Kerio Connect

The other day I came across Kerio Connect, a full blown email system. There are not many e-mail systems that match this system in terms of features. Highlights from their web pages are:

• Full SMTP Server.
• IMAP Server.
• POP3 server.
• NNTP server – for public folders or perhaps your mail folders.
• Public folders – share information between users. Public folders can be email integrated as well.
• LDAP Server support.
• Mobile phone support; can connect from a variety of mobile phones, including Windows Mobile (ActiveSync), Palm, BlackBerry, Symbian and Android. the iPod/iPhone is not listed but seems to be supported using either IMAP or ActiveSync.
• Webmail access – for both full blown and lightweight clients.
• Integrated backup.
• Integrated archiving.
• Cross platform collaboration.
• Spam filtering.

In all –this is an impressive list of features. All in one package. I got very interested about the ActiveSync support, as today I only rely on my POP3 server. Is it about time to give my email system an upgrade?

The installation is straight forward, at least on Windows. I just had to tell where to install the application and where to store the data. All configuration is done from within the application. You can configure it through a web page or trough an application – both clients has the same appearance.

I do not plan to go through all options here, but I will cover some in detail if I have the time. See all my posts labeled as Kerio.

Kerio Connect is not free, it cost money. You have to decide if it is worth it for you.

In my opinion Kerio Connect has great value and something I will look more into.

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