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Kerio Connect

Benefits of Kerio Connect include:

Great Iphone/Ipad integration

Push Email, Contacts, Calendar, and now Tasks  see: Kerio Tasks IOS 5

Costs

Lower cost per user than exchange.

Cross Platform

Server install on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Open Source Software

Built using open source software including:

Cyrus Imap, Spamassasin, Postfix,

Client Integration

Support for Outlook integration including Outlook 2011 for Mac

Webmail client, with Ajax (drag and drop), equivalent to Outlook Webaccess.

Supported protocols: SMTP,Activesync, POP3, POP3S, IMAP,IMAPS, http,https

Identity Management Support

Active Directory and Apple Open Directory Support.

Note for linux users: Kerio are yet to release their own directory server, it will allow integration with all their products.

Migration Tools

Kerio provides varios tools to migrate your emails to Kerio Connect

Admin Interface

Web based admin interface.

Security

Spam, Antivirus and Attachment filtering to keep your inbox clear.

Archiving and Backup

You can journal all emails in and out of your email server for archie purposes.

There is built in backup which can be scheduled.

There are many more features that I have not mentioned but there are also some limitations tou can see below.

Limitations

It would be nice to have a quarantine for spam so that you could catch false positives.

Outlook connector can be a little buggy on Remote Desktop, but it is getting better.

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