Kerio Connect Userguide
Kerio Connect Userguide
Kerio Connect Userguide
2.1.1 Emails
In the Email section of Kerio Connect Client you can:
Send and receive messages. For more information, refer to Sending emails in Kerio Connect Client (page 39).
Use fulltext search — Just type a name, word, or phrase and search through messages, email addresses, subjects, and
so on.
Receive less spam — Create your own list of frequent senders (a whitelist), and Kerio Connect Client will never mark
messages from those addresses as spam. For more information, refer to Spam settings in Kerio Connect Client (page
33).
Add attachments easily — Just drag and drop attachments into the composer window.
Get automatic email address suggestions.
Save drafts automatically — Start a message, switch to another folder, and come back to finish the message.
Customize your out of office message. For more information, refer to Configuring the Out of Office message
(page 39).
Create filters to sort your messages into folders as they arrive. For more information, refer to Sorting email mes-
sages in Kerio Connect Client (page 47).
Stay on top of new messages with desktop notifications, even when you are not working in Kerio Connect Client. For
more information, refer to Enabling notifications in Kerio Connect Client (page 70).
Digitally sign and encrypt messages. For more information, refer to Support for encrypted and digitally signed
messages in Kerio Connect Client (page 76).
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.1!
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.2!
Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac is a native desktop application for managing emails, chat messages,
calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes.
NOTE
You can also download Kerio Connect Client from the integration page.
On the Kerio Connect Client for web login page, click Integration with Windows/Mac and download the applic-
ation.
NOTE
OS X Yosemite and El Capitan may not allow you to set a default email client. To fix it, see the following Apple
support page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203129
2.2.7 Troubleshooting
In case of any problems, you may be asked to provide a debug log from your client.
NOTE
If you cannot access your account:
Type your Kerio Connect email address in the username field.
Your company policy may have forbidden the access — ask your administrator.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.2!
For more information, refer to Logging into Kerio Connect Client (page 16).
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.1!
You can insert images directly in your signature.
Kerio Connect Client displays the images in their original size.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect Client 9.1!
You can specify how many messages Kerio Connect Client displays on a single page.
1. Click Tools > Settings (in Windows Client), or Kerio Connect > Settings (in Mac Client), or your name > Set-
tings (in Web Client).
2. Go to Email > Mail.
3. Select the number from the Emails per page drop down list.
4. Click Save.
NOTE
You can also add your own languages. For more information, refer to Translating Kerio Connect Client to a new
language (page 38).
To select a language:
1. Click Tools > Settings (in Windows Client), or Kerio Connect > Settings (in Mac Client), or your name > Set-
tings (in Web Client).
2. In the Language & Region section, select your preferred language.
3. Save your settings.
4. Click Save.
Now, when you compose a message, you can select the From address from a drop-down menu.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.2!
For more information, refer to Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac (page 15).
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.4!
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.5!
You can add messages to your whitelist directly from any messages you receive.
1. Select a message in Kerio Connect Client.
2. Click any name or email address in the message header.
3. Click Add to spam whitelist.
Kerio Connect adds the email address to your spam whitelist in your Kerio Connect Client settings (see above).
NOTE
This article describes Kerio Connect 8.1 and newer.
Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac cannot be translated to additional languages.
Translations of Kerio Connect Client are saved in several files in the installation directory of Kerio Connect. Files with
localizations are named using 2-letter language codes.
To add a new language to Kerio Connect Client, follow these steps:
1. Go to the Kerio Connect installation directory to:
web/webmail/translations
web/integration/translations
2. Copy all files of one language (except English) and rename them according to the target language code.
3. Rewrite the code and name of the new language in xx_definitions.xml.
4. Translate all strings to the new language in:
xx_login.js
xx.js from web/webmail/translations
xx.js from web/integration/translations
IMPORTANT
Do not change the structure of any file.
Kerio Connect sends the out of office message to each sender only once.
3. If you have multiple addresses defined (see Defining addresses below) or are a delegate, you can select from which
address you want to send the message.
4. In the To: and Cc: text boxes, type the email addresses of recipients. As you type, Kerio Connect Client offers you
matching addresses from your contacts.
5. Click the plus icon icon to select email addresses from your contacts folder.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.1!
After you click Send , Kerio Connects sends the messag e to all the recipients and saves a copy to your Sent folder.
NOTE
Kerio Connect Client does not currently support spell checking.
This applies to all the messages that you send from now on.
You can change or remove the addresses anytime.
From address
When composing a message, you can select which address Kerio Connect sends the message from.
NOTE
To resend a message with the original subject and message body (no Fwd: before the subject), right-click a
message and select Edit as New. This opens an editing window where you can add recipients and edit the
message (see Composing new messages above).
