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Chapter 1

Kerio WebMail
The Kerio WebMail is a Web interface that allows users to comfortably access their email and
workgroup features from any location using a web browser. Users can read, write or delete
messages, move them to and from folders, manage contacts, administer folders (create or
delete folders, set access rights, etc.) and change user settings such as passwords, message
filters, Kerio WebMail appearance, work with calendar, free time information (Free/Busy calen-
dar), tasks and notes.
Kerio WebMail enables users to work with email, calendars, tasks, notes and contacts in a way
similar to a mail client using the IMAP protocol (all items are stored in folders on the server
and the client opens only the selected item, i.e. a particular message, event, etc.).

1.1 Web browsers

The full version of Kerio WebMail supports the following browsers:
•Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7,
•Firefox versions 1.5 and 2,
•Safari 1.3, 2 and 3 on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
For technical reasons, the full version of Kerio WebMail cannot be run in older versions of the
listed browsers or in non-listed browsers, but it is possible to run the simplified version Kerio
WebMail Mini (for more information, see chapter 2). Kerio WebMail Mini is run automatically
in older versions of browsers, in text-based browsers such as Lynx or Links, in web browsers
designed for mobile devices (this view type is described in chapter 3). Kerio WebMail Mini does
not require CSS and JavaScript.
To use the secured access to the Kerio WebMail interface (by HTTPS protocol), the browser
must support SSL encryption. If it can be configured (e.g. in Internet Explorer), it is recommend
to enable support for SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 versions.

1.2 Authentication to Kerio WebMail

To access the Kerio WebMail interface service using a web browser, insert the IP address
(or the name if it is contained in DNS) of the computer where Kerio MailServer is running.
A protocol has to be specified in the URL — either HTTP for non-secured access or HTTPS
for SSL-encrypted access. The URL can have the following form: http://192.168.1.1 or
https://mail.company.com.