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Kerio connect 7.1 offers native support for BlackBerry

Peter Zendzian — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:15:05 +0000

Kerio Connect 7.1 Integrates with BlackBerry Enterprise Server providing over-the-air synchronization of Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.

Kerio Connector for BlackBerry syncs data between BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and Kerio Connect. IT administrators must install Kerio Connector for BlackBerry on the same server running BES or BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. Customers get the full manageability of their smartphones directly from BES and users can use the native email, contact and calendar applications that ship with every BlackBerry phone.

Open communication standards embraced by Kerio Connect 7.1 provide new choices for customers preferring the popular iPhone 4. CardDAV and CalDAV synchronization protocols allow any user with an iPhone and iOS 4 to wirelessly synchronize contacts and calendar data between Kerio Connect and the iPhone.

Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol has been supported in Kerio Connect for many years and now comes with a new tweak to address the rising demand for viewing public folders on mobile devices.

“A rapid shift in the adoption of shared and public folders made us look hard into improving the quality of experience for our most progressive mobile customers,” says Tomas Soukup, Product Development Manager for Kerio Connect. “We’ve built a brand new method for syncing shared and public folders with smartphones over the Exchange ActiveSync protocol, giving our customers a strong benefit they will not find elsewhere.”

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Kerio Connect links Apple iPad to Business Communications

Peter Zendzian — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:09:36 +0000

On April 27th, Kerio announced new support for the Apple iPad. Kerio Connect now allows users to access email, calendars, and contacts on the new iPad, expanding the choice of mobile devices that help increase employee productivity.

“After using Kerio Connect on the iPad it’s clear that businesses that are committed to the Apple ecosystem will certainly collaborate and connect even more effectively by integrating Kerio with the iPad mobile platform,” said Michael Crites, Project Manager at Iris Professional Services, a Preferred Partner of Kerio. “The platform agnostic advantage Kerio brings to the table rewards our clients with an unparalleled choice in secure mobile communications.” www.kerio.com/connect/wireless

Kerio Connect Protects Your Privacy with “Remote Wipe”

Peter Zendzian — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:34:19 +0000

Smart phones have become an essential part of our lives, and we store everything on them, from our emails, facebook, text messages, events, tasks and contacts. Losing such a device is therefore a real nightmare, as you will not only lose access to all of this information, but if your device falls into the wrong hands, this person will know everything about you!

If a phone is lost or stolen, your natural reaction may be to change your password. This is not a good idea, because changing the password will make it impossible to do a “remote wipe” of the phone. Fortunately, Kerio Connect offers a solution called “remote wipe”. A “remote wipe” will erase all data on the phone completely resetting all accounts, and in the case of most phones, erasing all apps and completely resetting the phone. Remote wipe is much more effective than changing a password because it protects the user’s privacy, and should be used instead. More information regarding the remote wipe feature can be found at ZZ Servers.

Kerio MailServer for Windows 7

Peter Zendzian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:30:31 +0000

On October 7, ServerWatch covered Kerio MailServer’s certification for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6. “Kerio’s groupware extension of Microsoft Outlook, Kerio Outlook Connector, is also updated for Windows 7…In addition to Windows 7 support, Kerio added support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, iPhone 3.1 and iPod Touch 3.1.1 in late September.”

Allow Kerio Mail Server Support for Any ActiveSync-Enabled Mobile Device

Peter Zendzian — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:27:59 +0000

Most modern mobile devices are capable of synchronizing email, contacts, calendars, and tasks “over-the-air” via the Microsoft ActiveSync protocol. Since November of 2006, Kerio MailServer has been able to synchronize with most mobile devices which support the ActiveSync protocol. As a measure of quality assurance, any new device which implements the ActiveSync protocol must be thoroughly tested against Kerio MailServer before it is officially supported. This means that Kerio MailServer maintains an internal list of officially supported devices, and any device not in this list will be denied synchronization.

In 2009, there has been a significant number of new phones, such as the Palm Pre, or those based on the Google Android operating system, which either natively implement ActiveSync, or include a number of 3rd party applications to add ActiveSync support to the device. These devices are currently being tested against Kerio MailServer and may be added to the officially supported device list in the near future. However, there is an opportunity to instruct Kerio MailServer to ignore it’s supported device list and allow synchronization with any ActiveSync based device. For details regarding this configuration you can refer to the Knowledge Base article.

Create an SSL certificate with strong, 2048 bit encryption

Peter Zendzian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:59:45 +0000

When creating either a self signed certificate or a certificate request, Kerio MailServer uses 1024 bit encryption. You may however prefer stronger encryption, especially if you are using a signing authority such as GoDaddy, which requires 2048 bit encryption. In this case, you may use the free OpenSSL utility that is available with most Unix or Linux based systems. There is also a version of the tool available for the Windows Operating system.
Self signed certificates generated by Kerio MailServer carry a default expiration of 1 year. The OpenSSL utility will also allow you to define your own expiration, for example 3 years. For specific instructions and usage of the OpenSSL utility, read the Knowledgebase article.

Kerio MailServer and Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Peter Zendzian — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:41:32 +0000

Apple has announced that Mac OS X Snow Leopard will be available on Friday, August 28, 2009. Kerio MailServer versions 6.7.1 and older do not fully support the desktop clients in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Therefore, Kerio advises that all Kerio MailServer customers do not upgrade to Mac OS X Snow Leopard at this time. While Kerio does not disclose information about unreleased products, Kerio remains committed to the Mac platform and Kerio MailServer will support Mac OS X Snow Leopard in the next service release.

Tips & Tricks: Optimize performance of Kerio MailServer

Peter Zendzian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:15:47 +0000

Kerio MailServer includes log viewing directly within the administration console. This is a quick and easy way to troubleshoot problems, identify attempts to breach security, or monitor daily activity. Although these files contain only textual information, over time they can become quite large, and without any maintenance, they can degrade the performance of the server and consume valuable space on the disk. By right clicking in the window of any log event, you can choose ‘Log Settings’. In this dialog you can enable rotation based on a time range or file size. It is highly recommended to enable this option and define a maximum number of rotated files. For example, rotate the logs every month and keep at most 12 rotated files. This would preserve up to one year’s worth of log information. Kerio MailServer does not access log files that have been rotated, therefore you can move old log files to another data store if you prefer to retain these log files beyond the specified rotation settings.