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Exporting Kerio Connect Contacts from raw data

Author: Vladyslav Velychko Updated

Overview

While migrating Kerio Connect to other providers, sometimes it's necessary to export the contacts' data from the internal Kerio Connect files. The Contacts items are stored in the .eml format, that contains vCard information, such as Full name, email, creation date, etc.

Depending on Contact type, the location of internal files and folder differs, but it always has a subdirectory called #msgs in addition to index.fld, search.fld, and metadata files.

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Prerequisites

Admin access to Kerio Connect server store

Information

The raw data for the contacts for each user can be found at:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Kerio\MailServer\store\mail\DOMAIN\USER_NAME\Contacts\#msgs
  • Mac: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/DOMAIN/USER_NAME/Contacts/#msgs
  • Linux: /opt/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/DOMAIN/USER_NAME/Contacts/#msgs

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For global public contacts:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Kerio\MailServer\store\mail\#public\Contacts\#msgs
  • Mac: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/#public/Contacts/#msgs
  • Linux: /opt/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/#public/Contacts/#msgs

For domain public contacts:

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Kerio\MailServer\store\mail\DOMAIN\#public\Contacts\#msgs
  • Mac: /usr/local/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/DOMAIN/#public/Contacts/#msgs
  • Linux: /opt/kerio/mailserver/store/mail/DOMAIN/#public/Contacts/#msgs

Confirmation

Once the necessary Contact details are located, the data can be transferred or converted to the needed format.