SecurityPlus for MDaemon®

Small-to-medium businesses are just as vulnerable to malicious, email-borne threats as large, multi-national corporations. The one difference: small-to-medium organizations do not have the IT resources to constantly monitor their email platform. Alt-N Technologies has been designing the MDaemon Windows-based email platform with robust security features from the very first version back in 1996. Today, SecurityPlus for MDaemon offers the strongest protection from email-borne attacks available to MDaemon users.

SecurityPlus for MDaemon provides the next generation of antivirus and spam protection for your MDaemon email server. Providing real-time spam, Recurrent Pattern Detection Technology (RPD™), Zero Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection, and email antivirus protection, it is the number one solution for safeguarding your MDaemon email server.

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Features

Safeguard Your Messaging & Collaboration

SecurityPlus for MDaemon safeguards your organization’s messaging and collaboration infrastructure, with the following features:

Kaspersky Antivirus Engine

• Antivirus protection from Kaspersky Labs combines traditional antivirus defense methods with the latest proactive technologies.
• Provides solid and dependable protection against viruses and malware (malicious programs).

Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD™) Technology

• Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) uses patened technology to identify patterns which are content agnostic to safeguard the original message. These patterns cannot be used to reconstruct the original message.
• RPD extracts and then analyzes relevant patterns, which are used to identify massive email-borne outbreaks. It classifies both distribution and structural patterns within an email message.
• RPD patterns are compared to the local cache which provides fast match results for more than 70% of the patterns. If a pattern is not in the local cache, RPD will query global data centers for a match to provide true real-time protection with the most up-to-date patterns. These global data center queries then update the cache to keep the most current patterns available locally.
• RPD is designed to distinguish between the distribution patterns of solicited bulk emails, representing legitimate business correspondence, from those of unsolicited bulk emails, representing spam.
• RPD identifies incoming threat messages with very few, if any false positives. Not only are the patterns content agnostic, they are also language-independent making it equally effective for all message formats and encoding types.

Zero Hour Virus Outbreak Protection

• Real-time, anti-spam, zero-hour anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-phishing technology.
• Capable of proactively protecting the MDaemon Pro 9.5 or later email infrastructure automatically and within minutes of an outbreak.
• Outbreak Protection requires no heuristic rules, content filtering, or signature updates.
• Relies on the analysis of "patterns" associated with an email transmission and compares them to similar patterns collected from billions of email messages sampled daily, in real-time, from live Internet email traffic.
• Resulting analysis can detect outbreaks in “Zero Hour” – much faster than traditional filter and signature based solutions that require detecting, defining, and disseminating new virus information.

Inline Antivirus Scanning

• SecurityPlus for MDaemon email server scans messages inline during each SMTP session effectively stopping malicious software at the email entrance to your network.
• When a corrupted message with a security threat is detected, SecurityPlus for MDaemon refuses to accept the email and its attachments – effectively stopping an issue before it can arise.

Peace of Mind Support

SecurityPlus for MDaemon features will keep you at ease as it keeps you protected:

Automatic Updates

• SecurityPlus for MDaemon automatically downloads and installs updates for hands-off administration.

Urgent Update Notification

• Provides additional antivirus definitions beyond regularly scheduled updates.
• When a high-risk virus threat is identified by Kaspersky Labs, you can select to be notified and trigger SecurityPlus for MDaemon to automatically initiate a database update of the latest virus definitions.
• Keeps your organization safe from new and emerging threats.

Investment Protection

• When you purchase SecurityPlus for MDaemon, you receive Upgrade Protection which entitles you to free upgrades to the latest product versions and virus definitions for the duration of your software license.

Versatile Control

• SecurityPlus for MDaemon detects infected attachments in both plain text and HTML messages.
• When an infected attachment is detected and you have selected to not block the message outright, you have the option to clean it, quarantine it, delete it, or allow MDaemon’s Content Filter to handle it.
• Specific domains and addresses may also be excluded from scanning all together.

Virus Information

• SecurityPlus for MDeamon email server has a searchable virus list.
• Provides links to Internet sites with additional virus information to keep you abreast and informed of the latest developments and antivirus technologies.

Virus Warnings

• SecurityPlus for MDeamon can notify the sender, recipient, and postmaster when a virus is detected.

Log Files

• SecurityPlus for MDaemon includes an administrative log that keeps track of the type, time, and location of detected viruses.

