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IMail Server Features
Highlights of What's New in IMail
Server v11
Updated SMTP
Service
SMTP has been
rewritten using .NET for improved plug-in capability. The new SMTP service
also has improved performance and stability for a better and more reliable
mail delivery.
New Web
Administrator
The Web Administrator originally
written using classic ASP has been rewritten to use ASP.Net 2.0 to provide
better performance.
New Console
Administrator
The Console
Administrator has been rewritten and is now includes the following new
functionality
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New Bulk-Edit
User capability by domain for editing one or more users simultaneously.
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New User Interface
to allow modification to current user Web Preference settings.
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New Domain
Default User Settings (also available with the Web Administration).
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New Domain
Default Web Preference Settings (also available with the Web
Administration).
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New System Default
Web Preference Settings (also available with the Web Administration).
Mobile
Synchronization
IMail Server v11
will support push email and contact data to mobile devices that offer
mobile synchronization of contacts, calendar, email, tasks and notes.
Edge Checking
(Anti-Spam)
IMail v11 will
add Commtouch's IP Reputation Service to the Premium Anti-Spam offering.
IMail will drop the connection for connecting IP addresses identified by
this service to be a potential spammer. This will help improve performance
and eliminate the overhead required to process these messages.
IMail Server Premium
Premium Anti-Spam
Commtouch IP
reputation offers:
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Edge detection
based on real-time IP reputation
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Rejects spam
during the SMTP transaction, before data is sent
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Local caching of
results for increased efficiency
Commtouch RPD
technology offers:
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High spam
detection rate with almost no cases of false positives
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Protection
against phishing attempts
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Content-agnostic
threat protection
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Multi-language
threat detection
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Multi-format
threat detection
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High
performance(~200 msgs/sec)
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Persistent cache
for fast operation after restart
Plus all of the
features listed below
IMail Server
Collaboration
IMail Server
allows Microsoft Outlook users to share their own up-to-date contact lists,
calendars and task lists.
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Secure within
your organization, including free/busy scheduling
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Share Calendars,
Contacts, Email, and Notes
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Public Calendars
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Public Contacts
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User control
Access to personal folders
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Does not Require
an Exchange Server
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Works with
Outlook 2000 and Above
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Synch Outlook
contacts with Web Messaging
Instant
Messaging
IMail Server
delivers instant messaging for your teams to collaborate securely and
instantly around the world or around the corner.
For Administrators...
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A fast,
easily-managed server that runs inside your firewall
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Ability to log
and record all IM sessions
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Export
conversations to RTF files for archive or search purposes
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Encryption of
conversation logs based on the 168-bit 3DES encryption standard
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Integration with
your Windows directory for easy administration
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Flexible
controls for logging and recording conversations
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Server-based
access control of multiple IM servers to permit or deny access to other
Ipswitch Instant Messaging servers running on the network
...and Users
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Check the
availability of your co-workers at a glance
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Include files
and documents in conversations
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Invite multiple
users to join a conversation
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Send messages to
other users even when they are offline
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Set your status
on the system, for example "On The Phone"
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Retrieve, save,
and print previous conversations
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Spell-check, in
real-time, before their messages are sent
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Conversation
recall, which automatically retrieves the entire conversation when it is continued
after the client has been closed
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Immediately
access IM users' names or email addresses with Smart Tags
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Easy to learn
and use
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Ipswitch's
instant messaging server encrypts all communications
Mobile
Synchronization
IMail Server
offers mobile synchronization and push email for your organization to stay
connected anytime and anywhere.
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Direct Push of
personal calendar, personal contacts, and personal tasks in real time
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Current support
available for Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 devices
Licensing
All IMail
Editions allow unlimited domains per server license.
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IMail Server is
the core of our product offerings and you can upgrade to Premium as your
needs change.
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You also have
complete flexibility to increase your user count as your needs change. User
level options are 10, 25, 100, 250, 500, 1000 and unlimited users.
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We offer 2
options for virus protection; both are fully-integrated with IMail and
available by subscription.
