MDaemon Email Server for Windows

MDaemon Messaging Server Features Comparison

MDaemon email server for Windows comes in Standard, Professional, and Free versions. The chart shows the major differences between the three versions of MDaemon to assist in matching requirements.



Services MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Maximum accounts 50 Unlimited
POP3 Yes Yes
SMTP Yes Yes
DomainPOP Yes Yes
MultiPOP Yes Yes
IMAP:   Yes
• Server-hosted public IMAP folders with Access Control Lists (ACL)   Yes
• IMAP mail filtering rules   Yes
• Shared IMAP folders with Access Control Lists (ACL)   Yes
Remote administration via WebAdmin Yes Yes
WorldClient webmail anywhere access Yes Yes
New mail notification via ComAgent for MDaemon Yes Yes
Calendar server   Yes
Free/Busy server   Yes
Secure Instant Messaging server with logging via ComAgent for MDaemon   Yes
SyncML server   Yes
Local address book synchronization via ComAgent for MDaemon   Yes
Account validation using Minger server   Yes
SSL / TLS / StartTLS   Yes
Mailing Lists: 5: 50 users Unlimited
• Digests Yes Yes
• Subscribe/Unsubscribe support Yes Yes
• Moderator options Yes Yes
• Post-only / Read-only access Yes Yes
• Archiving   Yes
• ODBC support   Yes
• Active Directory™ support   Yes
Mobile Access:    
• Internet access to email and contacts via WorldClient Yes Yes
• Wireless access to email (via POP3) Yes Yes
• Internet access to email, contacts, calendar, notes and tasks via WorldClient   Yes
•Wireless access to email, contacts, calendar and tasks via WorldClient, Outlook Connector for MDaemon ¹, IMAP and SyncML   Yes
• Windows Mobile® / PocketPC®, BlackBerry®, Symbian OS, Palm OS, and iPhone compatible   Yes
• WAP/XHTML-compatible phones - access to email via WorldClient   Yes
• SyncML-compatible phones - access to contacts, calendar and tasks via WorldClient   Yes
• ActiveSync™ for Outlook synchronization at the desktop (Windows Mobile® / PocketPC®) ¹   Yes
• KeySuite™ for Outlook synchronization at the desktop (Palm OS) ¹   Yes
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Accounts MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Permanently- or temporarily-scheduled auto-responders Yes Yes
Automatic mail forwarding Yes Yes
Account Groups Yes Yes
Account Quotas Yes Yes
Account-based signature files Yes Yes
Account Restrictions Yes Yes
Aliases Yes Yes
Aliases with wildcards Yes Yes
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Spam Filtering MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Anti-spam server   Yes
Heuristic Messaging Scoring   Yes
Bayesian Classification and Scoring   Yes
Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (via plug-in) ²   Yes
Spam Traps   Yes
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Virus Filtering MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Kaspersky AV engine (via plug-in) ² Yes Yes
Zero Hour™ detection (via plug-in) ²   Yes
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Web Mail and Groupware MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Calendar folders   Yes
Contact folders   Yes
Notes folders   Yes
Folder sharing   Yes
Free/busy support   Yes
Meeting requests   Yes
Microsoft Outlook® integration ¹   Yes
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Content Based Filtering MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Scriptable content filtering Yes Yes
Attachment restriction Yes Yes
Attachment compression Yes Yes
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Security: IP / DNS Based MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
IP shielding Yes Yes
Trusted IPs and hosts Yes Yes
PTR, HELO and MAIL reverse lookup validation Yes Yes
DNS Blacklists Yes Yes
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Security: Suppression Based MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Address blacklists Yes Yes
Host screening Yes Yes
IP screening Yes Yes
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Security: Activity Based MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Tarpitting Yes Yes
Dynamic DoS, dictionary and brute force attack detection and prevention Yes Yes
Bandwidth throttling   Yes
Greylisting   Yes
HashCash   Yes
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Security: Authentication Based MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Strong password support Yes Yes
SenderID Yes Yes
SPF (Sender Policy Framework) Yes Yes
Vouch-by-Reference (VBR) Message Certification   Yes
DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signing and verification   Yes
DomainKeys signing and verification   Yes
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Security: Verification Based MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Anti-relaying Yes Yes
SMTP Authentication Yes Yes
POP before SMTP Yes Yes
Minger recipient verification   Yes
LDAP recipient verification   Yes
Backscatter protection   Yes
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System / Administration MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Real-time session activity logging Yes Yes
Domain-based signature files Yes Yes
Low disk space alert notifications Yes Yes
New Account templates with automatically-configured setting Yes Yes
Account import/export Yes Yes
SMTP greeting "site policy" support Yes Yes
Automated old mail and inactive account deletion Yes Yes
Comprehensive message logging Yes Yes
SMTP data transfer limits Yes Yes
Configurable storage locations Yes Yes
Remote Access Services (RAS) Yes Yes
Configurable mail port, protocol timeout, and session inactivity values Yes Yes
Delivery of mail directly to recipients' mail server or to recipients' ISP Yes Yes
Plug-in support Yes Yes
Simplified (on/off) message archiving Yes Yes
Catalogs — Script server to email files to users upon request Yes Yes
Multiple mail domains   Yes
Domain sharing: split domain to multiple servers   Yes
Archiving to Public Folders   Yes
Attachment linking for quick mobile message downloads   Yes
ComAgent for MDaemon secure Instant Messaging and Mail Access client   Yes
Support for multiple mail queues   Yes
Unlimited mail delivery schedules   Yes
Active Directory™ integration   Yes
LDAP account database backend support   Yes
ODBC account database backend support   Yes
Automatic configuration when used in a backup MX role   Yes
Gateways - perfect solution for a backup MX role   Yes
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1 - Requires Outlook Connector for MDaemon plug-in.
2 - Requires SecurityPlus for MDaemon plug-in.

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