MDaemon® Email Server for Windows

MDaemon Messaging Server, email server software for Windows, is a trusted alternative to Microsoft Exchange or SBS. MDaemon mail server supports IMAP, SMTP, POP3, and ActiveSync protocols and delivers solid performance from its feature-rich and user-friendly design.

What's New

• Analyze MDaemon’s Security Settings
• Access to Free Certificates
• New Password Security
• Improved Message Search in Remote Administration
• Easily Connect to Dropbox
• Flexible Chat Client Options
• Advanced Webmail Search Features
• Flexible Calendar Sharing Options
• Easily Share Contacts with Other Email Clients
• Flexible Email Signatures
• Multiple Email Signatures
• Enhanced Event & Task Reminders
• Allow Embedded Images from Trusted Senders
• Convenient Message Scheduling
• Other Improvements

Read more: MDaemon® Email Server for Windows

Outlook Connector for MDaemon®

Introduction

Outlook Connector for MDaemon® Messaging Server opens up the groupware collaboration functions of Microsoft Outlook to small and mid-sized businesses by using MDaemon as the email messaging server. With Outlook Connector for MDaemon you can stay in touch with employees, co-workers, customers and vendors by sharing Outlook’s email, calendar with free/busy scheduling, address book, distribution lists, tasks, notes and more.

As with MDaemon, Outlook Connector is designed for businesses with little or no professional computer support. Its simplicity, economy and extensive features make Outlook Connector for MDaemon the recognized way to use Outlook’s groupware collaboration tools on a small to mid-sized business budget.

Alt-N Technologies’ MDaemon Messaging Server provides outstanding groupware and collaboration functionality when paired with Outlook Connector. It makes professional-quality groupware collaboration features available to budget-minded small- to medium-sized businesses with or without IT personnel. The shared information is also available for on-the-go users through the groupware collaboration features of MDaemon's webmail client, WorldClient.

Features

Available in Multiple Languages

Groupware Collaboration Support

Groupware Functions Integration

• Outlook Connector links the content sharing functions of Outlook to the groupware functions built into MDaemon.
• This plug-in enables Outlook users to share their calendars, messages, contacts, tasks, notes, and other items using MDaemon as the email server platform.

Real time synchronization

• Additions or changes made in Outlook are synchronized in real-time on the server.
• No user synchronization is required.

Designed for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Easy on Budgets

• Outlook Connector and the groupware functions of MDaemon make the benefits of Outlook sharing economical for small and mid-size businesses.
• Outlook Connector is designed to be installed and configured without requiring an extensive IT background or expensive certifications. At the same time, it has fine tuning options making it popular with IT professionals.

Runs on Current and Legacy Systems

• Both Outlook Connector and MDaemon run on either legacy or current hardware and operating systems.
• There is no need to upgrade to costly hardware and operating systems to enjoy the benefits of group sharing.

Versatile Uses

• Many types of small and large businesses can benefit from Outlook Connector.
• Business types include manufacturers and service enterprises, law offices, insurance companies, hospitals and doctor offices, charities and non-profit organizations, schools and school districts, financial planners, government agencies, technology companies.

Flexible Licensing

• The Outlook Connector license is separate from the MDaemon license and may be a different size.
• You can This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the number of users who actually use Outlook Connector. It is not required for the MDaemon and the Outlook Connector license sizes to match.

Sharing Flexibility

Sharing by Degrees

• Options for sharing vary from only showing the availability of the information to allowing complete control to add, change and delete.

Outlook and Web Mail Access

• Outlook Connector uses the same shared information available through MDaemon’s built-in web mail, WorldClient.
• You can view your shared information via WorldClient or Outlook.

Apply Sharing Permissions to Subfolders

• When setting up sharing permissions, you can apply the permissions to the current folder and, optionally, all of its subfolders.

Integration with Outlook Features

Grouping Support

• Grouping support allows you to organize mail different ways within Outlook. Outlook Connector provides support for this popular capability.

Delivery Confirmation

• Outlook Connector supports Outlook’s delivery confirmation function.

“Send immediately...” Support

• Outlook Connector supports the “Send Immediately” function of Outlook.

Mailbox Convenience

• All incoming messages go to the Outlook Inbox.

Mail Folder Support

• Mail folders can be shared without needing to use an Outlook IMAP account. Users have only one Inbox, and sent messages are saved to their IMAP Sent Items folder.

Performance

Fast Message Transfer

• Moving messages among folders is fast.

Modest System Requirements

• Outlook Connector requires few system resources on the computers running MDaemon and Outlook.

