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Axigen 9.x

How to Access Axigen's Domain Contacts Using Mozilla Thunderbird Using the Sync Kolab Add-on

Sep 7, 2015  •  2 min. read

This article describes how to access Axigen's Domain Contacts using Mozilla Thunderbird and the Sync Kolab add-on.

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How to Mount the Axigen Storage in a Virtual File System on a Windows Platform

Jan 16, 2010  •  2 min. read

How to make the Axigen storage available for read (backup) and write (restore) operations as a part in a file-system of the machine Axigen is running on.

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Axigen 8.x

Ajax WebMail 8.X Security Patch (CVE-2015-5379)

Jul 6, 2015  •  2 min. read

Axigen's WebMail Ajax interface implements a view attachment function that executes the javascript code which is included in email HTML attachments.


This allows a malicious user to craft email messages that could expose an Axigen Ajax WebMail user to cross site scripting or other attacks that rely on arbitrary javascript code running within a trusted domain.


Axigen versions starting with 9.0 address this issue by limiting the attachment types for which the in-browser preview is available.


For Axigen 8.x versions, we strongly recommend you to download & apply the patch below.

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How to Configure and Integrate Axigen and MIMEDefang to Block Attachments by File Extension

Jul 6, 2014  •  4 min. read

MIMEDefang includes in the default configuration a filter that rejects email attachments by file extension. This article describes how to integrate Axigen with MIMEDefang with the purpose to block such email attachments.

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How to Convert Mail Attachments Received in TNEF Format

Mar 20, 2014  •  8 min. read

Email messages sent with Microsoft Outlook sometimes use the Rich Text format, or TNEF format. Such messages, when read using other email clients, contain a single attachment named winmail.dat, and any files that the sender may have attached to the message cannot be opened. This article describes how to integrate Axigen with MIMEDefang with the purpose to convert such attachments to a readable format.

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How to Migrate from Atmail to Axigen

Jul 17, 2010  •  3 min. read

This article describes two methods of migrating users from Atmail to Axigen: automatic and manual migration.

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How to Generate a CSR File

Feb 26, 2010  •  2 min. read

This article shows you how to generate and export the CSR (Certificate Signing Request) file needed for purchasing a signed certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA).

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Delete Messages from the Queue Matching a Pattern

Apr 30, 2009  •  3 min. read

This article describes the method to delete all messages from the Axigen queue matching a pattern.

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How to Set the Greeting Banners for the Axigen Services

Feb 12, 2009  •  3 min. read

This articles details on how to set specific banners for the SMTP/IMAP/POP3/IMAP Proxy/POP3 Proxy services.

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Understanding Spam Thresholds in Axigen

Sep 5, 2008  •  2 min. read

This article provides a brief description of the Spam Thresholds.

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Axigen 7.x - 8.x

How to Set the Maximum Log Level for the WebAdmin Service

Jul 10, 2013  •  1 min. read

This article explains the steps necessary to set the maximum log level for the WebAdmin service.

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Integrating MailArchiva with Axigen via MILTER

Dec 22, 2010  •  2 min. read

This article presents the steps that allow you to achieve message archiving using the MailArchiva solution with Axigen Mail Server via MILTER.

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