2.10 Spell check in Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect Client 9.2.1!
Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac now automatically checks your spelling when you write any text.
The supported languages differ according to your operating system.
For supported operating systems, see the End-user tab on the Technical specifications page.
2.10.2 macOS
The macOS operating system has a predefined list of supported languages for spell check.
To see the list of these languages, go to the System preferences > Keyboard > Text > Spelling drop down list.
Kerio Connect Client then uses a language according to your selected keyboard.
NOTE
The list of languages for spell check may differ from the list of all languages installed on your system.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.5!
Create filters
Create filters with various conditions to move them automatically.
6. You can also select the Skip other rules option (see below).
8. Click Save.
To delete a filter, click the Trash icon next to the filter name.
3. Filter 3 moves messages from [email protected] to folder Pathology department. This con-
dition is met. The message is moved to folder Pathology department. In the filter 3 definition, the option Skip other
rules is checked, so Kerio Connect applies filter 3 and skips the other filters.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.5!
If you need some time to travel to an event, you can specify the time for individual events:
1. Double-click an event.
2. Specify the time in the Travel time section.
Recurring events
If you have a weekly meeting, you can set up a recurring event in Kerio Connect Client.
To create a recurring event:
1. Create a new event as described above.
2. Select the repeat frequency from the drop-down menu.
2. Edit the event as described above. All the recipients and senders from the messages are included as attendees.
3. Save the event.
When someone invites you to a meeting, Kerio Connect Client displays a number on the Calendar tab or a
notification. (For more information, refer to Enabling notifications in Kerio Connect Client (page 70). )
When you receive an invitation:
1. In your Kerio Connect Client, go to the Calendars section.
2. Click the Meetings icon.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9!
Agenda displays a list of all events from the day you select onwards.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.5!
You can also print an event. Double-click an event and click the Print at the bottom.
NOTE
Chat is a new feature in Kerio Connect 9.1! For more information, refer to Sending chat messages in Kerio
Connect Client (page 88).
2.14.1 Event and task reminders in Kerio Connect Client 8.4 and newer
Kerio Connect Client can display reminders for your calendar events and tasks in the top bar.
These reminders are enabled by default. You can disable them in Kerio Connect Client settings — unselect the option
Show reminders in toolbar in the Notifications section (Reminders in earlier versions).
The icon in the top bar shows the number of events that:
Have already started (grayed out)
Are about to start
You can dismiss the reminders so that you no longer see them, or you can postpone them.
If you have more than one reminder, you can select Dismiss All or Dismiss All Missed events.
NOTE
These options are visible only if notifications are enabled in your browser.
NOTE
These options are visible only if you disable the pop-up blocker.
IMPORTANT
This action resets your device to factory settings. All data, including photos, videos, music, calendars, emails, will be
deleted from your device. Some devices may also delete all data from memory cards.
1. Click Tools > Settings (in Windows Client), or Kerio Connect > Settings (in Mac Client), or your name > Set-
tings (in Web Client).
2. Go to the Mobile devices section.
3. In the list of mobile devices, find the device you want to reset and click Reset Device.
6. When the reset is complete, select the device and click Remove Device to delete the device from the list.
NOTE
If your device is lost or stolen, we recommend changing your Kerio Connect password after you reset your device. If
your iPhone is connected via IMAP, use the Find my iPhone feature to wipe your phone.
2.16 Support for encrypted and digitally signed messages in Kerio Connect Cli-
ent
In Kerio Connect Client, you can:
Sign your messages
Encrypt your messages
Display encrypted messages you receive
Kerio Connect uses the S/MIME standard to sign and encrypt the messages.
NOTE
Remember your password. Read the Resetting your password section for more information.
Now you must initialize your certificate store again and import all your certificates to start sending encrypted and
digitally signed messages.
NOTE
Back up your certificates so you can use them when re-initializing your certificate store. For more information, refer
to Initializing certificate store in Kerio Connect Client (page 77).
6. Browse to find the certificate file, type the passphrase and click Import. The server verifies the validity of the cer-
tificate. If the certificate is not valid, ask your administrator to upload a root certificate to the server.
2.19.1 Prerequisites
Before you can sign your messages digitally, you must:
2.20.1 Prerequisites
To encrypt messages, you must first:
Initialize your certificate store. For more information, refer to Initializing certificate store in Kerio Connect Client
(page 77).
Import a personal certificate. For more information, refer to Importing personal certificates to Kerio Connect Cli-
ent (page 79).
Have the recipients' public certificate
NOTE
To acquire another user's public certificate, ask them to send you a digitally signed message, and then reply to that
message.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.1!
