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