This page outlines common uses for SmarterMail in real-world environments. Many of these configurations can be deployed in your network for little or no cost, and can greatly improve the stability of your existing infrastructure. This is especially true if you use another mail server product that is having a hard time keeping up with your current load. By adding SmarterMail in one of the roles below, you can increase the stability and longevity of your email system.

This unique method of architecture customization allows you to organize SmarterMail servers to meet your needs.

Primary Mail Server

Use SmarterMail as your primary mail server in order to provide your customers with an unmatched email service. Provide industry standard connection methods, like POP3, SMTP, and IMAP4. Allow your users to view their email online in the language of their choice by taking advantage of SmarterMail's international design. For more information on setting up small business deployments, refer to the white paper:

Incoming Gateway Server / Pre-Scanner

Reduce load on your primary mail server and protect your internal network by installing SmarterMail on another server that can be used exclusively for receiving and pre-scanning incoming email. This server can have any number of third-party components installed, such as Trend Micro ServerProtect for virus scanning, or Declude for spam prevention. The server receives the email, passes it through the scanning processes, and forwards the email on to the primary server.

Outgoing Gateway Server / Spooler

In high-volume scenarios, dedicate a server to spooling outgoing messages. This will significantly reduce the load on your primary mail servers, and will allow you to quickly recover in the case one of your IP addresses is blacklisted by an external email provider.

Architecture Recommendations

SmarterMail is capable of handling both businesses large and small. Listed below are links to help you setup SmarterMail according to your business size. If you have any questions please feel free to contact our sales department.

• SmarterMail 5.x Architecture Deployment documents will be available soon.
• For immediate assistance, contact us at: sales@smartertools.com.

Backup MX Server

In the case that your primary mail server goes down, ensure that your users will continue to receive incoming email by setting up a backup MX server. When the primary mail server cannot be contacted, email servers on the web will attempt delivery to the backup MX server. When the primary server comes back online, the backup MX server will deliver all held email.

Any combination of the above

SmarterMail's unique configuration system allows you to set up a server to act as multiple roles at once. Set up a single server to be Incoming and Outgoing Gateways in order to improve the flow of traffic through your network without large cost increases. Or setup two mail servers to be Backup MX Servers for each other. If one server is down for maintenance, the other will receive and properly route the email.