Kerio Connect Client includes a Chat feature for exchanging instant messages. Chat enables you to view your
colleagues' online status, and to chat with them in real time when you cannot wait for an email response or need a
quick back-and-forth conversion without a phone.
Kerio Connect Client stores all the chat messages sent and received through Kerio Connect Client.
NOTE
If you use Safari browser, your server must use a valid SSL certificate. Contact your administrator if the SSL certificate is
not valid.
3. In the left side contact list, select the person you want to chat with. The contacts you see depend on the public folder
settings on your server.
4. Type your message.
5. Click Send .
In Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac, you can set your Kerio Connect Client to show as Away after a certain time
of inactivity:
1. In Kerio Connect Client for Windows and Mac, click Tools > Settings > Chat.
2. Select Show me as Away....
3. Set the time.
4. Click Save.
NOTE
To enable notifications again, in the upper right corner click Show notifications.
NOTE
The image file must be in the JPG format and cannot exceed 256 kB.
6. Click Save.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.5!
You can create or update contacts directly from the messages you receive.
1. Select a message in Kerio Connect Client.
2. Click any name or email address in the message header.
If the contact already exists, the option reads Update contact and opens the contact edit window.
Auto-created contacts
If you send messages to addresses that are not in your contacts, Kerio Connect Client saves the addresses.
These addresses are not visible in your contact folders. However, when you compose a message, Kerio Connect Client
offers you these addresses together with other addresses from your contact list.
For more information, refer to Composing new messages (page 40).
NOTE
Kerio Connect does the same when you receive a message from addresses that are not in your contacts.
You can also click the name or email address in any message and update the contact (see Creating contacts from email
messages).
3. Compose the message as needed and send. For more information, refer to Sending emails in Kerio Connect Cli-
ent (page 39).
NOTE
Administrators must enable this feature in the administration interface.
Kerio Connect Client lists the messages that match your search.
Searching by numbers
If you type a number in the search bar, you can search for messages:
By message size
By how long ago the message was sent or received
NOTE
To access this drop-down list any time, click in the search area and use the down arrow on your keyboard.
2.25.2 Calendars
In the Calendar section, use the search bar to search for various information using the top bar search field.
Kerio Connect Client lists all the events which meet the search parameters.
2.25.3 Contacts
In the Contacts section, use the top bar search field to search for any information included in a contact.
NOTE
A delegate cannot create private events on another person's behalf. Nor can they see/edit the person's other
private events.
You can use the traditional sharing feature to share contacts, notes, and tasks.
4. By default, your delegates have access only to your calendar (they can send and accept event invitations). To allow
access to your Inbox, click the menu icon and select Access to Inbox.
5. Click Save.
Delegating users
R. Cul Powaro has delegated Meg Regret to act on his behalf.
Meg automatically becomes a delegate and her Kerio Connect Client displays Mr. Powaro's inbox and calendar.
When the message arrives, the recipient can see that Mr. Powaro has delegated Meg Regret to act on his behalf.
NOTE
For versions prior to 8.4, see Sharing in Kerio Connect Client 8.3 and older.
In Kerio Connect Client you can share any folder with other users.
First, you assign sharing rights to users. Then, users subscribe to shared folders.
This article describes how to:
Share folders
Change and remove sharing rights
Display folders people share with you
Hide shared folders
NOTE
To share your Inbox, you can use traditional sharing or delegation. For more information, refer to Using delegation
in Kerio Connect Client (page 108).
NOTE
In Kerio Connect 8.4, you can share any email folder, including the Sent and Trash folders.
3. Click the plus sign and start typing the name or email address of a user or group. As you type, Kerio Connect Client
offers you addresses from your contact lists.
4. Click the plus sign and the down arrow to share with:
Everyone in your company — Select Everyone from <your company>.
Everyone from the server — Select Everyone from server.
IMPORTANT
Do not use Everyone from server if you use Kerio Cloud! For more information go to
http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=connect_help#cshid=1981
5. Specify the rights for each user you share the folder with:
Reader — Users can only see the messages.
Editor — Users can add, delete, and edit messages.
Owner — Users can set sharing as well as add, delete and edit messages.
6. Save your settings. By default, you set the access rights for this folder only. To set the same access rights for the sub-
folders, click the arrow next to Save and select Also for all subfolders.
NOTE
To share your calendar, you can use traditional sharing or delegation. For more information, refer to Using
delegation in Kerio Connect Client (page 108).
4. Click the plus sign and the down arrow to share with:
Everyone in your company — Select Everyone from <your company>.
Everyone from the server — Select Everyone from server.
