Smartermail 4.2 they made big changes in the threading model and changed the core to allow the webmail to run on another server. I have it in our testing lab right now and it looks promising.
Smartergate - Vote yes. John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:imgate- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar K. > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMGate] Re: Imail POP3 brute force attack > > Indeed... > > One thing to note, which came as a surprise to me since it seemed > smartermail had all the features I wanted and much more; scalability on > SM > is quite limited. You cant use a backend SQL server, no duplication, > and > you cant run web mail on a different machine. > > Their customer support said the maximum users on a box is 40k. They > say the > limitation is windows socket based. > > However, I see now that v 4.2 almost out and having implemented SSL on > many > of their protocols, I sensed that scalability/redundancy will be the > next > thing they would tackle for V5. > > I say we rename IMGate to SmarterGate : ) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:imgate- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John Dobbin > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMGate] Re: Imail POP3 brute force attack > > We ran Imail for years and finally had enough. After testing > Smartermail, > Mailenable, and Merak we purchased Smartermail and never looked back. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:imgate- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen Thompson > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:38 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [IMGate] Re: Imail POP3 brute force attack > > > > Just taken a look at their website. It DOES look very impressive and > > certainly much cheaper than iMail. > > > > Might give it a try. > > > > Allen T. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Omar K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:47 AM > > Subject: [IMGate] Re: Imail POP3 brute force attack > > > > > > > Highly recommend moving to SmarterMail. Not only they are a > > > better/cheaper > > > product, they have mechanisms to prevent and notify of such > attacks. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:imgate- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of NeoBlu > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:28 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [IMGate] Imail POP3 brute force attack > > > > > > Has anyone seen a brute force POP3 attack on their Imail in recent > > weeks? > > > We > > > have seen 2 in the last month. Each attack originates from a DSL IP > > > address. > > > Once from Mexico and this am from PacBell land, not that geographic > > > location > > > means anything. Only fix seems to be blocking the IP address at > > border. > > > Imail version is 8.05. Symptoms are open socket count skyrocketing > > and > > > normal POP3 calls failing for lack of sockets. > > > > > > Not keen on upgrading Imail due to webmail issues and other issues > > noted > > > on > > > Imail list. I have no desire to be a beta tester for IPSwitch. Been > > > thinking > > > of moving over to a *nix solution. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > -NB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > This message has been checked for all known viruses by the > > > MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service supplied by Aquatania Ltd. For > > further > > > information visit www.aquatania.co.uk > > > http://www.messagelabs.com/stats.asp > > > > > > > > > > >
