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Email Robust Webmail Client that is as powerfuls as any desktop email client Advanced Search Advanced Search
emails that support images and videos Zimlets for Custom Customizations Zimlets for Custom Customizations
Complete synchronization with desktop and mobile clients Conversation Views Conversation Views
Request Read/Delivery receipts (per email or setting to enable for all) Offline Web Client (Chrome & Firefox) Offline Web Client (Chrome & Firefox)
Create one-time use email addresses that are active for a specific amount of time Attachment Search Attachment Search
Add/create a task from an email
Ability to share email folders (parents and children) individually with domain users
View an email’s text, raw content, and header
Support for nested folders
Ability to move, rename and delete email folders
Automatic and manual saving of Drafts
Warning for common mistakes prior to sending messages
Ability to use To address for replies
Choose Default From Address and Reply-To Email address
Plus Addressing to help organize newsletters, etc.
System, domain or user level folder auto-clean rules
Automatic forwarding to one or multiple email addresses
Catch-all alias
Ability to link files from cloud storage -- SmarterMail’s File Storage, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.
Send / receive from email and domain alias addresses
Centralize email accounts from different providers within a single interface (SMTP Accounts and Email Retrieval)
Support for Autoresponders, including the ability to set different autoresponders for internal users, contacts or domain, set date ranges, frequency, etc.
Robust Content Filtering rules
Contextual shortcut for adding / updating filters
Domain or user Trusted / Blocked Senders
System, domain or user level spam filtering actions (move to junk, delete, mark as spam, etc)
Create and use multiple signatures
Set Delete action (move to folder, etc.)
Set text encoding
Set message priority
Ability to sort and filter by common items like: read/unread, emails with attachments, messages linked to tasks, flagged messages, etc.
Forward multiple emails as attachments
Help against phishing – indications of Trusted Senders, full email address shown if not trusted
Ability to hide images from external website
Automatic blocking of harmful scripts present in messages
Contacts / Address Books Grid view or card view Personal Distribution Lists Personal Distribution Lists
Import/Export VCard or CSV Global Address Lists (GAL) Global Address Lists (GAL)
Categorize contacts from primary and secondary folders MS Exchange Interoperability MS Exchange Interoperability
Multiple phone numbers and email addresses
Global Address List (ability to allow users to opt out)
Ability to show aliases and mailing lists in GAL
Multiple folder support
Ability to view personal and shared contacts concurrently or separately
Ability to share primary and secondary contact folders with domain users
Set a primary or secondary contact folder as default
Shortcut to add a contact from Email view
Shortcut to email a contact (or group of contacts) from Contacts view
Shortcut to send one or more contacts’ VCards via email
Supports contact properties from popular clients like Microsoft Outlook and Apple Contacts
Support for Apple’s contact groups (client-side only)
Complete synchronization with desktop and mobile clients
Group chat XMPP support for syncing to desktop and mobile clients (Adium, Digsby, IM+, etc.) Zimbra Mobile (ActiveSync) Zimbra Mobile (ActiveSync)
Domain chat search POP & IMAP Email for Smartphones POP & IMAP Email for Smartphones
Archiving for HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley compliance CardDAV Contacts & CalDAV Calendar CardDAV Contacts & CalDAV Calendar
Audio and video chat
File sharing with previews
Offline messaging within the webmail client
Ability to use aliases as rooms
User availability (online, offline, away)
Download chat history
Ability to enable/disable per domain or per user
All communciation is kept within your server / domain
Can eliminate the need for third-party products/services like #Slack
Team workspace Audio and video support for up to 8 individual users 1-to-1 Chat 1-to-1 Chat
Password protected Workspaces Buddy List Management Buddy List Management
Guest access Emoji’s Emoji’s
Text chat for unlimited users Chat History Chat History
File sharing/storage by Workspace (Separated from standard File Storage) Presence Management Presence Management
Ability to restrict file sharing permissions to organizer, domain users or everyone Group Chat PAID PAID Group Chat
Shareable links to a Workspace to allow for participation of users outside your domain 1-to-1 & Group Video Calls PAID PAID 1-to-1 & Group Video Calls
Can be used in conjunction with Calendar appointments/invites Screen Sharing PAID PAID Screen Sharing
Ability to set video quality File Sharing PAID PAID File Sharing