IMPORTANT
Do not use Everyone from server if you use Kerio Cloud! For more information go to
http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=connect_help#cshid=1981
NOTE
Only the original owner can change events with more attendees. However, you can use delegation instead of
sharing — delegates can edit your events with multiple users. For more information, refer to Using delegation in
Kerio Connect Client (page 108).
5. Specify the rights for each user you share the folder with:
Reader — Users can only see the items.
Editor — Users can add, delete, and edit items.
Owner — Users can set sharing as well as add, delete and edit items.
6. Click Save.
NOTE
If events also have attendees other than the original owner, you cannot change those events regardless of your
rights.
NOTE
For information about sharing in Kerio Connect 8.4 and newer, read Sharing in Kerio Connect .
4. You can Set the rights also for subfolders. Any subfolders created after you set sharing will not be included.
5. Save the settings.
NOTE
Only the original owner can change events with more attendees. To edit events with more attendees, use
delegation instead of sharing. For more information, refer to Using delegation in Kerio Connect Client (page
108).
Also, if you share your calendar publicly, Kerio Connect Client assigns the can view rights (these settings cannot be
changed).
calendar folders — click the + symbol next to People in the calendar list on the left and select the calendar to sub-
scribe. If you don't see People , you have no calendars to subscribe to.
NOTE
If events also have attendees other than the original owner, you cannot change such events regardless of your
rights. To edit events with more attendees, use delegation instead of sharing. For more information, refer to Using
delegation in Kerio Connect Client (page 108).
2. Select the extension you want to place the call from, and click Dial. You can also set a default extension.
3. Your desk phone or softphone starts ringing. Answer the phone. The phone of the person you are calling starts
ringing. When the call is established, Kerio Connect Client displays information about the call duration in the bottom
right corner.
4. End the call by clicking on the Hang up button or the end call icon.
NOTE
This article is for Kerio Connect 8.5.3 and older.
The old Webmail interface has been discontinued in Kerio Connect 9.
Kerio Connect offers two user interfaces — the new Kerio Connect Client and old WebMail.
Administrators can select a default interface for their users. These settings apply to all domains within your Kerio Connect.
1. In the administration interface, go to section Configuration > Advanced Options.
2. Go to tab Kerio Connect Client.
3. From the Default web client drop-down menu, select one of the options.
Kerio Connect Client
Old WebMail
Last used
4. Confirm the settings.
IMPORTANT
Before you install Kerio Outlook Connector, install and run at least once the MS Outlook application.
NOTE
If you install Kerio Outlook Connector as an MSI package remotely on user computers, set the Ignore language
when deploying this package option as active in Microsoft Active Directory.
3.1.3 Switching from the online version to the offline version of the Kerio Outlook Con-
nector
Kerio Outlook Connector includes a special utility which converts old profiles to new profiles. For more information,
refer to Converting old profiles to profiles for Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition) (page 139).
NOTE
If you install KOFF on a computer with Kerio Outlook Connector, you can convert old profiles to new ones.
If you are switching to Kerio Connect from another mailserver (e.g. Exchange), you must create new profiles in MS
Outlook.
Automatic configuration
Kerio Connect has a special tool for automatic configuration of your MS Outlook account.
1. Open the Integration with Windows page in your browser:
2. Download the auto-configuration profile creator which is specific for each user account.
on the Kerio Connect client login page, click on the Integration with Windows link, or
click your name in Kerio Connect client and select Integration with Windows.
Manual configuration
To create a profile manually, go to the computer's Control Panel > Mail and click Show Profiles:
1. Click Add , enter a name for the profile and confirm.
2. Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types and continue.
4. Enter the server name (or IP address) of Kerio Connect, your account name (Kerio Connect username) and password. If
the user is not from the primary domain, the username must include the domain (e.g. mais-
[email protected]). To check the connection, click on Retrieve Info — if the data is correct, the dialog dis-
plays the name and email address of the user.
3.2.2 Converting old profiles to profiles for Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition)
1. Install Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition). For more information, refer to Installing and upgrading Kerio
Outlook Connector (page 133).
2. Run Start > All Programs > Kerio > Outlook Profile Conversion Utility which converts all Kerio profiles to pro-
files for Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition).
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.3!
When creating profiles in Microsoft Outlook 2010 and newer, you can add multiple Kerio Outlook Connector accounts in
a single profile. For more information, refer to Creating profiles in MS Outlook (page 135).
5. Configure the new account manually. For more information, refer to Manual configuration (page 136).
6. Restart your Microsoft Outlook.
3. Click Add under the Delegates who can act on my behalf box and select delegates.
4. By default, you allow delegates access to your calendar and Inbox. Click the switch button next to the delegates name
to disable acces to your Inbox (delegates can only send and accept event invitations)
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 8.3!
With Kerio Outlook Connector 8.3 and newer, you can now select from which address you send messages in Microsoft
Outlook.
