Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 32Kerio Outlook ConnectorKerio Outlook Connector is a special module for MS Outlook extending cooperation betweenKerio MailServer and MS Outlook. This module helps keep data which must be available tousers saved on the server. This data include email folders, calendars, tasks, contacts, notes aswell as public folders.Along with Kerio MailServer 6.5.0, Kerio Technologies released besides the standard Kerio OutlookConnector also the new Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition). Kerio Outlook Connector(Offline Edition) brings many advantages lacked in Kerio Outlook Connector. As suggested bythe name of the module, the main advantage of Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition) isworking offline in MS Outlook, most useful probably for notebook users. Other advantagesare searching through message bodies and so called grouping. For more information on KerioOutlook Connector, see section 32.1.It is recommended to use the standard version of Kerio Outlook Connector especially if youuse MS Outlook 2000 since Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition) requires MS Outlook XPand higher. For more information on Kerio Outlook Connector, see section 32.2.32.1 Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition)Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition) provides the following features:• Email, events, notes, contacts and tasks are stored in Kerio MailServer. Therefore, they areavailable via the Internet from anywhere. You can connect either by MS Outlook, by KerioWebMail or via another email client.• MS Outlook can be switched to offline mode. This implies that you can manage your emailitems also from home or on your business trips. This means that your email can be managedeven there where the Internet connection is too slow or there is no connection atall. After reconnection to the Internet (switching to online mode), Kerio Outlook Connector(Offline Edition) synchronizes all changes with the mailserver and sends mail from Outbox.The description indicates that this feature will be used mainly by notebook users. For emailmanagement anywhere, simply open the MS Outlook and start working.• Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition) supports folder management. In MS Outlook, it ispossible to create hierarchized folder trees of any depth. Folder sharing, viewing of sharedfolders and other features are also supported.• In calendars, meeting scheduling and, in task folders, assigning of tasks to other personsare supported.• Kerio Outlook Connector allows setting of rules for incoming email. These rules are storedat the server, so they are applied globally — i.e. mail will be sorted in the same way in KerioWebMail and other email clients.334