.Secure communication channelsAll Kerio MailServer services offer standard non-secure connections and SSL-encryptedsecured connections. It is also possible to send messages via a secured connection, providedthat the destination server supports this feature.Antivirus controlAll incoming mail can be checked for viruses. Several actions can be taken if a virus is detected:the infected attachment can be removed, the mail can be sent back to the sender,a notification can be sent, the message can be sent to the system administrator, etc. Antiviruscontrol is performed by an external antivirus program (such as AVG, NOD32, etc.).In addition, certain types of attachments can be filtered (by file extension — e.g. exe, com,vbs, etc. or by MIME type — e.g. application/x-msdownload) regardless of whether ornot they are infected by a virus.Anti-spam protectionThe mail server can be protected from spam email misuse. Messages can be detected andfiltered by the SpamAssassin antispam filter, Bayesian filter, SMTP spam-server databases,checking “e-mail policy” records and/or by your own spam rules which can be set in theSpam Eliminator section.10