The addresses from which you can choose to send emails include:
your email address
all your aliases.
addresses from all accounts in your profiles. For more information, refer to Adding multiple accounts in a single
profile in Microsoft Outlook (page 140).
Now you can compose the message and send it from your selected address.
NOTE
New in Kerio Connect 9.0.2!
If users have multiple email addresses, you can use any of them when scheduling events in Microsoft Outlook without
duplicating events in your calendar.
4. In the Email address field, type the email address to use for scheduling.
Mode Description
Online It is the standard MS Outlook mode which requires connection to Kerio Connect
mode
Offline It allows working with MS Outlook without connection to Kerio Connect. This requires all email, events, tasks, etc. are
mode stored in the local message store on the client station. When you switch to online mode, all new messages, events and
tasks are synchronized with the server's store automatically.
NOTE
If you disable synchronization of a previously synchronized folder, all present items will remain synchronized.
The item from Microsoft Outlook is saved in a special folder called Conflicts (available only in MS Outlook). If you prefer
to keep the item in MS Outlook, move it from the Conflicts folder and replace the synchronized item from the server to
the original folder.
Note
In case you experience an error in reading the Free / Busy data from the Internet, try deleting the user from the
auto-complete cache.
3.12 How can I search through my Contacts automatically with the Address
Book when using Kerio Outlook Connector?
You want Outlook to display your public contact folder while you are composing a new email.
1. Launch Outlook.
2. Right-click on your contact folder and left-click on "Properties"
3. Select the "Outlook Address Book" tab.
Additional considerations
Contacts that do not contain email addresses will not be visible when you compose a new email.
The public contact folder is empty by default. The following instructions can be used to add user accounts to the public
contact folder.
1. Log into the Kerio MailServer Administration Console.
2. Go to Domain Settings > Users
3. Select the user accounts you wish to add to the public contact folder. Use the CTRL or SHIFT keys to select multiple
user accounts.
4. Click on the Publish button.
5. Select the appropriate public contact folder.
6. Click on the Publish button.
7. Click on the Close button.
If you are using Outlook 2000 then you must add the "Outlook Address Book" Information service to the same profile used
by the Outlook Connector. This can accomplished using the following instructions.
1. Go to the Start menu > Settings > Control Panel
2. Double-click on Mail
3. Click on Show Profiles... button.
4. Select the profile used by the Kerio Outlook Connector and click on the "Properties" button.
5. Click on the "Add..." button.
6. Select Outlook Address Book and click on the "OK" button.
If you are using Outlook 2003 then you will need to have the "Folder List" option enabled. This option is a button in lower
left corner of Outlook.
3.13 How do I configure Outlook 2003 to use a certificate for digitally signed and
encrypted email?
For details not covered in this article, please see Microsoft Outlook Help. This article assumes you are using Outlook
2003.
Please make sure you are running Kerio MailServer 6.0.9 or above. Digitally encrypted email does not work with versions
prior to 6.0.9.
In order to send digitally signed or encrypted email, you will need a digital certificate. After obtaining a digital certificate,
you will need to import it into Outlook. Finally, in order to send or receive encrypted email, you will need the digital
certificate of your contact.
NOTE
It is assumed you have a properly working Kerio Outlook Connector account. The steps given are for Outlook 2003.
Also, because of the way Kerio MailServer displays its message list to IMAP/Webmail clients, imported items will all be
dated as of the time the import occured. This problem exists only in versions prior to 6.1.0. All current versions of
Kerio MailServer are not affected. Messages displayed in a list are properly dated.
1. Using Tools menu > E-mail Accounts, create a new POP3 account. Leave the mailserver information blank, or use
invalid information.
2. After the account has been created, return to Tools menu > E-mail Accounts. View your accounts. Highlight the POP3
account you've created.
3. Find the "New Outlook Data File" next to "Deliver new e-mail to the following location". Click the "New Outlook Data
File" button. Select "Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst)".
4. Browse to your .pst file and select it. Information on the PST file will appear. Change the Name: field to a new value,
such as "Import Old Mail". Press OK to finish.
5. In the E-mail Accounts window, change "Deliver new e-mail to the following location" to the name of the PST you've
just selected. Do this only for your POP3 account. Press 'Finish'.
6. Go to File menu > Import. Select "Import from another program or file", then select "Personal Folder File". On the next
screen, select the PST file you wish to import.
7. Choose also how to handle duplicate items. In the default case you will not have duplicates; choose "Do not import
duplicates".
8. On the next screen, choose the folder that you've created for the POP3 account as the "folder to import from". Make
sure "Include subfolders" is checked.
