Software update: Kerio Connect 8.3.1

Kerio Technologies has released version 8.3.1 of its mail server software. Kerio MailServer, available for Windows, Linux and OS X, allows you to send and receive email via pop3, imap4 or wap. In addition, the built-in virus and mail filters fight malware and spam messages. User data can be entered into Kerio, but also retrieved from Microsoft Active Directory or Apple Open Directory. With the Kerio Outlook Connector it is possible to use Microsoft Outlook 2000 and higher on the workstations.

In version 8.3, support for encrypted e-mails and digital verification of the sender have been added, among other things. Furthermore, users can now remotely wipe Exchange and Active/Sync devices and there is Click-to-Call, which makes it possible to make a phone call directly from the inbox. The following changes have also been made in this update:

Kerio Connect

• Added support for certificates with multiple email addresses.
• Added support for certificates where email(s) are defined in the subject alternative name field.
• OpenSSL library upgraded to version 1.0.1h to fix a SSL/TLS man-in-the-middle vulnerability (CVE-2014-0224).
• IM service failed to start if mail archive folder did not exist.
• Weak SSL ciphers were disabled for IM service.
• Fixed several Exchange ActiveSync stability issues.
• Plain text emails with certain invalid character encodings were generating a lot of Exchange ActiveSync errors into the server error log.
• Some emails signed in Kerio Connect client were corrupted in MS Outlook 2013.
• Plain text messages were displayed in a single line on some mobile devices.
• The attachment filter might work incorrectly in some cases.
• Apple Mail sometimes displayed an error dialog when deleting emails in IMAP account.
• CalDAV SSL connection was incorrectly configured with Account Assistant on Mac OS X 10.9.3.

Kerio Connect client

• An email signed in Kerio Connect client was unreadable in MS Outlook 2013.
• Mail filters were unable to save.
• Some special folders (Trash, Sent Items, Drafts, Junk E-mail) could not be shared.
• It was impossible to type some czech national characters into the attendee list.
• Fixed a problem with logging into Kerio Connect client when the integration with Kerio Operator was enabled.
• Integration page for mobile devices asked to continue unsecured even if connected over https.
• Integration page did not work correctly on standard https port ie 443.
• Fixed several stability issues.

Kerio Connect Administration

• User selected columns in the list of company locations were forgotten after logout.

Kerio Outlook Connector (Offline Edition)

• Users were unable to remove a custom email/reply-to address.

Kerio Outlook Connector

• Automatic update did not work.
• Address book could not be open.