New Feature List For Future Kerio MailServer 6.7
April 2, 2009 – 9:00 amCurrently in beta, Kerio MailServer 6.7 adds some promising features. InfTek does not run beta releases on our production servers, but we are excited to see these features in the future. As always, Kerio Technologies is commited to providing a solid Microsoft Exchange Alternative to the masses, and we love it!
The following Release Notes are for Kerio MailServer 6.7.0 Beta 2
Global Address List
Global address list is a list of Kerio MailServer users and groups with all details. The list
is periodically synchronized with local user database and directory servers (Active Directory,
Open Directory) in order to provide fresh and up-to-date contacts information. The list is also
available in all supported clients as a special Public Folder which allows users to view or print
full contact information including postal address, telephone number etc.
Entourage 2004/2008 auto-configuration
Configuration of Microsoft Entourage 2004/2008 hasn’t been easier. The email account in MS
Entourage 2004 or 2008 can be automatically configured with only few clicks using a new
utility available at the Integration page in WebMail (http://server/integration).
Native support for private events in Apple iCal’s CalDAV
Advanced CalDAV server in Kerio MailServer is introducing native support for private events
in Apple iCal, first on the market. Users can create events in their personal calendar and
mark them as private to protect privacy when sharing the calendar to other users. Support for
private events is fully compatible with all supported clients on all platforms, including mobile
devices.
Organize your contacts in Apple Address Book
Kerio Sync Connector for Mac offers an unique way how to organize your contacts in Apple
Address Book. It is possible to create groups of contacts in Apple Address Book and manage
these groups in all other supported email and groupware clients. Groupware clients like Microsoft
Outlook with Kerio Outlook Connector or Kerio WebMail use native support for contact
categories which represent contact groups synchronized from Apple Address Book.
Spam Filter Improvements
State-of-the-art anti-spam solution in Kerio MailServer has been improved to provide even
more accurate and faster spam filtering. The Spam Filter can now utilize more CPUs and
handle more emails in the message queue at once. Integrated SpamAssassin solution has been
updated to the latest 3.2.6 version. We’ve improved speed and performance of maintenance
of anti-spam databases for auto-whitelist and Bayes tokens in order to improve stability and
accuracy. Bayes spam filter is now auto-learned with emails which got high score in other
tests, like DNS blacklists.
Update of integrated McAfee anti-virus
Integrated McAfee anti-virus is now using the latest version 5.3.0.0 with improved speed of
scanning and lower memory footprint.
Eset NOD32 Antivirus plug-in update
New antivirus plug-in for Eset NOD32 Antivirus 3.0 is extending the list of supported external
antivirus products. The plug-in is available on both Windows and Linux operating systems.
Kerio Assist utility for Mac OS X
The Kerio Assist utility is helping us to solve stability issues and unexpected shutdowns of
Kerio MailServer and it’s components. This utility is now also available in Mac OS X installations
and allows administrator to upload an information about recent Kerio MailServer crash
to Kerio Technologies directly via the Administration Console or manually from a command
line.
Kerio Active Directory Extension on 64bit
Kerio Active Directory Extension has a special installation package for 64bit Windows servers
with Active Directory.
Debian and Ubuntu Linux support
Debian 4.0 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS are now supported Linux distributions for running Kerio
MailServer. Special .deb installation packages are provided for i386 (i686) systems.
New Configuration Wizard utility on Windows
The Configuration Wizard utility is now part of the installer for Windows. Initial Kerio
MailServer configuration is performed during the installation process. Configuration can be
reset by running the installation package and selecting the Repair (maintenance) option. We’ve
added localization to the Configuration Wizard which now use same language as the installer.
Localization of the Mac OS X installer
Kerio MailServer installer on Mac OS X is now localized into more than 10 languages.
New mobile client: RoadSync 4.0
Kerio MailServer introduces support for new version of popular RoadSync client — RoadSync
4.0.
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Revision: 1.3
• This release will expire on May 12, 2009.