9. Select "Import items into the same folder in: ", and choose "Kerio Outlook Connector Store" from the drop-down box.
10. Press "Finish". Your items will now import. Depending on the size of your .pst file, this make take several minutes to
hours.
NOTE
If you migrate from POP3 (local store) to IMAP on KMS, or IMAP to KOC, you will lose the datestamps. Also rules and
flags are not imported when importing mails from Outlook Express to Kerio MAPI.
IMPORTANT
Note that Outlook Duplicate Items Remover is a 3rd party tool and is not supported by Kerio Technologies.
3.17 How is the Offline Kerio Outlook Connector different from a native Outlook
Exchange connection?
In order to accommodate collaboration between Outlook and Kerio Connect, it is necessary to install the Kerio Outlook
Connector. With this connector, we use a MAPI interface to manipulate Outlook in a way that very closely resembles a
native Exchange connection; however, there are some differences that are noted by this article.
Delegation is supported since Kerio Connect 8.2.x: When sharing folders, the security options are limited to 3 permission
levels: admin, editor and reader. Separate permissions cannot be set on individual items of a folder.
Differences in behavior
Folder sharing: Although any folder can be shared, the interface and method for folder sharing contains Kerio spe-
cific dialogs.
Rules: The native rules and alerts can be used on locally stored messages. However, there is a custom Kerio dialog for
managing rules on incoming email
Synchronization: The Offline Kerio Outlook Connector uses WebDAV protocol, which communicates over secure
HTTP.
Local cache: The Offline Kerio Outlook Connector does store all data locally, however it is stored in a proprietary SQL
database. There is a custom Kerio dialog for managing synchronization settings, as well as a system tray icon to indicate
the status of the server connection and synchronization.
3.18 How many nested folders can I create when using the Kerio Outlook Con-
nector?
There is an upper limit of 248 characters on the total path length to a file located on Windows Operating Systems. This
includes nested folders. You may have as many nested folders as you wish, as long as the complete folder name does not
exceed 248 characters.
For example , you have a user called [email protected]. Bob has an INBOX folder. Inside the INBOX folder, he also has a
FINANCIAL PLANNING folder. Inside the FINANCIAL PLANNING folder, he has a YEAR 2005 folder.
The complete folder name for the YEAR 2005 folder is "[email protected]/INBOX/FINANCIAL
PLANNING/YEAR 2005".
You may have problems importing a PST file into the Kerio Outlook Connector if a total folder length from the PST file
exceeds this 248 character limit. If this occurs:
1. Create a POP3 account in Outlook, using the PST file.
2. Rename or move folders until the total length of a complete folder path is less than 248 characters.
3. Save as a new PST folder.
4. Import the PST folder.
3.19 How to import KOFF database into new MS Outlook profile (*.FDB data-
base file import)
Kerio Outlook Connector use database file/files to store its data. These database files are stored in users home folder and
are dependent on the Microsoft Outllook profile name. In order to import the database file into new Microsoft Outlook
profile, the database needs to be updated accordingly in order to work in a new profile.
Windows Vista, 7, 8
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Kerio\Outlook Connector\<OutllookProfileName>
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Kerio\Outlook
Connector\<OutllookProfileName>
IMPORTANT
Only personal data store is imported. None of shared folders, or public folders can be inported into the new profile.
1. Create new profile and double check it works by starting MS Outlook. Then stop MS Outllok application.
2. Locate your profile directory (see instruction Location of database files)
3. Copy database files into the new Outlook profile you want to import them (in step 1)
a. Kerio Outlook Connector 7.2.x and newer use multiple database files. These files are named using folder IDs.
Attachments:
adoptdb.zip
dbadopter_8_3_x64.zip
dbadopter_8_3.zip
3.20 How to modify store location for the Kerio Outlook Connector Offline
I want to change the location of the Kerio Outlook Connector Offline (KOFF) store folder where the offline cache is
stored.
There are two possible options how to define where Kerio Outlook Connector Offline (KOFF) stores its internal
cache (offline database). One option involves Windows registry modification, the other option use Microsoft tool
"junction" to redefine NTFS mount point.
IMPORTANT
This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you
modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how
to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base: 256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
How to point Kerio Outlook Connector Offline (KOFF) database location to use custom path
1. Open windows registry editor regedit.exe and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kerio\Outlook Connector
(Offline Edition)"
2. Create new registry key REG_SZ (REG_EXPAND_SZ) and add value "Cache Root Path"
3. Fill requested path to the new created registry key.
How to point Kerio Outlook Connector Offline (KOFF) database location to use roaming profiles
1. Open windows registry editor regedit.exe and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kerio\Outlook Connector
(Offline Edition)"
NOTE
If both registry values are set, "Cache Root Path" has precedence.
