We have been using Kerio for a few years here. We very much like the product.
Kerio's biggest boast is their excellent web client. Using any modern browser, you get full (or nearly full) "outlook" functionality. This means any user anywhere can access their mail, calendars, contact lists, task lists, etc, etc. This also means that our support of our users is easier: We support the web client. We offer access using Kerio's other interfaces (Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple iMail.app, etc) but we make sure that the web interface is working. For those poor souls with no broadband or older non-supported browsers, the Kerio simplified client is excellent. It's very basic HTML, so it works with any browser (Opera on Wii? Sure. Internet Explorer 3? No problem.). This client has no calendar access, though... something they should implement. Installation and upgrades of Kerio couldn't be easier. A truly pain-free process on both Windows and Linux. Kerio has support for a lot of different clients, including blackberry, iPhone, and an Outlook Offline plugin. (See the forums on that one. I haven't tried it, but the forums do have users who have problems with it.) The documentation is well written, including information on how to setup each client to best use Kerio. The biggest flaw in Kerio's previous versions was that it was a single-server solution. This would limit your installation's size to the limits of a single server. Happily, they have addressed this in Kerio Connect 7. I have not tested their clustering, so I cannot comment on it's performance or functionality. I would recommend anyone who is looking for a mail suite to take a good look at Kerio. Zimbra... I haven't had the chance to look at Zimbra, except for screenshots. Looking at its interface, it looks a little "busy." But the price is right, especially for the open source version. If we were re-evaluating mail suites again, Zimbra would be right up there. And it might win in a price/performance competition. (Ever shrinking budgets makes cost one of our most important factors in any implementations nowadays.) --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon, 03 May 2010 21:11:53 -0700 Subject: Alternatives to Exchange > All > > Have a client who's looking to move from hosted-POP3 to an in-house > groupware > server with calendaring and email, and I'm looking for alternatives to > Exchange > primarily because of cost. I've heard Good Things about both Kerio Mail > Server > (now Kerio Connect) and mDaemon from Alt-N. I know at least one list member > is > running on Kerio because the "Kerio Connect" string is in his mail headers. > > Does anyone here have any experience with either of these two mail servers? > > How about Zimbra? > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
