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MDaemon AntiVirus |
| Viruses cause billions of dollars
(U.S.) of damage each year through downtime, lost productivity
and recovery efforts. MDaemon AntiVirus is a complete virus
checker with automated update capabilities for its scanning
engine and virus signature files. When coupled with other
preventative measures, MDaemon AntiVirus can reduce or,
possibly, eliminate the encroachment of viruses into your
office. It can also prevent the accidental sending of viruses
from your business to other people. In addition to signature
files, MDaemon AntiVirus uses heuristic detection methods, which
examine emails and attachments for “virus-like” characteristics.
MDaemon AntiVirus is a plug-in that runs as an independent
service for Alt-N’s MDaemon email server. |
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MDaemon GroupWare (an
alternative to MS Exchange) |
| MDaemon GroupWare allows
enterprises to use all the groupware functions of Microsoft
Outlook without the expense of Microsoft Exchange Server.
Businesses, charities, schools and individuals use Outlook
because of its practical tools for managing time, contacts,
documents and email. However, most of Outlook’s best features —
including information sharing — work fully only when coupled
with Microsoft Exchange, the software publisher’s email server.
For many small to mid-sized organizations, Microsoft Exchange
remains too expensive because of its hardware, software and
licensing requirements, plus the need for highly trained
administration personnel. MDaemon GroupWare addresses this issue
by releasing the complete set of Outlook features, including all
of the sharing functions. MDaemon GroupWare is a client-server
product, with components on both the MDaemon server and the
client personal computers. It enables the sharing of Outlook
folders, calendars and contacts plus all other Outlook
“objects”. It allows companies to use the complete features of
Outlook with the economy and easy administration of MDaemon. |
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Address Book Sync |
| Deploying a common address book
for all users within an email domain provides the advantage of
consistent information and the efficiency of centralized
maintenance. The application-specific address books for
Mircosoft Outlook and Outlook Express often work against sharing
information with other software packages. For its WorldClient
web mail service, MDaemon 6.5 addresses this problem by using
industry-standard XML technology for global address books. By
using MDaemon’s free ComAgent tool, each Windows users can
synchronize their personal contact information between their
Outlook (MAPI) or Outlook Express (WAB) address book and the XML
address book. This means the contact information for their
Windows-based email client and the web-based WorldClient are the
same. |
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Calendaring Group Scheduling |
| The MDaemon Calendar combines the
functions of a personal calendar and a wall calendar in one
package, only it's better than both. Because this software
calendar is convenient and easy to use, it is more likely to see
real-life action within a workgroup than either of its paper
predecessors. In addition, its adherence to standards enables
interoperability with other systems. |
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Content Filtering |
| Content filtering on the server
side makes sure filtering gets done. Generally speaking,
technical people understand filtering rules better than everyday
users. The filtering facilities of MDaemon are diverse, fluid
and easy to learn. Senders, receivers and administrators can be
notified of filtering actions by using personalized and detailed
messages. Filtering can reduce email delivery costs by
eliminating undesirable messages and cutting down on bandwidth
usage. |
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Email Gateways |
| An email gateway collects, stores
and forwards messages to a primary domain server. A gateway
typically has no individual accounts. Email gateways can help
both large and small enterprises solve some of the problems
inherit to Internet email services. For a small organization, a
gateway can make a private email domain affordable. This is
because a service provider supplies the gateway at a reasonable
cost by sharing the hardware and software with other smaller
ventures. The primary domains in such cases can have either
permanent or dialup connections to the Internet. Larger
establishments can employ security-hardened gateways to provide
protection and content filtering for their more vulnerable
enterprise email systems. Gateways can also be configured to
supply automatic realtime mail storage backup when a primary
domain goes offline for any reason. One copy of MDaemon can
simultaneously operate gateways for dozens of email domains,
even while running a primary domain server of its own. |
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IMAP and POP Summaries |
| POP3 and IMAP are two ways of
accessing email over the Internet. POP3, the older of the two
methods, works well for users who have one computer and who want
keep all of their mail on that one computer. IMAP provides
server-side storage and manipulation of email. It works better
where users have multiple computers and need to be able to
