Multiple System Administrator Accounts
Businesses with SmarterMail can provide administrator access to the mail server without having to share the same login information. Combined with IP blocking, this feature allows the primary administrator to provide administrative access to those that need it while limiting login to specific IP ranges or locations.
Mail Server Performance Reports
With dozens of pre-defined reports, SmarterMail provides critical statistics that help system and domain administrators monitor their systems. The ability to drill down into new data levels for every domain or user on the system helps administrators identify trends, manage costs, and effectively allocate resources.
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Automate System Actions
SmarterMail can be configured to perform automated tasks based upon specific parameters. For example, system administrators can use the mail server software’s event-driven architecture to automate a variety of system tasks, such as adding an IP block into the router when an intrusion is detected, disabling a domain or user based upon throttling thresholds, or notifying administrators when a service is not responding. |
Web Services
SmarterMail was designed to support easy administration and automation. Through the use of Web services, companies can integrate SmarterMail with external applications such as control panels to reduce costs and automate tasks, including creating mailboxes and domains, creating and modifying settings for mailboxes, domains, or entire servers, and determining domain-specific bandwidth usage for billing. |
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Web Based Administration
SmarterMail’s Web-based administration interface provides system administrators remote access to the mail server from anywhere there is an Internet connection. Administrators can quickly and securely manage configuration and mail server maintenance tasks, while recurring tasks can easily be automated through exposed Web services.
 Real-time Dashboards
SmarterMail includes detailed, real-time performance dashboards that supply system administrators with important, on-demand statistics about their servers, domains, and mailboxes, including inbound connections, server load, and total messages delivered.
Throttling
Throttling allows the number of messages, amount of bandwidth, and/or the number of bounced messages to be limited for domains, users, or mailing lists over a given amount of time. Throttling is an effective method for managing large mailing list distributions to avoid interruptions or delays in normal email flow. When used in conjunction with SmarterMail’s event-driven architecture, actions can be automated to prevent abuse in real-time.
Detailed Logging
SmarterMail logs all system actions and allows administrators to search through log files quickly. By providing access to mail server log files via a Web-based log viewer, SmarterMail saves a company’s IT department time and money.
 Priority Spooling
Email delivery can be more effectively managed by setting priorities based upon domains or email types. Process-intensive email traffic can be assigned a lower priority, allowing regular emails to process first and avoiding unnecessary delays. Emailed notifications can be assigned higher priority to ensure that important information is delivered quickly.
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