Kerio Tech Version 6.5.2 - Manual (Page 10)

Introduction
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with their email, calendar and contacts offline. In detail, Kerio Synchronization Plug-in
is described in chapter 7 .
Windows Calendar
Windows Calendar is an Microsoft Corporation’s application used for management of cal-
endars. Support for Kerio MailServer allows publishing of calendars on the server or
subscription of any Kerio MailServer calendar.
Data synchronization with mobile devices
Kerio MailServer supports data synchronization with mobile devices via the ActiveSync
protocol. ActiveSync allows direct synchronization of data stored in email accounts with
mobile devices (it is not necessary to connect to a desktop synchronization application).
The ActiveSync protocol can use diverse applications in mobile devices (e.g. ActiveSync
on Windows Mobile, the VersaMail email client on Palm Treo, the Mail for Exchange ap-
plications in Nokia Eseries and Nseries, the RoadSync applications and others). Chapter 4
provides detailed information on which folders can be synchronized and how the syn-
chronization should be configured on individual devices.
Microsoft Entourage
Microsoft Entourage is an MS Office 2004 for Mac email client which also supports man-
agement of personal information and groupware functions. The support provided by
Kerio MailServer is described in detail in chapter 10 .
Apple Mail
Apple Mail is an email client developed by Apple Computer. The support provided by
Kerio MailServer allows displaying of calendar and contact folders in this client (for de-
tails, see chapter 14 ).
Apple iCal
Apple iCal is an Apple Computer’s application used for management of calendars. The
support from Kerio MailServer works as follows:
• Kerio Technologies has developed the Kerio Sync Connector for Mac application which
allows easy data synchronization between Kerio MailServer and Apple iCal. The syn-
chronization with the server allows synchronization of locally created calendars and
To Do items (tasks). Details on the product are provided in chapter 13 .
• Apple iCal calendars can be published in Kerio MailServer and it is also possible to
subscribe to any Kerio MailServer calendar. Calendars are created and saved in the
standard iCalendar format (for details, see chapter 11 ).
• Since version Mac OS X 10.5, Apple iCal supports CalDAV which enables subscription
and viewing of calendars saved in Kerio MailServer. The protocol also supports meet-
ing scheduling (Free/Busy and invitations) and delegating of calendars to other users
(for details, refer to section 11.5 ).
Apple Address Book
Apple Address Book is an application developed by Apple Computer that is used as a stan-
dard address book (contact manager) in Mac OS X operating systems. Contacts can be
synchronized with the Kerio MailServer’s store by the two methods described below: