What is SmarterMail: SmarterMail 7.x Mail Server is a cost effective solution to Microsoft Exchange in the battlefield of messaging servers. It is fairly easy to setup and use, as opposed to MS Exchange that requires expert management.
This innovative piece of software features a brand new synchronization center, which will help the users with other applications to synchronize with the mail server, and look at various protocols as well as currently active connection requests.
This innovative piece of software features a brand new synchronization center, which will help the users with other applications to synchronize with the mail server, and look at various protocols as well as currently active connection requests.
Salient Features of SmarterMail 7.x Mail Server
Here are some of the salient features of new improved SmarterMail 7.x Mail Server -
What's more, folks will get to store files that are too large to be transferred via email on the server directly, and they'll be able to access/share it through a public link.
- New webmail interface
- Support to Microsoft ActiveSync for mobile devices
- Better searching
- Mailbox migration provision
- Follow-up flagging
- Improved File storage
- Synchronization center
- Microsoft Silverlight for reporting
- Linking tasks, and
- Enhanced contacts
What's more, folks will get to store files that are too large to be transferred via email on the server directly, and they'll be able to access/share it through a public link.
Test Results
To get a feel of the capabilities of SmarterMail 7.x Mail Server, I tried to test the free version by setting up 10 accounts.
As expected, loads of spam mails arrived in inbox, but to my surprise when I tweaked with the built-in anti-spam features, I saw most of the spam messages getting blocked. When I tried sending legitimate test mails from Rocket mail, Gmail, and AOL, they arrived pretty fast despite the flurry of SPAM messages coming in.
Now let's take a look at the pros and cons of SmartterMail server.
• Greater access to messaging settings
• Pricing advantage over MS Exchange, and other enterprise solutions like MailEnable
• Fails to match standards of MS Exchange (though you can’t expect it to do so at $1400)
As expected, loads of spam mails arrived in inbox, but to my surprise when I tweaked with the built-in anti-spam features, I saw most of the spam messages getting blocked. When I tried sending legitimate test mails from Rocket mail, Gmail, and AOL, they arrived pretty fast despite the flurry of SPAM messages coming in.
Now let's take a look at the pros and cons of SmartterMail server.
Pros
• Ease of setup and management• Greater access to messaging settings
• Pricing advantage over MS Exchange, and other enterprise solutions like MailEnable
Cons
• Some settings are not clearly explained in documentation.• Fails to match standards of MS Exchange (though you can’t expect it to do so at $1400)
The Bottom-Line
On the whole, it looks good enough to match the capabilities of smaller players such as Kerio's MailServer, MailEnable, Ipswitch's Imail, and the likes of them. At $1400, it’s a fantastic alternative to MS Exchange, especially if you’ve got a small corporate to run under low budget.
Here's a quick link to download free trial version of SmarterMail 7.x (7.3.3952)
Note: The set-up file is about 25MB so you may require a good internet connection to download it; people with slow internet connection may have to wait for several minutes for download to complete.
On the whole, it's a fantastic freeware email server for the small businesses, and webmasters who can't afford to invest on an email server.
Pricing
The enterprise version of SmarterMail 7.x Mail Server costs only $1,399 with an unlimited number of mailboxes, which is just about one-third of Exchange 2007 Enterprise priced around the $4000 mark.Try Free Version
The good news for small businesses is that one can try out the free version offered by SmarterTools with 10 mailboxes to save cost of setting their own email servers.Here's a quick link to download free trial version of SmarterMail 7.x (7.3.3952)
Note: The set-up file is about 25MB so you may require a good internet connection to download it; people with slow internet connection may have to wait for several minutes for download to complete.
On the whole, it's a fantastic freeware email server for the small businesses, and webmasters who can't afford to invest on an email server.