Input/output device management Message Delivery & Read Awareness PAID PAID Message Delivery & Read Awareness
Ability to see previous workspaces -- live chat, shared files, etc. Corporate Messaging (Spaces and Channels) PAID PAID Corporate Messaging (Spaces and Channels)
All communciation is kept within your server / domain
Can eliminate the need for third-party conferencing products/services like GoToMeeting or Zoom
File Storage Share links to files versus adding attachments -- eliminates sending/file size limits Sharing & Delegation Sharing & Delegation
Blacklist certain file types/extensions Briefcase Briefcase
Previews available for certain file types -- icons for PDFs, etc. Zimbra Docs Zimbra Docs
Multiple folder support Zimbra Drive Zimbra Drive
Workspace and Group Chat files stored separately
Ability to password protect shared links
Ability to set time limit for link/download availability
Set public/private availability
Connect to third-party services such as Dropbox and OneDrive (including the ability to connect using School/Work Account)
Administration Domain Administration / System Administration as separate roles Web Administration Console Web Administration Console
Multiple System Administrator accounts Command Line Interface (CLI) Command Line Interface (CLI)
Exhaustive Domain settings management Integrated Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus Integrated Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus
Ability to set System Administrator permission levels Postscreen MTA Security Postscreen MTA Security
Extensive Protocol and Process logging SSL SNI SSL SNI
Ability to set log levels (detailed, normal, exceptions only) Real-time Backup and Restore Real-time Backup and Restore
Set log file path to store logs on a separate drive/path Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)
Set automatic deletion of logs to help conserve disk space Volume Compression Volume Compression
Set up log compression after X days to help conserve disk space Volume Deduplication Volume Deduplication
Custom logging available for specific, SmarterTools-led troubleshooting Volume Management Tools Volume Management Tools
Mark a domain as hosted externally S3 Object Storage Support S3 Object Storage Support
Create Domain and User Defaults with propagation of either SAML Single Sign On SAML Single Sign On
Remote wipe of mobile devices (requires EAS add-on) LDAP and MS Active Directory Support LDAP and MS Active Directory Support
Failover functionality Multi-Domain Support Multi-Domain Support
Administration from a Web browser Domain Limitations (Users / COS / Quota) Domain Limitations (Users / COS / Quota)
Users can be limited to specific protocols (e.g., IMAP, POP, SMTP) Delegated Administration Delegated Administration
Mass messaging to some or all users and domain administrators Monthly Activity Reports Monthly Activity Reports
Prioritize SMTP based on message type, domain or user Delegated Audit Log Browser Delegated Audit Log Browser
Spool functionality that allows third-party integration Per Domain White Label Web Client Branding Per Domain White Label Web Client Branding
Configurable outbound SMTP IP addresses
Complete Spool management and reporting (messages delivered, local vs. remote, top senders, etc.)
Complete message management (individual or multiple) for things like resetting retries, forcing delivery, moving and deletion of messages, all while they're in the Spool.
Access to Spam Quarantine, Virus Quarantine
View Throttled Users and/or Domains
View User Activity such as active/inactive users, duration, IP used to log in to webmail, protocol usage, etc.
User connection management by protocol
Multiple spools (smart spooling)
Manage current IDS blocks
Immediate blacklisting of connections and sessions
Powerful User impersonation
Configurable user password strength requirements
Configurable user settings by domain
Configurable and manageable bindings by IP and Port
Delivery limits, sender priority, reserved domains
Configurable and manageable system messages
Diagnostic tool for version checks, system locale settings, folder permissions, connectivity and product checks
Password compliance reporting and enforcement
System-wide folder auto-clean to enforce user quotas
Domain-wide and system-wide footers
Configurable and manageable Indexing
Ability to import users via LDAP or CSV
Ability to set Spool up on a separate drive, apart from Domain and User files/folders and program files
Domain list/dashboard that displays domain status plus the number of Users, Aliases, Mailing Lists, EAS users and MAPI / EWS users compared to limits, and overall disk usage
Ability to set domain/user status: enabled/disabled, ability to still accept mail when disabled, etc.
Service status (e.g., IMAP, Indexing, SMTP, etc.)
Indexing and Migration status
Ability to block certain File Extensions for attachments
Antispam Measures Configurable and manageable options, including content filter bounces, max message size to scan, enabling SRS when forwarding, etc.