Specify data location using Microsoft junction tool (only for NTFS filesystems )
The Microsoft Junction tool enables you to create symbolic links within the Windows NTFS file system.
Download the Microsoft Junction tool from: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768
The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article deals with symbolic links in greater detail:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=205524
IMPORTANT
This article works with Kerio Connect 7.4 and newer
3.21.1 Details
Downloading update packages can slow Kerio Connect server down. So, redirecting this traffic to another server may
help improve Kerio Connect's performance.
Format of URL
Example
http://server.domain/folder/
https://server.domain/folder/
file://C:\folder\
ftp://user:[email protected]/folder/
The URL has to end with slash "/" or backslash "\" character!
Those URL are tested in Kerio Connect 7.4 and work fine.
The URL smb://shared\folder\ is not tested and probably won't work. You can use the
file://\\shared\folder\ one instead.
Required data
The new update directory has to contain all files required for automatic update of Kerio Outlook Connector. It is necessary
to copy all *.exe, *.tgz and *.sig files (for the required type of Outlook Connector plugin) from the original Kerio
Connect's directory to the new update directory. The original directory is as follows
kerio/mailserver/web/update/
IMPORTANT
It is necessary to update those files after each upgrade of Kerio Connect server.
3.22.1 Summary
With Outlook 2003 an error could appear that says,"You cannot respond to a meeting without an organizer. You must add
an Organizer field to the item"
3.22.2 Details
The problem is in Outlook 2003 itself. You need to apply the following hotfix -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971366/en
3.24 Kerio Connect 8.0.x and support for Microsoft Outlook 2013 - Part of
Microsoft Office 365 (Home Premium, Home and Business, etc.)
This article is valid only for Kerio Connect 8.0.x versions. It is highly recommended to upgrade to a recent version of
Kerio Connect server (Kerio Outlook Connector), which includes full support for the Outlook 2013 since the Kerio
Connect 8.1.0. There are additional configuration steps required to install Kerio Outlook Connector (KOFF) on the
Microsoft Outlook 2013 - Part of Microsoft Office 365 (Home Premium, Home and Business etc.). See details below for
more information.
IMPORTANT
You can check your version of MS Outlook at File > Office Account > About Outlook. There is the edition of Microsoft
Office and when it states it is Part of Microsoft Office 365, the article applies to your MS Outlook version.
It is possible to verify the type of onstallation using registry keys. Verify if the VirtualOutlook key exists in the
following location in the Windows registry: HKEY_LOCAL_
MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\InstallRoot\Virtual\Virtu
alOutlook.
The VirtualOutlook key is a REG_SZ value that contains the culture tag of the installed product language,
such as "en-us".
More details can be found in following Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
3.24.1 Details
The following procedure requires, that Microsoft Outlook 2013 - Part of Microsoft Office 365 (Home Premium, Home and
Business etc.) is already installed. The Kerio Outlook Connector (KOFF) is not installed (in case the KOFF was already
installed, uninstall it before you proceed with following guide).
2. Install Kerio Outlook Connector. Create folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI if it is not
already created.
3. Copy all files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\-
root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\SYSTEM\MSMAPI to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI.
Do not copy any sub-folders! Copy only files from within the folder.
Repeat step 3 with all KOFF 8.0.X updates until Microsoft Office 365 is supported. When uninstalling KOFF, manually
remove files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\SYSTEM\MSMAPI
or from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office 15\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\SYSTEM\MSMAPI.
Attachments
registry_key.zip
Upgrade procedure
Upon installation of the Kerio Outlook Connector, Kerio Outlook Connector will check if the database structure needs to
be updated or if it is already up to date. If it detects that the database is not up to date, one of following actions is
triggered:
Important
Microsoft Outlook will not start until the upgrade procedure finishes. During this time, data in Microsoft Outlook will
not be available to the user but the user can still use the Webmail interface to access their mailbox.
It is highly recommended to instruct users that this procedure is going to happen with the upcoming upgrade and
instruct them to take the appropriate action. It is also recommended that you carefully schedule this upgrade, because
users may have limited access to their mailboxes during the upgrade procedure.
IMPORTANT
The upgrade to Kerio Outlook Connector 7.2.x (from 7.1.x and older) and to 7.3.x (from 7.2.x and older) needs also an
internal database upgrade. For more information, refer to Kerio Outlook Connector database upgrade (page
166).
Please note that if you have anti-virus installed on the client machines it is best practice to exclude the directory
where the Kerio store and debug log is kept because the anti-virus could corrupt the data.
3.29.1 Details
Kerio MailServer 6.7.0 or older has debug.log file stored within the 'Outlook Connector' profile folder.
