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October 2008
Welcome to News@Alt-N. Each month we bring you the latest information about products, recent developments, and tips intended to keep you informed with what is happening at Alt-N Technologies.
In This Issue:
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Alt-N Technologies visits with iSoftland and Microsoft User Group in Buenos Aries |
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Alt-N Technologies
visits South America
Last month, CEO Arvel Hathcock, EVP Jerry Donald, and Director of Marketing Kevin Beatty traveled to Argentina and Brazil to support channel partner events. The team presented an overview of SecurityGateway for Exchange/SMTP Servers to the Microsoft Users Group in Buenos Aries. The event was arranged by iSoftland, an Alt-N Technologies’ reseller partner. The event was a success and was attended by over 50 Microsoft administrators and resellers. |
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, Arvel spoke to about 75 executives and decision makers at the 2008 IT Brazil Intelligence Conference. His discussion on Emerging Technologies in Email Security was well received. Brazil is one of the fastest growing IT markets in the world. Consequently, the audience was very interested to understand what email authentication and security techniques have been integrated into Alt-N Technologies’ products and also curious about what ongoing security measures would be needed to address the emerging threats to email communications. The event was sponsored by Alt-N Technologies’ distribution partner, HENIQ. While in Brazil, the team also visited with customers like the University of Sao Paulo.
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Alt-N Technologies and HENIQ visit with members of the IT staff at the University of Sao Paulo |
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Important Notice to All MDaemon Anti-Virus Customers
Alt-N Technologies’ partner, Kaspersky Lab, has recently announced that it is making a change to its virus signature updating process. Consequently, customers using MDaemon Anti-Virus (MDAV) and SecurityPlus will need to update their software to the recently released Security Plus for MDaemon version 4.
This Change Will Need To Be Made Prior To December 31, 2008 To Continue Protection Of Your MDaemon Email Server With The Latest AV Signature Updates.
We will be providing additional reminders throughout the year in this newsletter, as well as contacting customers directly about this very important change. |
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Customizing MDaemon's Security Settings
When doing a fresh installation of MDaemon don't forget to customize MDaemon's security settings for your environment. Configuring MDaemon and email clients to use SMTP Authentication is a great first step. Below are links to articles on securing MDaemon:
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Recent Knowledge Base Articles
KBA-02127
- MDaemon 10.x: Running WorldClient under IIS7 on Windows 2008
KBA- 02128
- Published Queues not processing after MDaemon 10.0.0 and SecurityPlus 4.0.0 upgrade
KBA- 02129
- Using DirReorg to move mailboxes to different drives in MDaemon 10
KBA- 02130
- SecurityPlus 4 auto-update feature causing MDaemon to automatically restart
KBA- 02132
- Disabling language and theme selection from WorldClient login page
Community Forums
Get involved! Participate in the Alt-N Technologies’ Community Forums |
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Stop RelayFax Mail Loops
To prevent mail loops when using RelayFax Network Fax Manager with MDaemon, make sure you add your RelayFax addresses to the autoresponder whitelist in MDaemon. To add addresses to the whitelist:
- Open the MDaemon user interface.
- Select Accounts from the MDaemon menu bar.
- Select Account Settings from the drop down menu.
- On the Account Settings dialog expand the Auto Responders section and select White List from the tree.
- Enter the RelayFax email addresses in the whitelist (each address should be on its own line).
- Click OK.
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Tips for Enhanced Web Mail (WorldClient) Performance
To maximize the desktop-like experience of WorldClient’s LookOut theme, please consider the following:
- Keep up to date with the latest version of the browser you prefer to use. There is a speed competition taking place between Firefox, Safari, Opera, and the new Google Chrome meaning that you could get a massive improvement in performance just by upgrading. Users of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 will notice a great improvement over IE6, as well.
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- Consider the browsers available to you – switching from Internet Explorer 6 to Firefox 3 could speed your login by a significant amount due to the different architecture of the two browsers and their respective JavaScript engines. The LookOut theme’s JavaScript code is optimized for efficiency, but a faster JavaScript engine will enhance the overall speed of the application.
- Evaluate the number of messages that you have in your inbox. A heavily laden inbox could slow your login time as the number of messages that have to be scanned on the server can impact login speed.
- Run MDaemon’s mail agent application, ComAgent, to keep an active WorldClient session and use it to log in to get an even faster experience.
- Setup IMAP filters to move messages into other folders, thereby enabling faster logins. This reduces the load of managing messages that arrive in the inbox in the first place.
- Additionally, strategies like those advocated by Inbox Zero can help you keep your inbox free from clutter, as well as help improve web mail loading performance.
- Consider changing your messages per page setting to the minimum setting that fills your screen. If you have more than 50 messages per page you may be slowing the client-server interaction time without any real added benefit.
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Help Spread the Word
CNET Download.com & Tucows.com
Do you think the MDaemon Email Server is a great messaging product? Help tell others by submitting a review at the bottom of Download.com’s MDaemon Email Server page or Tucows’ MDaemon Email Server for Windows page. Registration might be required on either site if you are not an existing member.
SpiceWorks
Are you one of the 400,000 members of the Spice Works Community? If so, cast your vote to keep MDaemon at the top of the "Best Email Server" list by visiting http://community.spiceworks.com/spice_list/show/9.
Blogs
Be sure to add an RSS feed from the blog Everything MDaemon to your list of resources. It’s another way to continue building a strong user community.
Newsletter Archive
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Comments
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