Local Cache Storage

• Outlook Connector has an easy way to select a location for the local cache storage if you need to move it from the default.

Stability

• Outlook Connector uses MAPI service provider technology, which is Microsoft Outlook’s native technology.
• Outlook Connector replaces the troublesome PST files with fast and reliable local data storage.

Open Protocols

• Outlook Connector uses industry standard SMTP and IMAP protocols to facilitate cost-effective, open and secure communications.
• Outlook Connector uses the standards-compliant MDaemon for its groupware functionality.

Administration

Easy Installation

• Outlook Connector is easy to install and set up on both MDaemon and Outlook.

Easy Maintenance

• Enable sharing by server or domain.
• Add users individually or in bulk.
• Automatically add Outlook users on first use.
• Keep contact lists up to date.

Grows with Your Needs

• The default settings of Outlook Connector create an easy entry point for beginners.
• Detailed configuration options provide fine-tuning controls for experienced users and IT professionals.

User Experience

Easy Sharing

• Through Outlook, each account holder assigns content sharing options to other users.

Easy Client Functions

• Share selected folders. Set up sharing options by user.

Folder Ownership Display

• In Outlook 2003 and later, Outlook Connector displays the name of folder owners adjacent to the folder name

Multilingual Support

• Outlook Connector is localized in multiple languages. When using system-level folders —such as Drafts, Calendar, and Contacts—Outlook Connector users see these folders names in their selected language,
• Administrators of MDaemon see the names in English.

“Out of Office” Editor

• MDaemon has a function for setting up server-side auto-responder messages for individual accounts. Outlook Connector extends access to this function to Outlook.
• You can use this function for setting up “out of office” messages, for example.

Outlook Connector for MDaemon — Guidelines

General Recommendations

• Wherever possible, using Outlook 2003 and 2007 is recommended over using Outlook 2000 and 2002 on client PCs.
• We highly recommend using a single Outlook Connector account in a profile of its own.
• For maximum performance, we recommend using Outlook Connector with MDaemon Pro 9 and above.
• It is recommended that the local Outlook Connector cache file is excluded from realtime scanning by third party desktop anti-virus applications as otherwise corruption of the cache may occur.
• It is highly recommended that Outlook should only be configured to use HTML or Plain Text format for sending emails. Outlook should not be configured to use Word as its email editor or to use Rich Text Format (RTF) — both of these methods result in emails which do not adhere to Internet standards.
• For performance reasons, we recommend configuring Outlook Connector's 'Send/Receive' tab to only download headers and to only check the Inbox folder for new items at each Outlook send/receive — these are the default settings.
• Regular defragmentation of the MDaemon server's hard disk is recommended for maximum performance. Server performance can be further improved by reducing the amount of logging MDaemon is doing along with moving the logs folder and user/public/queues folders to a physically separate disk.

Deployment Considerations

The list below represents issues which should be considered prior to deployment. It should not be taken as definitive or complete, and we always recommend testing the products in your own environment to ensure that compatibility and features are as required prior to purchase.

• In Outlook 2007, custom category names/colors may not be retained after it is restarted.
• S/MIME encoded (digitally signed) emails are not currently supported in Outlook Connector.
• Outlook 2007 may use excessive amounts of memory if you have a large number of folders, each with thousands of messages in them where grouping is also being used. Note, this problem is also present in an Exchange 2003/Outlook 2007 installation and is not specific to Outlook Connector.
• Outlook's search folders will only reflect changes to items if Outlook has been re-started.
• Users with large mailboxes may experience reduced performance using Outlook Connector in comparison to using an IMAP or POP3 account. This is most noticeable when opening Outlook, when large folders are accessed for the first time, when using Outlook 2003's 'Search Folders,' or when accessing the Journal folder.
• Outlook custom forms and custom template files (.OFT) are not currently supported by Outlook Connector.
• The 'Activities' tab for Contacts may not work or may cause Outlook to hang (on very large profiles).
• For performance reasons, roaming users may need to relocate their Outlook Connector cache files on a network share so that the data does not roam with their profile.
• Compatibility with third party Outlook plug-ins and PDA synchronization software cannot be guaranteed — the trial period should be used to ensure compatibility and functionality with any important plug-ins prior to purchase.
• Outlook Connector does not make use of PST files and so compatibility with any software which requires PST files should be checked prior to purchase. In some cases, adding an empty PST file to the Outlook Connector profile may help.
• In Outlook 2003, when scheduling meetings, users need to select Tools -> Check Names for the free/busy information to update.
• To make use of MDaemon 9's free/busy service, Outlook 2000 users will need to have the Web Publishing Wizard installed (comes with Office 2000).
• Journal folders are not yet supported inside MDaemon's WorldClient webmail interface.

