MDaemon

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MDaemon Email Server
Developer(s) MDaemon Technologies, formerly Alt-N Technologies
Initial releaseJuly 31, 1996;28 years ago (1996-07-31)
Stable release
24.0.2 / August 13, 2024;6 days ago (2024-08-13)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Platform x86/x64
Available inEnglish, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Type Collaborative software
License Trialware
Website www.mdaemon.com

MDaemon Email Server is an email server application with groupware functions for Microsoft Windows, [1] [2] first released by Alt-N Technologies in 1996. [3] [4]

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Features

MDaemon supports multiple client-side protocols, including IMAP, POP3, SMTP/MSA, webmail, CalDAV, CardDAV, and optionally ActiveSync for mobile clients and Outlook, and its Connector for Outlook add-on.

MDaemon's features include a built-in spam filter with Heuristic and Bayesian analysis, SSL and TLS encryption, client-side and server-side email and attachment encryption, public and shared folder support, mailing list, and support for sharing of groupware data (calendar, contacts, tasks & notes). [5] [6] [7] It is also the basis for MDaemon Tech's Security Gateway for Email Servers.

According to SecuritySpace.com's Mail (MX) Server Survey, MDaemon at its peak provided approximately 2.5% of all known Internet mail servers, the sixth largest installation base from all identified servers. [8]

Ransomware Attack

On October 17, 2022, MDaemon Technologies published on their website customer alert [9] that MDaemon Technologies was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack on Sunday, October 16, 2022. The attack impacted the company's IT systems and website but product itself remained unaffected. [10] [11] [12] As a result, AV update service and license service were not available impacting some MDaemon customers as users reported on MDaemon Facebook page. The AV update and license server was restored on the October 19, 2022. The company was working with the authorities, assessing the impact and working to restore all the affected systems. Their primary goal was to minimize the impact on existing software users. MDaemon Technology employees have had to temporarily switch to manual operations and had to communicate by phone in the U.S. until the systems were up and running. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "简评 MDaemon Server v9.52". www.5dmail.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Переход с MDaemon на Exchange Server 2003/2007 (Часть 1)". www.oszone.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Alt-N No Longer a Subsidiary of RIM but MDaemon BES". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "MDaemon Pro: Still a Mail Server That Professionals Can Rely On". ServerWatch. 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  6. ↑ "Review: ALT-N MDaemon Messaging Server 15". winmag pro. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  7. ↑ "MDaemon Pro Mail Server 9.5.6". PC&Tech Authority. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  8. ↑ "Mail (MX) Server Survey". SecuritySpace.com. 2008-11-01. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  9. ↑ "MDaemon Technologies (AltN) has become a victim of a cyber attack (Ransomware)". Born's Tech and Windows World. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  10. ↑ Wyro, Brad. "2023 End of Year Wrap-up". blog.mdaemon.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  11. ↑ "Layered email threat protection for MDaemon® Email Server". MDaemon Technologies, Ltd. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  12. ↑ "MDaemon / ALTN Ransomware Attack". Spiceworks Community. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  13. ↑ "MDaemon / ALTN Ransomware Attack spiceworks.com". Mr. Brad representative for MDaemon Technologies. 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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