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Ipswitch IMail Server is an email server application with groupware functionality that runs on Microsoft Windows OS. It was developed in 1994 by Ipswitch, Inc., a software company based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Ipswitch IMail Server is an email server application with groupware functionality that runs on Microsoft Windows OS. It was developed in 1994 by Ipswitch, Inc., a software company based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Ipswitch IMail Server is a Windows email server that includes the following services: Webmail, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, and List Server. Additional features include collaboration for Outlook data, Commtouch anti-spam, anti-virus protection powered by BitDefender, email archiving, instant messaging and solutions for installing IMail on a hosted server. IMail Server licenses are available in packages for 10, 25, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500 and unlimited number of users.
Any standards-based client including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora,
IMail Server’s web client, and all mobile devices supported by Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync including the iPhone.
IMail can handle as many as 300,000 users, with an average message flow of ~25 per second / ~2 million a day.
Support for 32 and 64 bit platforms. IIS/.Net Framework 3.5 SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and LDAP Protocol Support RFC 1870 Compliant
Support for PCI DSS & HIPAA compliance.
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