WorldClient—Web Mail for MDaemon

MDaemon® Messaging Server's webmail client, WorldClient, provides complete webmail services to help you stay in touch at your office, from home, at an Internet café or from a customer’s location. Provided free with every version of MDaemon Messaging Server, WorldClient sends and receives messages from any Internet-connected computer with a recent web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. It runs on computers equipped with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

With WorldClient options, you can customize your web mail to work the way you want. For example, you can set options to change the appearance of WorldClient, the number of messages it displays on a single page, how the spelling checker operates, and the content of your email signature. You can also select sharing options for your email folders, set up filters for automatically organizing your email, and define a starting day of the week for your calendar, plus much more.

For MDaemon Messaging Server PRO/BlackBerry® Edition, WorldClient also provides groupware collaboration for sharing email folders, calendars with free/busy scheduling, contacts, distribution lists, tasks, and notes. The WorldClient collaboration features work in harmony with Outlook Connector, Alt-N Technologies' solution to make Outlook sharing available for small and mid-sized businesses by using MDaemon as the collaboration server.

As an option to make your web mail even easier, the small ComAgent application runs on your computer and monitors your WorldClient web mail. ComAgent can notify you when a message arrives. When combined with WorldClient’s message filtering, ComAgent can even inform you when you receive a message from a specific sender, for example. ComAgent can also synchronize your contacts between your Windows Address Book or Outlook Address Book and WorldClient. ComAgent comes with a built-in and secure instant messaging client for MDaemon.

Key Features

• Centralized Email — Messages and groupware collaboration data are stored on the email server, centralizing all business content.
• Cross Platform Compatibility — Designed for almost any Internet-connected computer with a recent web browser. Compatible with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems running browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, OmniWeb, Chimera and Safari.
• Groupware Collaboration — Options to share email folders, calendars with free/busy scheduling, contacts, distribution lists, tasks and notes.
• Multilingual — User interface in more than 25 languages*.
• Personalized Appearance — Multiple themes, colors, messages per page, message sorting, fonts, type sizes and more...
• Customized Composition — Text or HTML, personalized signature, spell checking with local dictionary, “out of office” automatic reply.
• Search and Retrieve — Search Inbox and other mail folders by sender, recipient, subject and content.
• Automatic Message Filing — Unlimited personal folders and auto filing of messages by sender, recipient, size, content and more.
• Email Monitoring — Windows and Java ComAgent application can monitor all or specified folders for new messages.
• Instant Messaging — Private and secure instant messaging available through ComAgent.
• Public and Private Address Books — Common address books for all users and individual address books for each user.
• Outlook and Windows Address Book Synchronization — ComAgent provides two way synchronization of public and private contacts between Outlook or Windows address book and WorldClient address book.

* Canadien français, Chinese, Dansk, Deutsch, Cesky, English-UK, English-US, Español, Français, Indonesia, Italiano, Japanese, Korean, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk (bokmäl), Norsk (nynorsk), Polski, Português, Russian, Hrvatski, Slovensko, Suomi, Svenska, Taiwan, Srpski

Key Benefits

• Protect Company Mail and Collaboration Data — Centralized storage eases the backing up of important messaging records.

• Stay in Touch from Anywhere — Check your email at the office, from home, at the library, from an Internet café or anywhere with an Internet-connected computer and recent web browser.
• Have Email As You Want It — Choose from a variety of user themes, such as Simple for optimized speed or Lookout for Outlook-like groupware collaboration.
• Customize Your Content — Enter personalized signature, set up “out of office” messages. Compose messages in text or HTML, the later including images.
• Automatically Organize Messages — Create unlimited personal folders and sorting filters so WorldClient can automatically organize your messages.
• Communicate in Your Language — WorldClient uses Unicode fonts to support international languages.
• Find Lost Messages — Search your messages by sender, recipient, subject and content.
• Never Miss a Message — Let ComAgent inform you when new messages arrive in specified folders.
• Chat Securely Online — Chat with others securely and privately using ComAgent’s instant messaging.
• Keep Public and Private Contacts — Share some contacts, keep others private.
• Keep Contacts Current — Use ComAgent to keep synchronize your Outlook or Windows address books with your WorldClient address book.