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Axigen Messaging

Axigen is an integrated email, calendaring & collaboration platform, masterfully built on unique mail server technologies, for increased speed & security:

Developed by AXIGEN Messaging, leading vendor in the messaging industry Designed to meet the communication needs of businesses of all sizes & Service Providers

One of the world’s top messaging platforms, offering: Business-class email (from Outlook, Thunderbird, WebMail etc) Groupware & collaboration (Calendars, Tasks, Notes, Outlook Connector) Synchronization with mobile devices (e.g. Nokia, iPhone, BlackBerry) Advanced security, effortless administration & server operations Optimized hardware usage (save up to 50%) Flexible licensing (pay for what you use, free accounts with every solution) Multi-platform architecture (available on 32-bit & 64-bit Windows & Linux OS)

About Axigen

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Axigen SecurityOverview

Axigen guarantees secure reception, transit & delivery of email & protection for your confidential data.

Our messaging platform comes with an extensive, customizable security toolset: Authentication / Encryption Multi-layer Access Control (firewall-like rules) SPF & DomainKeys Compliance Blacklisting / Whitelisting / Greylisting Country Filtering, DNS Checks & Blacklists Identity Confirmation System Message Acceptance / Sending Policies Anti-Impersonation & Password Expiration Policies

For extra email protection, Axigen can integrate with virtually any commercial security application.

Mail server securityAxigen Security Benefits & features

Complete Privacy Protection Encrypted communication on messaging & managing servicesGuarantee secure data transmission over the network & advanced privacy leveraging on Axigen’s communication protocols that include SSL/TLS (and START-TLS) encryption technologies. Advanced password managementRestrict users from setting simple passwords via password enforcement policies (minimum password length, required sets of characters etc.).

Smart Identity & Access ManagementAuthentication Multiple user-authentication mechanismsReduce the risk of unauthorized connections thanks to CRAM-MD5, LOGIN, PLAIN, DIGEST-MD5 & GSSAPI methods (in this order), available for client authentication. Certificate-based server authentication – using server SSL server certificates.

Built-in DK / DKIM signingAxigen has the DomainKeys & DomainKeys Identified Mail technologies built in, for increased overall reliability, enhanced performance of validating sender’s address or email’s integrity & faster creation of outbound signatures.

Mail server security

Axigen Security Benefits & features

Networking Access Control Multi-layer access control (firewall-like rules)To stop spammers & prevent DOS attacks, Axigen has a built-in Firewall at the application (TCP listener) level that allows you to control connectivity parameters. Country IP filteringBased on an IP-to-country database, you can block all emails coming from untrusted countries. Flow controlDefine flow control restrictions in addition to the access control rules, in order to prevent server & storage overload, as well as protect the server from DDos attacks.

HTTP redirects to secure ports – for WebMail & WebAdmin services.

Mailbox Access Control Anti-impersonationEnforce user authentication & prevent impersonation attempts from local accounts.

AuthorizationSet hierarchical access control of users/administrators to mailboxes & folders or to server’s resources, define reserved recipient names or temporary aliases.

Mail server securityAxigen Security Benefits & features

Highly-efficient Information Processing Peer-based Filtering SPF filtering Axigen implements a standard-based Sender Policy Framework verification module for sender validation.

DNS checks & DNSBLYou can validate sender IPs against a selected list of DNSBLs (DNS Blacklists) in order to block emails or skip this validation for custom defined IP Ranges.

Identity ConfirmationAxigen Identity Confirmation© is basically the implementation of a Challenge / Response-based anti-spam method & enables users to effectively block unwanted messages from reaching their inbox.

Blacklists & WhitelistsPermanently reject emails coming from untrusted senders / accept emails coming from trusted sources via blacklists / whitelists defined at server level & further refined by the users from the WebMail interface. GreylistingThis feature enables Axigen to automatically reject messages from unknown senders / IPs with a temporary error message, thus reducing the amount of spam received.

Mail server security

Axigen Security Benefits & features

Advanced Filtering Filtering of RPOP incoming messagesAll email messages retrieved from external accounts in the users’ mailboxes, via the RPOP service, are passing through Axigen's processing queue. Sieve-based filtering – applied by administrators on multiple levels (server-wide, domain-wide, on accounts in a class of accounts, or on a single account only), or by users on their accounts. Milter-based filtering – built-in support for calling an external Milter-compliant module.

Message acceptance policies & message relay control – performed by a built-in module.

Quarantine – for storing messages detected by an AntiVirus as suspicious or infected.

Message Routing PoliciesYou can assign different outbound IP addresses to each domain – blacklisted IPs will only affect the associated domain & not other domains operating on the same server.

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Axigen Security Benefits & features

Content Filtering AntiVirus filteringThe Axigen Advanced Filtering System allows the you to define a set of filters & priorities at server, domain or user level, offering unparalleled flexibility to setup company security policies.

AntiSpam filteringAfter applying the built-in anti-spam methods, the remaining traffic is further taken through a content filtering process & Bayesian filtering.

For extra email protection, you can extend Axigen's standard ClamAV & SpamAssassin defensive tools by integrating any of the available commercial Antivirus & AntiSpam apps. Integrating Axigen with security applications can be achieved through: – The Milter protocol (e.g. Kasperky, AVG, ClamAV, Symantec);– External filters – developed as external components of Axigen (e.g. Amavis, AVG, SpamAssassin);– Integrated filters – a dedicated integration protocol that brings significant benefits in terms of reliability, configuration & speed (e.g. the Axigen-Kaspersky solution);– HTTP protocol – a particular case for the integration with the Commtouch AntiSpam technology.

Extra Security3rd party AntiVirus / AntiSpam apps

Further more, get superior defense via Axigen’s extra security add-ons:

Embedded Kaspersky AntiVirus & Kaspersky AntiSpam Axigen offers premium, scalable defense against virus & spam threats, by leveraging on Kaspersky Lab's advanced malware detection engine.*Available for the Business Messaging & SP Messaging solutions.

Click here to read more about Axigen’s integration with Kaspersky.

Commtouch Real Time AntiSpam ProtectionTo prevent Spam outbreaks the minute they occur, Axigen integrates Commtouch's award winning online service as an additional AntiSpam layer.*Available for the Free Mail Server, Business Messaging & SP Messaging solutions.

AVG AntiVirus & AntiSpam ProtectionAxigen provides businesses with a higher level of protection against multiple malware threats thanks to AVG AntiVirus & AntiSpam.*Available for the Free Mail Server & Business Messaging solution.

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Extra Security Example of Axigen - Kaspersky integration architecture

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"Axigen's software is a comprehensive and scalable product that's well worth consideration by any organization looking to operate its own mail server."

"To its credit, Axigen added new features at a rapid pace this past year [...] Well-designed and easy to use, Axigen's latest Web mail offering delivers impressive out-of-the-box productivity for end users [...] Axigen Mail Server delivers a comprehensive, turnkey mail server in a DIY world."

"If you ask us which of the test candidates was out favorite, we would have to go for the Axigen Mail Server. [...] If you are looking for a good mail server with excellent WebMail support, you will be very happy with the Axigen Server."

Axigen in the press

"An innovative messaging solution [...] offering important premium features."

"A professional email server with Web interfaces for both administration and user mail."

"The Axigen Mail Server performance is outstanding. [...] the license model makes sense too and it’s affordable. The ROI model ends up being very compelling."

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Download a product kit & test Axigen for 30 days:http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/download/

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Test Axigen’s Web administration console – live demo:http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/demo/

Contact us: +40-21-303-2080international.sales@axigen.comhttp://www.axigen.com/about-us/contact/