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IMail Server can
now be purchased without a Service Agreement.
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New Ipswitch
Digital Rights Management protects licensing.
Protection
against the hazards of spam
IMail Server
administrator controlled spam protection features:
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Statistical
Filter
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Phrase Filter
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HTML Features
filter
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URL Domain Black
Lists
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Broken MIME Headers
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SPF
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Connection
Checks
Reporting
IMail's Log
Analyzer offers a window into server activity.
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Access logs for
critical information into usage trends
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Determine which
domains are generating the majority of the network traffic
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Use Log Analyzer
to parse your IMail Server logs
Security
Ipswitch IMail
Server has an extensive set of security enhancements that will give you
confidence and keep you focused by preventing your server from being
compromised.
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SSL/TLS support
for SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4
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Various SMTP
Relay lockdown options
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Dictionary
Attack Prevention
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DOS Attack
Prevention
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Auto Deny Hack
Attempts
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Attachment
Blocking
Administration
All IMail
administrators have remote web access to view and manage their users and system
settings, making it easy to manage from the office or on the road.
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Remote access
web administration
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Intuitive
Interface
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Single &
Group Alias Support
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List Support
with configurable options
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Create unlimited
domains
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Control Message
Size on Mailboxes and Domains
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Support for
Inbound by Domains and Users
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Outbound Rules
Support
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Active Directory
Support
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Easy List
Management
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Configurable
location of logs
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White Lists
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Attachment
Blocking
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Copy All Mail
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External
Database support (MS SQL, Access)
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Use of virtual
domains when limited IP addresses are available
Web Messaging
All IMail users
have remote access to view and manage their email communication, in the
office, at home or on the road through web messaging.
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Web Messaging
Lite - low-bandwidth web client for quicker access for users on slow
connections, like dial up.
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Written in .NET
2.0
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HTML/Plain Text
Message Support
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Supports all
popular browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari
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Web Calendar
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Custom Branding
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SSL Support
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Synch contacts
with Outlook (IMail Premium)
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Language Support
for 8 Languages (French, Italian, German, English, Spanish, Simplified and
Traditional Chinese, and Japanese templates)
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Customizable
Languages
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Spell Checker
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Rich set of
editing tools that includes paragraph alignment, font types, font size,
special characters
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Vacation Message
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Auto Responders
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Signature
Support
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Inbound Rule
Support
Technical Specs
IMail can handle
as many as 300,000 users, with an average message flow of ~25 per second / ~2
million a day.
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Support for 32
and 64 bit platforms
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IIS / .Net
Framework 2.0
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SMTP, POP3,
IMAP4, and LDAP Protocol Support
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RFC 1870
Compliant
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Ipswitch IMail Server Vn 11
System Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or
later
Firefox 2.0.0.2 or later (for MS
Windows and Macintosh)
Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS) 5.0 and later
Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0
Safari 2.0.4 for Macintosh, or the
upgraded version of Safari included wit Mac OS X Version 10.4.8
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Tip: Before installing on Microsoft
Windows 2008 Server, be sure IIS 7 has "Metabase Compatability"
enabled.
Required
Hardware
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Required hardware
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For best results
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Intel Pentium® 4, 1 GHz or higher,
or an equivalent processor
Note: To handle mobile
synchronization, 2.4 GHz with 2 GB RAM is highly recommended
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Pentium 4, 3+ GHz
For high volume mail servers use
Dual Core or Quad Core processors.
Note: To handle mobile
synchronization, a Dual Core 2.0 GHz with 3 GB RAM is highly recommended.
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1+ GB RAM minimum
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2+ GB RAM
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TCP/IP enabled network interface
card (NIC) with a static IP address
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Required Software
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Required software
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For best results
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Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
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Apply latest service packs
Use NTFS file system (NOT FAT)
Do not deploy IMail on a Windows
2000 Domain Controller in an Active Directory environment. .
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Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
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via Windows Update
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Windows Script 5.6 (part of
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6)
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Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS)
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Version 5.0 or higher
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Microsoft Data Access Component
(MDAC) 2.6 or later
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