Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 26Kerio MailServer Environment26.1 Configuring Email ClientsThis chapter contains basic information about how to set email clients (i.e. programs usedto read and write email messages). It does not focus on particular client software but givesyou general advice that you should follow in order for the client to work properly with KerioMailServer.Configuring an Email AccountAn email account is a group of parameters describing the incoming and outgoing mail serversand the conditions for their use. Most email clients allow switching between multiple accounts.Let’s create a new account that will be used for retrieving and sending messages via KerioMailServer.Note: The following description of settings was created using the MS Outlook Express 6.0 emailclient. However, basic account settings are very similar in all email clients.Outgoing (personal) email addressThis address should consist of the name of the user and the domain as it is set in KerioMailServer, e.g. smith@company.com.Name of the userThis can be anything as it is only displayed in the message header. Using special characters(typically in non-English versions) might cause problems.It does not relate to the full name or description in Kerio MailServer. A decent user sendsmessages using his/her own name!Outgoing mail server (SMTP)IP address or the DNS name of the host on which Kerio MailServer is running (e.g.192.168.1.1 or mail.company.com).Incoming mail serverIP address or the DNS name of the host on which Kerio MailServer is running (e.g.192.168.1.1 or mail.company.com).Incoming mail server typePOP3 or IMAP. If both services run on Kerio MailServer the user can choose whicheversuits him/her best. The protocol type cannot be altered later. It is important to realizethat if the user accessed the account using the IMAP protocol and now he/she wishes touse POP3, he/she will only be able to download messages from the INBOX folder.289