Chapter 39  Apple Address Book Support

Kerio MailServer supports standard Mac OS X Apple Address Book. This support includes the option of searching for contacts in the Kerio MailServer's LDAP database and, since Mac OS X 10.3, also of bi-directional synchronization of contacts with Kerio MailServer's user accounts . Support for individual options on individual Mac OS X versions is shown in table 39.1  Support for Apple Address Book on individual Mac OS X versions.

Kerio MailServer supports Apple Address Book for the following versions:

OS version Searching in the Kerio MailServer's LDAP database Synchronization of contacts over Apple iSync Synchronization over the Kerio Sync Connector
Mac OS X 10.2 YES NO NO
Mac OS X 10.3 YES YES NO
Mac OS X 10.4 YES YES YES
Mac OS X 10.5 YES YES YES

Table 39.1. Support for Apple Address Book on individual Mac OS X versions


To enable traffic between Kerio MailServer and Apple Address Book, the following services must be running in Kerio MailServer (enabled in the administration console):

Warning

In addition to configuration of the services on the server, it is also necessary to map corresponding ports on the firewall protecting the server. Otherwise, services will not be available from the Internet (for details, see section 2.3  Firewall configuration).

Apple Address Book and Kerio Sync Connector settings are described in Kerio MailServer 6, User's Guide.