SmarterMail - Exchange Level Mail Server Software

Features

Free¹

Lite²

Professional

Enterprise

Migration and Converters

Mail server converters for a wide variety of competitors
Mailbox migration for email, calendar, contacts, tasks

Automation (Web services/SOAP)

Compatible with wide variety of control panel companies
Add/edit domains and users
Add/edit calendars, tasks, and notes
Add/edit RSS feeds
Retrieve user and domain statistics via Web services³

Collaboration

SyncML support
Exchange ActiveSync support				Add-on
CalDAV and CardDAV support
Microsoft Outlook 2007 (2-way) synchronization
Microsoft Outlook 2000 and higher synchronization
Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning synchronization
Webmail reminders system
Webmail availability of attendees
Webmail personal contacts
Webmail personal calendars, tasks, and notes
Shared calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes

Mail Server Protocols

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
IMAP4 – Internet Message Access Protocol and IMAP IDLE
POP3 – Post Office Protocol
LDAP – Lightweight Authentication Directory Protocol
Message retrieval via POP and IMAP

Antispam Measures

Commtouch Premium Antispam	Add-on	Add-on
Spam profiles wizard
Incoming and outbound spam checking
Incoming and outbound spam checking
Spam checking on POP3 message retrieval
SMTP connection level spam checking
Outgoing spammer detection and limiting
SpamAssassin-based Pattern Matching Engine
Support for distributed SpamAssassin servers (Linux or Windows)
SPF record checking
RBL listing detection
Bayesian filtering
Reverse DNS checking
Greylisting with rules based on IP, sender location, spam weight
Domain Keys and DKIM
Configurable spam weights for system, domain, and users
Configurable spam headers
Trusted senders
Support for Declude

Antivirus

Commtouch Zero-hour Antivirus	Add-on	Add-on
Out-of-the-box ClamAV
Support for third-party real-time antivirus solutions
Support for third-party command-line antivirus solutions
Support for a remote ClamAV server (Linux or Windows)

Security/Attack Prevention

Incoming and outgoing SSL/TLS
Active Directory Authentication (ADX)
Optional alternate SMTP port
SMTP authentication by domain
SMTP authentication by domain
Restrict administrator access via IP
Manual and automatic IP whitelisting/blacklisting
Brute force detection for Webmail
Manual and automatic IP whitelisting/blacklisting
Automatic harvest attack prevention
Automatic denial of service prevention
Malicious script filtering in Webmail
Throttle user and domain activity
Throttle incoming bounces to prevent saturation

Reporting

Real-time performance dashboards (traffic stats)
Basic reports (3 reports)
Advanced summary reports (17 system and 18 domain))
Advanced trend reports (26 system, 15 domain, and 18 user)
Data drill down available in summary reports
Define report favorites and custom reports
Scheduled and on-demand email reports
Reporting statistics exposed as PerfMon counters
Export reports to CSV and tab formats

Events and Notifications

Event-driven architecture
Notification profiles
Configurable system, domain, and user events
Assign actions to events (e.g. command-line, notifications, etc.)
Default notification to all users when disk quotas are reached

Message Archiving

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance⁴
Enable message archiving by domain
Messages .ZIP compressed to reduce space necessary
User, domain, and administrator access to archived messages
User, domain, and administrator access to archived messages
Search, view, and print archived messages
Messages stored in EML format

Administration

Administration from a Web browser
Getting Started wizard
Custom skinning
Mulitple system administrator accounts
Review and download log files from interface
Users can be limited to specific protocols IMAP, POP, SMTP
Mass propagation of settings for domains
Mass propagation of settings for users
Mass messaging to some or all users and domain administrators
Prioritize SMTP based on message type, domain, or user
Spool functionality that allows third-party integration
Configurable outbound SMTP IP addresses
Multiple spools (smart spooling)
Manage all connections
Manage current blocks
Immediate blacklisting of connections and sessions
Configurable user password strength requirements
Configurable user settings by domain
Configurable logging for all protocols
Folder auto-clean to enforce user quotas
SmarterMail Search Indexing

Web Interface for Users (Webmail)

More than 15 languages available
Web 2.0 interface using optimized AJAX
Snapping panes for improved layout controls
Preview message attachments
Thumbnails for image file attachments
Download all attachments as .ZIP
Upload attachments in the background
File storage
Automatic save as draft
Follow-up flagging
Linked emails and tasks
Advanced content filtering
Advanced spam filtering rules
User-level auto-clean
Spell-check in 15 languages
Email address auto-complete similar to Microsoft Outlook
RSS, RDF, and Atom news feed integration
Import and export contacts
Support for user and domain aliases
Multiple signatures support
Multiple identity/SMTP support

Mailing Lists

Bounce detection
Automatic removal of subscribers on bounces
Optional double opt-in
Subscriber custom fields
Unsubscribe links in messages
Common subscriber database for all mailing lists
Toggle auto-generated response to mailing list commands
Merge variables and custom fields into messages (mail merge)
Enhanced mailing list compose with attachments
Customized command messages
Mail logging per subscriber
Message prioritization of mailing list
Throttling of mailing lists

Gateways

Use as SmartHost or incoming gateway
Use as backup MX server
Use as outgoing gateway
User authentication and SSL?TLS support for outgoing gateways
Gateway authentication with other SmarterMail servers
Gateway can have domain exceptions
Spam checking available on gateways
Greylisting available on gateways