MDaemon Email Server for Windows

MDaemon Email 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
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Maximum accounts 5 50 Unlimited
POP3 Yes Yes Yes
SMTP Yes 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 Yes
WorldClient webmail anywhere access Yes Yes Yes
New mail notification via ComAgent for MDaemon Yes 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: 1: 20 users 5: 50 users Unlimited
• Digests Yes Yes Yes
• Subscribe/Unsubscribe support Yes Yes Yes
• Moderator options Yes Yes Yes
• Post-only / Read-only access Yes Yes Yes
• Archiving     Yes
• ODBC support     Yes
• Active Directory™ support     Yes
Mobile Access:      
• Internet access to email and contacts via WorldClient Yes Yes Yes
• Wireless access to email (via POP3) Yes 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
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Permanently- or temporarily-scheduled auto-responders Yes Yes Yes
Automatic mail forwarding Yes Yes Yes
Account Groups Yes Yes Yes
Account Quotas Yes Yes Yes
Account-based signature files Yes Yes Yes
Account Restrictions Yes Yes Yes
Aliases Yes Yes Yes
Aliases with wildcards   Yes Yes
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Spam Filtering MDaemon
FREE
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
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Kaspersky AV engine (via plug-in) ² Yes Yes Yes
Zero Hour™ detection (via plug-in) ²     Yes
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Web Mail and Groupware MDaemon
FREE
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
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Scriptable content filtering Yes Yes Yes
Attachment restriction Yes Yes Yes
Attachment compression Yes Yes Yes
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Security: IP / DNS Based MDaemon
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
IP shielding Yes Yes Yes
Trusted IPs and hosts Yes Yes Yes
PTR, HELO and MAIL reverse lookup validation Yes Yes Yes
DNS Blacklists   Yes Yes
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Security: Suppression Based MDaemon
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Address blacklists Yes Yes Yes
Host screening Yes Yes Yes
IP screening Yes Yes Yes
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Security: Activity Based MDaemon
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Tarpitting Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic DoS, dictionary and brute force attack detection and prevention Yes Yes Yes
Bandwidth throttling     Yes
Greylisting     Yes
HashCash     Yes
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Security: Authentication Based MDaemon
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Strong password support Yes 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
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Anti-relaying Yes Yes Yes
SMTP Authentication Yes Yes Yes
POP before SMTP Yes Yes Yes
Minger recipient verification     Yes
LDAP recipient verification     Yes
Backscatter protection     Yes
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System / Administration MDaemon
FREE
MDaemon
Standard
MDaemon
Pro
Real-time session activity logging Yes Yes Yes
Domain-based signature files Yes Yes Yes
Low disk space alert notifications Yes Yes Yes
New Account templates with automatically-configured setting Yes Yes Yes
Account import/export Yes Yes Yes
SMTP greeting "site policy" support Yes Yes Yes
Automated old mail and inactive account deletion Yes Yes Yes
Comprehensive message logging Yes Yes Yes
SMTP data transfer limits Yes Yes Yes
Configurable storage locations Yes Yes Yes
Remote Access Services (RAS) Yes Yes Yes
Configurable mail port, protocol timeout, and session inactivity values Yes Yes Yes
Delivery of mail directly to recipients' mail server or to recipients' ISP Yes Yes Yes
Plug-in support Yes 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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