access their mail from any of them, plus via the Web. This
document explains both protocols and argues softly for the
deployment of IMAP. |
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MDaemon Standard vs. Pro |
| MDaemon comes in two versions —
Standard and Pro. MDaemon Standard offers basic email service
build around an SMTP server for transmitting mail and a POP3
server for distributing messages to users. The professional
version adds high-end features for the administrator and email
subscriber. |
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Public Folders Concepts and
Applications |
| Email public folders promote and
ease the centralized sharing of information. Discussion groups,
announcements and work group inboxes can all be facilitated by
email public folders. Public folders can be open to anyone with
an account on the supporting mail server. Access can also be
limited to smaller groups. Message status flags for public
folders can be unique to each user or shared among all members
of a group. The email administrator creates public folders and
assigns access privileges. MDaemon supports public folders for
email. When coupled with the InsightConnector, public folders
can also be used for Outlook calendaring and direct document
sharing. Public email is a feature of Internet Message Access
Protocol (IMAP) servers. |
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Security Tools for Spam
Control |
| Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE),
also known as spam, costs enterprises and individuals billions
of dollars each year. It consumes time and resources while
delivering content of limited, if any, value. Among the primary
tools of spammers are third-party email servers with open
relays. This means anyone can send an email through the server
to anyone else, even if neither the sender nor the receiver has
an account on the server. Spam can also come from authorized
users with accounts on a server. To help control spam, modern
email servers must have configuration options to stop third
party relaying and control access by various other means. All of
this must still allow account holders to send and receive mail
from remote locations. MDaemon includes the required options to
stop unauthorized relays, while permitting account holders to
use the server from any location in the world. A server set up
to resist spam is also secure from other types of attacks,
including break-ins. |
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Setting Up Email Catalogs |
| The catalog is an often
overlooked yet extremely useful tool for distributing documents
and files. Catalogs are quick, structured and more secure than
FTP or HTTP servers. They can contain any type of file from
pictures and documents, to application programs and scripts. E-catalogs
have the added benefit of being easy to change, so the content
can be current to the moment. MDaemon contains tools for
creating, editing and deleting catalogs. They are easy for
beginners and powerful for more advanced administrators. |
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Using ODBC with MDaemon 6.5 |
| While maintaining user account
records on MDaemon is easy, it can be redundant. Redundancy
possibly occurs if your enterprise also keeps computerized
information about employees or email customers, for example.
Redundant record keeping wastes time and adds the risk of
information being inconsistent among various data sources.
MDaemon 6.5 addresses this problem by allowing account records
to be maintained in any database with an Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) interface. MDaemon 6.5 also has the ability
to access mailing list records through an ODBC connection. |
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Web Administration |
| WebAdmin for MDaemon is email
administration software that runs in a web browser. It provides
administrative access to the most commonly used system
configuration and account settings through any javascript-enabled
browser. Through web administration, the system administrator
can change settings for the primary domain, plus any sub
domains. This includes account administration in any domain. One
of the main advantages of web administration is giving domain
administrators rights for configuring their own domains and
accounts. In addition, individual account holders can change
many of their settings. Both system and domain administrators
can control who can change what through default and customized
settings within their domains. |
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Fax Management |
| The fax server puts a digital
spin on an old trustworthy analog technology. It sends and
receives facsimile transmissions to and from personal computers
on a local area network, wide area network or the Internet. It
allows users to share fax machines or fax modems or both if they
are accessible through the network. RelayFax integrates fax
sending and receiving through almost any email server, including
Alt-N’s MDaemon email server. Through the RelayFax, authorized
email users can send regular email attachments to a mailbox and
have them forwarded as industry-standard facsimiles to any fax
devices in the world. RelayFax uses client-server technology,
with the server running on a network hardware platform and the
clients operating on desktop or lap computers. |
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