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The dialog contains the following items:

Server

DNS name or IP address of the computer that the user is logging to.

Username

Username including domain.

Password

A textbox for the new password.

The change once committed is also applied to the account settings.

Note: The settings described relate to cases where password is changed by the network ad-

ministrator. Users can change their passwords in Kerio WebMail (detailed information on how

to change password can be found in chapter

1.11.3

).

5.5 Shared and public folders

5.5.1 Sharing and mapping of folders

Kerio MailServer enables creating of shared folders and their mapping. A shared folder is any

folder of any user who has decided to share it with other users (or groups of users) and grant

specific rights to them. In this case, mapping is subscription of shared folders by users with

appropriate rights.

Here is an example for better understanding of the issue:

There are two invoice clerks in a company. Both accept orders by email, so they use special

email folders for these orders. If any of them goes for vacations or has to stay at home for

any reasons, the other one needs to access her order folders.

The clerks both need rights to access the work folders of each other. This can be enabled by

sharing of the folders. They simply select folders to share and set access rights for the other

user (the other clerk).

If the user rights are set correctly, we can start the mapping. Mapping is always performed by

the user with whom the particular folder was shared. The user simply opens a corresponding

dialog in MS Outlook where she specifies her name. The shared folder then appears in the

user’s folder tree.

It only depends on the access rights assigned to the folder. Mapped folders can be available:

for reading only,

for reading and writing,

for administration purposes.

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