Articles and white papers

Combating the Increasing Cost of Email

The white paper explains how implementing the AXIGEN Mail Server can help businesses significantly reduce the costs of their email communication while continuing to provide users with a best-in-class messaging and collaboration solution. Overall costs, server security, collaboration features and ease of administration are just a few of the criteria of the analysis.

Integrating the AXIGEN Mail Server with Mailarchiva

This white paper describes the integration of the AXIGEN Mail Server with the Mailarchiva archiving solution. It explains the benefits of the integration, how it pro-actively addresses the issues arising for businesses of all sizes that work towards complying with IT Governance standards and concepts, as well as the step-by-step integration procedure.

AXIGEN Comparative Benchmarks

The article analyzes the results of independent tests performed by PC Magazine Romania comparing the AXIGEN Mail Server against two open source alternatives, Sendmail (with Dovecot) and Postfix (with Cyrus).

Smart Work Flow Powered by Delegated Administration

The article outlines the benefits of using a mail server with delegated administration features for ISPs and large companies. Such features allow the prevention of human errors, a faster update time and a better management of available hardware resources

Insourcing the E-mail Service

The article reviews the benefits of hosting your own e-mail server, as compared to using an outsourced e-mail service. It also describes the main steps to install and configure such an in-house e-mail messaging system, in terms of software and hardware requirements, as well as other aspects and tips one should take into account when deciding to insource the mail server.

How to Install a Demilitarized Zone for Your Servers

A guide to understanding the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) concept and the ways to implement it on a server. The article also includes useful tips on how to increase the security of such setups, with a special focus on the Linux/*NIX-type systems.

What to Do if You Are Blacklisted

A How-To addressed to those who have found themselves in the situation of being blacklisted. The article presents both general data about blacklists, as well as useful and more detailed recommendations about getting removed from such blacklists.

How to Avoid Being Blacklisted

The article describes what blacklists are and some of the most effective ways to prevent being blacklisted. All in a simple, step-by-step procedure.

Deploy the AXIGEN Outlook Connector via Active Directory

The article presents the steps needed to deploy the AXIGEN Outlook Connector on a set of machines for which the user does not have local admin rights, therefore focusing on the process to deploy onto the computers via the Computer Configuration GPO (Group Policy Object) settings.

Introduction to Antispam Practices

The article focuses on how to prevent the growing losses caused by unsolicited email messages. It presents the most widely used spam preventions methods, such as host control solutions and Antispam application, while pointing out the important part played by user education.

How to Configure OpenLDAP for the AXIGEN Mail Server

This how-to article overviews LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and its main advantages when used alongside your existing mail server. The example chosen to further explain benefits of such an implementation is of an OpenLDAP server configured for the AXIGEN Mail Server on a Debian 3.1 Linux distribution.

AXIGEN Efficiently Fights Viruses and Spam

The White Paper describes 8 different ways AXIGEN Mail Server system administrators can choose and combine in their fight against viruses, spam and other current threats. DomainKeys, a wide range of Antivirus and Antispam applications, Routing Policies, these are a few of the protective tools AXIGEN has to offer. To find out more about them and about alternative methods to ensure a full proof security, feel free to read further into the article.

Integrating SquirrelMail with AXIGEN

The article offers system administrators the information they need in order to decide which webmail interface to use, SquirrelMail or AXIGEN WebMail. For those who decide to use SquirrelMail or both, this document also explains the steps needed to be taken in order to integrate SquirrelMail with the AXIGEN Mail Server.

Shall we contact tech support?

Do we need technical support? And if we do, when exactly do we need it and which is the most appropriate support channel? The article describes the situations one might run into, the available choices when it comes to getting technical assistance and a few tips for improving communication in such situations.

Integrating the AXIGEN Messaging Solution with Amavis

The article describes the steps to follow when integrating the AXIGEN Mail Server with Amavis, thus benefiting from the protection of 12 antivirus applications: KAV for Mail Servers, BitDefender, Sophos, F-Prot, DrWeb, Symantec, F-Secure, Avast, eTrust, Norman, Panda and McAfee. Only the procedures for the tested AXIGEN/Amavis/AV applications are described in detail.

Protecting the AXIGEN Messaging Solution with TrendMicro

A detailed guide explaining how to integrate the AXIGEN Mail Server with TrendMicro's IMSS. The article presents the procedure requirements, the installation steps for the applications, their interconnection and the needed behavior configurations. It also presents the caveats users should keep in mind during the integration procedure.

Protecting the AXIGEN Messaging Solution with NOD32

A step by step procedure explaining how to integrate the AXIGEN Mail Server with NOD32. The article presents the requirements of this procedure, the installation steps for the applications, their interconnection and the needed behavior configurations. It also presents the caveats users should keep in mind during the integration procedure.

SIEVE Language for Mail Filtering

A quick guide to understanding the SIEVE language that helps you implement it in your mail filtering system. The article describes an extremely flexible filtering methodology that broadens the filtering options generally provided by mail servers or Anti-spam/Antivirus applications.

How to Build an Effective Mail Server Defense

This article aims at identifying and explaining all security layers to be considered when choosing a certain mail server and consequently when configuring and using it. It presents a a multi-stage approach for your mail server securing procedure, each stage addressing a relevant security: connection-related layer, protocol security, email control parameters, and the configuration and management layer.

Easy IMAP Migration Procedure from Third Party Applications to AXIGEN Mail Server

A step by step guide to the AXIGEN Mail Server completely automated process of domain/account migration from other MTAs. This process is performed after changing your previous messaging solution (commercial or Open Source) with AXIGEN. The article guides you through the migration procedure available via WebAdmin, AXIGEN's web-based configuration.

How to install AXIGEN with Antivirus and Anti-spam protection

A quick installation and configuration guide proving that an integrated service mail server such as AXIGEN can be set up in a matter of minutes. The article also offers a step by step procedure to integrate AXIGEN with Antivirus and Anti-spam open source applications, mainly ClamAV and SpamAssasin.