3.3  License information and import of the license key

License information is provided at the main page of Kerio MailServer. The Kerio MailServer main page is opened upon each startup of the Kerio Administration Console. It can be also displayed by clicking on Kerio MailServer in the sections list provided in the tree (see chapter 5.3  Administration Window).

Viewing license information

Figure 3.5. Viewing license information


To run a full version of Kerio MailServer, a license key is required. A license key is a special file that must be imported to the product. Three methods can be applied to obtain the key (depending on the type of the product's registration and on the fact whether the product was registered in time):

Product

Product name (Kerio MailServer).

Copyright

Copyright of the product.

Homepage

Kerio Technologies homepage.

Operational system

Operating system on which the application is running.

License ID

License number of the product.

Subscription expiration date

The latest date when the product can be updated for free.

Product expiration date

The date when the product expires and stops functioning (only for trial versions and special licenses).

Number of licensed users

Number of licensed users. Number in parenthesis refers to total number of email accounts used in the Kerio MailServer. The number includes both mailboxes created locally as well as accounts mapped from a directory service.

If number of active mailboxes exceeds number of licensed users, the Number of active mailboxes line is coloured by red to alert user.

Number of active mailboxes

Number of users connected since the last restart of Kerio MailServer. This number includes all local users, all mailing lists (each mailing list stands for 1 licence) as well as all users mapped from the directory service.

Once number of licensed users is exceeded no other users will be allowed to connect to their accounts.

Company

Name of the company (or a person) to which the product is registered.

If the New version available... link is displayed in the introductory window when the console is started, it means that Kerio Technologies released a new version of the product. Click on the link to open a web page the new product version can be downloaded from. New versions are saved in

Kerio/MailServer/store/tmp