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MdDeamon - Features 3

MDaemon AntiVirus
Viruses cause billions of pounds of damage each year through downtime, lost productivity and recovery efforts. MDaemon AntiVirus is a complete virus checker with automated update capabilities for its scanning engine and virus signature files. When coupled with other preventative measures, MDaemon AntiVirus can reduce or, possibly, eliminate the encroachment of viruses into your office. It can also prevent the accidental sending of viruses from your business to other people. In addition to signature files, MDaemon AntiVirus uses heuristic detection methods, which examine emails and attachments for “virus-like” characteristics. MDaemon AntiVirus is a plug-in that runs as an independent service for Alt-N’s MDaemon email server.

Setting Up Email Catalogues
The catalogue is an often overlooked yet extremely useful tool for distributing documents and files. Catalogs are quick, structured and more secure than FTP or HTTP servers. They can contain any type of file from pictures and documents, to application programs and scripts. E-catalogs have the added benefit of being easy to change, so the content can be current to the moment. MDaemon contains tools for creating, editing and deleting catalogs. They are easy for beginners and powerful for more advanced administrators.

Using ODBC with MDaemon 6.5
While maintaining user account records on MDaemon is easy, it can be redundant. Redundancy possibly occurs if your enterprise also keeps computerised information about employees or email customers, for example. Redundant record keeping wastes time and adds the risk of information being inconsistent among various data sources. MDaemon 6.5 addresses this problem by allowing account records to be maintained in any database with an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface. MDaemon 6.5 also has the ability to access mailing list records through an ODBC connection.