Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 32 Kerio Outlook Connector• 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.• Kerio Outlook Connector provides a proprietary antispam strategy.Kerio Outlook Connector also includes Help which can be triggered from the MS Outlook’stoolbar (Help → Kerio Outlook Connector Help).Kerio MailServer, MS Outlook and Kerio Outlook Connector communicate via Microsoft’s openMAPI interface. MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) is a versatile interfacefor email transmission. It is a software interface that enables any MAPI client to communicatewith any mailserver (MS Outlook and Kerio MailServer in this case). MAPI is used especially forwriting of various modules for MS Outlook.For proper functionality of the Kerio Outlook Connector, the following services must be runningin Kerio MailServer:• HTTP(S) — the protocol is used for automatic updates of the Kerio Outlook Connector andalso for communication with the Free/Busy server.• IMAP(S) — the MAPI interface uses the IMAP protocol in Kerio MailServer.• SMTP(S) — the protocol is used for email sending.Warning: In addition to the services listed above, it is also necessary to map correspondingports on the firewall protecting the server. Otherwise, services will not be available from theInternet (for details, see section 2.3).Installation of the Kerio Outlook Connector can be run under Windows 2000 Professional (versionService Pack 4), XP (version Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) and Windows Vista (Home,Business, Enterprise or Ultimate editions).The Windows OS must include Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.Kerio Outlook Connector supports the following email clients:• MS Outlook 2000 + version Service Pack 3 (if the service pack version is not installed, KerioOutlook Connector installation cannot be started)• MS Outlook XP + version Service Pack 3 (the version of Outlook XP must have this format:10.0.6515.xyz).• MS Outlook 2003 + version Service Pack 2 (if the service pack version is not installed, KerioOutlook Connector installation cannot be started).• MS Outlook 2007 + version Service Pack 1Notes:• All settings relate to Windows XP and MS Outlook 2003. If you use a different version of MSOutlook 2000, the settings may differ (see Kerio MailServer, User’s Guide).• Kerio Outlook Connector provides support for digital signatures. The function and settingsfor digital signatures are described in standard MS Outlook help.Kerio Outlook Connector options and settings are addressed in a special document, the KerioMailServer, User’s Guide. This file can be downloaded at the Kerio Technologies website athttp://www.kerio.com/kms-manual.342