NOTE
Please note that this issue can happen with any mailserver that uses Outlook as an email client. This is not an issue
specific to Kerio MailServer or the Kerio Outlook Connector.
3.31 Microsoft Outlook 2010 may crash when refreshing free/busy information
This problem was confirmed by Microsoft and there is on demand patch released by Microsoft to resolve this problem.
Read notes in the article below for more details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2281463/en-us
IMPORTANT
The problem is still present in Outlook 2013!
NOTE
Kerio Connect returns the free/busy data for the time interval of two months by default. This is due to security
reasons as there are clients which do not respect the interval settngs and may cause performance issues on the
server by requesting whole calendar all the time free/busy information is required. Default interval can be
configured in Kerio Connect configuration file.
<variable name="OutlookFreeBusyInterval">2</variable>
The user has never logged in - Before any free/busy information is available, the user must have at least a calendar. A
calendar will not be created until a user logs into their account.
Staying Up To Date
First, make sure that your operating system, Outlook, and Outlook Connector are all fully patched and up to date.
Note
When you create a new profile, you will not lose any mail, calendars or contacts. Your original profile will continue to
be available. Your profile-specific settings will not be available in the new profile; these include default views,
sorting options, and distribution lists.
Other Causes
The Google Desktop Search can cause excessive memory use and hangs when used with the Outlook Connector. You
should uninstall it to confirm that it is causing your problem. If it is not the cause, you may reinstall it.
NOTE
Sometimes after deleting the KB946983 you may still experience the problem with absent KOFF plugin. You have to
enable the plugin within MS Outlook properties.
The procedure for Outlook 2007 follows:
1. Outlook menu > Tools > Security Center.
2. Choose "Addins" from lefthand menu.
3. Choose "Denied Items" from combobox on the bottom of the form; click the "Go..." button next the combo.
4. Choose "Kerio Outlook Connector User Interface" from the list and click "Allow" button.
IMAP Configuration
To configure IMAP, do the following:
NOTE
This assumes as an example, that your email address is [email protected], and your Kerio Connect server is
located at mail.mydomain.com. These values must be replaced by your own email address and location of your Kerio
Connect server.
5. Tap the Next button. The device will connect to the internet and check your incoming settings.
6. On the Outgoing server settings screen, enter the following information in the fields provided:
SMTP server—Enter the secure server name: mail.mydomain.com
Port—Enter the secure port number: 587
Security type—Select SSL (always)
7. Tap the Require sign-in checkbox then tap the Next button and the device will connect to the internet and check
your outgoing settings.
8. On the Account options screen, make changes, as desired.
9. Tap the Next button. On the Set up email screen, enter your name in the Type your name field (this is the name
that will be displayed in the From field of email messages you send) and then tap the Done button.
NOTE
In the paths below, 'mail.example.com' represents the hostname of your Kerio Connect server, 'example.com'
represents the email domain where the item is located, 'user-name' represents the login name of a user, and
'resource-name' represents the name of a room or equipment.
CardDAV URLs
For your own contacts: http(s)://mail.example.com/carddav/users/example.com/user-name
For shared contacts: http(s)://mail.example.com/carddav/users/example.com/user-name
For public contacts: http(s)://mail.example.com/carddav/users/example.com/.public
6. Enter the name of your domain (e.g. feelmorelaw.com) and server address (e.g. mail.feel-
morelaw.com).
NOTE
If you are using a self-signed SSL certificate, you will receive an Untrusted Certificate warning. Click continue to
add the account.
If you synchronize your Kerio Connect account with an Exchange ActiveSync device, the following applies due to
the limitation of the Exchange ActiveSync protocol: Only the first three email addresses synchronize and the email
address types don't synchronize (for example, work email, or home email).
NOTE
Administrators should verify the correct ports are open on the firewall. See Server configuration below.
7. If your server uses, for example, a self-signed certificate, a warning may appear during the installation. Tap Install any-
way.
8. Tap Done.
NOTE
Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) is a licensed option. Ask your administrator if your account supports EAS.
1. In your iPhone browser, type the URL address of Kerio Connect Client.
2. Tap Integration with device.
To verify the status of EAS connected iOS devices, go to the administration interface to Accounts > Users, select a user
and click More Actions > Mobile Devices.
4.7 3rd Party apps for Kerio Connect to sync contacts and calendar
As an alternative to Exchange ActiveSync, the Kerio Connect supports CalDAV and CardDAV and one can use a number
of free Android apps available from Google Play to:
Synchronize your tasks, calendars, and contacts
Synchronize public folders
Push notifications to immediately synchronize changes
Synchronize calendar colors
For more information on supported applications and instructions, see Configuring CalDAV/CardDAV accounts in
Android.