Support for Message Sniffer add-on
Support for Cyren Premium Antispam add-on
Incoming and outbound spam checking
Message retrieval via POP and IMAP (outgoing messages only)
Spam checking on POP3 message retrieval
Outgoing spammer detection and limiting
SpamAssassin-based Pattern Matching Engine
Support for distributed SpamAssassin servers (Linux or Windows)
SPF record checking
DKIM support
DMARC support
RBL/URIBL listing detection
Ability to add and weigh custom RBLs/URIBLs
Reverse DNS checking
Greylisting (based on IP, sender location, spam weight, etc.)
Configurable spam weights for system, domain and users
Configurable spam headers
Configurable and manageable Greylist options
Trusted senders
Require SMTP authentication for outgoing messages
Support for Declude
Allow Domain Administrators to override Actions
IP Bypassing for spam checks and/or greylisting
Greylist Filtering for excluding greylisting based on IP
SMTP Blocking
System-level Trusted Senders (domains and/or email addresses)
Compatible with third-party antispam solutions, services and appliances
Security/Attack Prevention Incoming and outgoing TLS Custom Retention Policies Smart Card & Common Access Card
2-Step Authentication, including support for email recovery or authentication clients (e.g. Microsoft or Google Authenticator) Litigation Hold S/MIME Digital Signatures & Encryption
Incoming and outgoing SSL Archiving & Discovery Two-Factor Authentication
Active Directory Authentication Smart Card & Common Access Card High Fidelity Document Preview
Optional alternate SMTP port S/MIME Digital Signatures & Encryption Classification Tags
SMTP authentication by domain Two-Factor Authentication
Restrict administrator access via IP High Fidelity Document Preview
Brute force detection for Webmail Classification Tags
Manual and automatic IP whitelisting/blacklisting Shared Items Sync on Zimbra Mobile
Automatic harvest attack prevention ActiveSync Allow/Block/Quarantine (ABQ)
Automatic denial of service prevention ActiveSync Mobile Device Policy Management
Malicious script filtering in webmail
Throttle user and domain activity
Throttle incoming bounces to prevent saturation
Domain or user-based throttling
Reporting Summary and trend reports available for System Administrators, Domain Administrators and users
Real-time performance Dashboard (service status, CPU usage, Memory usage, etc.)
Server Health reports/dashboard (average cpu/memory usage, drive statistics)
Security Dashboard (blacklist/whitelist connections, Zero-Hour outbreak info, ClamAV info, IDS violations, etc.)
Antispam Dashboard (Inbound spam level counts, Cyren/MessageSniffer/SpamAssassin numbers, greylisted connections, etc.)
Advanced summary/trend reports for System and Domain Administrators
(connections, traffic, spam, virus, etc.)
Domain Admininstrators and Users have Overviews/Dashboards that offer a high-level snapshot of data that's detailed in individual report
Data drill down for summary reports
Reporting statistics exposed as PerfMon counters
Export report data to CSV
Message Archiving Enable message archiving for individual domains or all domains on the server
Set Archiving rules per Archive (all messages, inbound/outbound only)
Archive path can be on a separate or networked drive
Archive can be backed up separately or have custom backup rules
Search by domain, date range, sender/recipients or subject
Messages .ZIP compressed to help conserve disk space
Search, view and download (the original .eml files) archived messages
Messages stored in original .EML format
Restore messages to individual account/folder
Eliminates the need for third-party archiving products/services
Mail Server Protocols Microsoft Exchance ActiveSync (EAS) (Optional add-on) Outlook for Windows (MAPI) -
Microsoft MAPI/Exchange Web Services (EWS) (Optional add-on) Outlook for Mac (EWS) PAID PAID Outlook for Mac (EWS)
SMTP POP and IMAP Email POP and IMAP Email
IMAP and IMAP IDLE CardDAV, iCal and CalDAV Clients CardDAV, iCal and CalDAV Clients
POP3
LDAP
CalDAV
CardDAV
XMPP
Migration and Converters Built-in mailbox migration for email, calendars, contacts and tasks from a variety of mail providers including Exchange, Office365 and more
Mail server converters for a variety of competitive products: Ipswitch iMail, Icewarp, MailEnable, and Mailmax
Automation (Web Services/SOAP) SmarterMail is 100% API-driven meaning virtually every feature and function within all areas of SmarterMail is availble for integration/automation by third-party developers
Pre-built, open source integrations/modules for several popular control panels such as Plesk and WHMCS