The Bottom Line
There's a lot to like about Kerio MailServer, an almost fully featured mail server with a strong emphasis on security and universal accessibility.
Pros
- Kerio MailServer offers strong security and anti-spam measures
- Kerio MailServer is rich in features, power and versatility
- Comes with a nice and useful web interface
Cons
- Kerio MailServer lacks full mailing list support
- Scheduling could be more flexible
Description
- Kerio MailServer offers SMTP, POP, IMAP, LDAP, Web and WAP services for multiple domains.
- All protocols support secure SSL connections, and Kerio works with multiple virus scanners.
- Spam protection through sender verification including Caller ID, blackhole lists and SpamAssassin.
- Shared folders and flexible server-side filtering available via IMAP and WebMail.
- Kerio MailServer can retrieve and sort mail from remote POP accounts.
- Kerio MailServer supports NT domain or Active Directory authentication.
- Provides automatic replies and scheduled server backup, monitors disk space.
- Via LDAP, IMAP and Web-based access Kerio MailServer supports shared folders and address books.
- Kerio MailServer supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/3/XP, Linux and Mac OS X 10.2+.
Guide Review - Kerio MailServer 5.7.9 - Mail Server
Kerio MailServer has two concepts written on its banner: security and universal accessibility. There's a lot to like about these concepts, and there's a lot to like about how Kerio MailServer implements them.
Kerio MailServer supports multiple virus scanners, has a nice backup facility and supports TLS/SSL connections for all access methods. A propos access: in addition to the standard POP/SMTP services Kerio MailServer offers IMAP and LDAP as well as functional web-based access. All three provide shared folders, and Kerio MailServer lets you set up server-side filters.
Kerio MailServer's anti-spam measures are impressive, too: SMTP authentication, blackhole list support, throttling, Caller ID support and SpamAssassin filtering including Bayesian analysis for a high spam detection rate while keeping false positives few.
