MDaemon^® Standard |Pro Edition Comparison

Services	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Maximum accounts	50	Unlimited
Browser-based remote administration
New mail notification via closed instant messenger
POP3, SMTP, DomainPOP and MultiPOP
IMAP
Calendar and free/busy server
Server-hosted public & shared IMAP folders with Access Control Lists (ACL)
IMAP mail filtering rules
Closed instant messaging and mail access client integrated within webmail
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 and Active Directory™ support
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Mobile Access	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Built-in BES for MDaemon to support BlackBerry® smartphones1 Advanced email Wireless synchronization Up-to-date calendaring Integrated contacts Device IT policy management and security BlackBerry Balance technology Remote file access		1
Over-the-air (OTA) synchronization via Microsoft ActiveSync plug-in for individual email, calendar, and contacts on smartphones and tablets3
One simple management console to manage BlackBerry smartphone functionality1 Domain level device policy management Customizable device IT policies Password assignments / resets Remote device wiping		1
Supports BlackBerry push email, Inbox Mapping™ and contact synchronization for BlackBerry devices via BlackBerry Internet Service data plan1
Windows Mobile® / PocketPC®, Symbian®, Palm®, iPhone®, and Android® smartphone support2
Internet access to email and contacts via webmail client
Wireless access to email via POP3
Internet access to email, contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks via webmail client
Wireless access to email, contacts, calendar, and tasks using IMAP and SyncML
Email access for WAP/XHTML- and SyncML-compatible phones
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Accounts	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Permanently- or temporarily-scheduled auto-responders; can be enabled/disabled without loss of configuration
Automatic mail forwarding
Account groups
Account restrictions and quotas
Account-based signature files
Aliases and Aliases with wildcards
Attachment linking for attachment storage and retrieval as needed
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Webmail and Groupware	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Calendar folders
Contact folders
Tasks folders
Notes folders
Folder sharing
Free/Busy support
Meeting requests, with automatic updates of attendees
Microsoft Outlook® integration (via plug-in)4
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Spam Filtering	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Anti-spam server
Heuristic messaging scoring
RPD™ (Recurrent Pattern Detection) (via plug-in)5
Spam traps
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Virus Filtering	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Kaspersky AV engine (via plug-in) 5
Zero Hour™ detection (via plug-in) 5
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Content Based Filtering	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Scriptable content filtering
Attachment restriction
Attachment compression
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Security: IP / DNS Based	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
IP shielding
Trusted IPs and hosts
DNS blacklists
PTR, HELO, and MAIL reverse lookup validation
Ability to drop connections upon PTR and EHLO/HELO mismatch
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Security: Suppression Based	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
Address blacklists
Host screening
IP screening
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Security: Activity Based	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
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†
Strong password support
SenderID
SPF (Sender Policy Framework)
Vouch-by-Reference (VBR) Message Certification
DomainKeys signing and verification
DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signing and verification, and DKIM Author Domain Signing Practices (ADSP) support
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Security: Verification Based	MDaemon Standard†	MDaemon Pro†
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†
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, and account import/export
Use of arbitrary addresses for account restrictions feature
Comprehensive message logging
SMTP data transfer limits
Configurable storage locations
Configurable mail port, protocol timeout, and session inactivity values
Delivery of mail directly to recipients' mail server or to recipients' ISP
Allow sending password-protected files to users upon request
Simplified (on/off) message archiving
Plug-in support
Archiving to public folders, including forwarded messages
Multiple mail domains
Domain sharing (split domain to multiple servers)
Attachment linking for quick mobile message downloads
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
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• 1 - Certain management, security or wireless synchronization features may not be available in all markets; please refer to product release notes.
• 2 - May require SyncML application on device for full PIM synchronization.
• 3 - Not all devices support OTA synchronization.
• 4 - Requires Outlook Connector for MDaemon v 2.2.5 plug-in.
• 5 - Requires SecurityPlus for MDaemon plug-in.
• † - MDaemon Messaging Server (formerly MDaemon Pro)
• All contents based on information gathered from vendors websites.