SmarterMail 5.x introduces the entirely new STInterfaceFramework, a fully skinnable Web interface with Drag and Drop, right mouse click support, and optimized AJAX controls bringing desktop application performance to the Web.

SmarterMail 5.x delivers up to 99% spam protection out-of-the-box. SmarterMail 5.x antispam features now allow users to customize the level of protection with flexible configurations on multiple antispam processes.

New calendar views, an enhanced reminder system, and availability views have been added to the calendaring functions.

SmarterMail 5.x gives System Administrators the opportunity to send mass emails and reminders to selected groups alerting them of upcoming changes or news.

SmarterMail 5.x is one of the first Mail Servers designed to be Event-driven. There are now a virtually infinite number of Event configurations that can be created and used to provide notifications and—more importantly—cause specific pre-defined actions to be implemented. There is almost no end to the number and types of Events that can be defined.

Reminders and Notifications now have distinctive pop-up displays, available audible chimes, and effective management features.

Individual users can be informed via SMS text message or email to any address when a specific email arrives in their mailbox, an appointment reminder has occurred, their mailbox is getting full, and much more.

SmarterMail 5.x introduces the new STReportingFramework which uses real-time mail server statistics, historical summary reporting, and detailed trend analysis to create one of the most flexible and robust reporting capabilities on the market.

Throttling has been added to allow system administrators to limit the number of messages, amount of bandwidth, and/or the number of bounced messages that will be allowed to or from a domain, user, or mailing list in a given amount of time to prevent system abuse. Actions can be automated based upon the throttling parameters to prevent abuse in real-time.

Composing and sending a message is easier and more efficient with multiple composition pop-ups, background uploading of attachments, additional editing and formatting options, and much more.

The new SmarterMail 5.x interface adds a new Security Section to support the existing security features and add even more protections. With the introduction of these new features, the security scheme will often be referred to as the "DETECT, PREVENT, and LIMIT" foundation.

SmarterMail 5.x adds numerous general performance enhancements, interface advances, and changes to default settings to help users and administrators use SmarterMail more effectively.

SmarterMail Enterprise Edition now includes SmarterMail Sync for SmartPhones running Windows Mobile 5 operating system. Synchronize all your contacts, appointments, and tasks via your SmartPhone. SmarterMail Sync for SmartPhones is located within the SmarterMail interface under the Settings menu.

This feature is an extension of the IMAP protocol that allows SmarterMail to send status updates in real-time. This grants users the ability to maintain a connection with the mail server via any client that supports IMAP IDLE (e.g. Outlook, Thunderbird, third-party appilcations that support mobile devices), in turn, instantly informing them of any changes or updates.

SmarterMail 4.x offers SSL and TLS connections for all protocols. This feature allows SmarterMail to accept incomming SMTP, POP3, or IMAP sessions.

System Administrators can require minimum password strengths for all users, which can help increase the security of your box(es). Letter casing, numbers, symbols, and length are all fully customizable.

SmarterMail 4.x enhances the performance of all back-end services, web interface code, and supports Microsoft .Net 2.0. This better performance and more efficient server operation.

Greylisting, SpamAssassin, and additional spam checks on incoming mail have been added to the existing anti-spam measures of previous versions at no additional charge.

SmarterMail 4.x includes ClamAV right out of the box for superior, open-source virus protection.

Avoid blacklisting of your domains. Use the new SmarterMail 4.x outgoing spam checks protect your network from abuse.

SmarterMail 4.x adds new administrative and email reports and features; including a Web-based dashboard displaying real-time server performance.

Using SmarterMail gateways (available with the Enterprise Edition) allows for enhanced load balancing features. Version 4.x also adds round-robin distribution to 3rd-party gateways.

New smart gateways allow mail servers to send through the entire array of outbound gateway servers to better balance loads.

Every message in your SmarterMail inbox will now have a corresponding status icon. These icons will inform the user of what actions have been taken for each individual email. The types of status icons include: read, unread, forwarded, and replied.

The Webmail and System Administrator interfaces have been re-designed with a renewed focus on reduced load speed and better usability. New features like a preview pane, lower-bandwidth component controls, custom skins, and an intuitive Today page.

Version 4.x includes the new release of SmarterMail Sync for Outlook ^TM. Now synchronize shared calendars, contacts, tasks, and now notes; including optional automatic synchronization on startup and exit of Outlook ^TM(Enterprise Edition only).

Allow users to grab email from external POP accounts and pull them into SmarterMail accounts.

SmarterMail 4.x adds numerous general performance enhancements and changes to default settings to help System Administrators use SmarterMail more effectively and get it set up quickly.

SmartMail 3.x adds category support for calendars, contacts, tasks, and events. Calendaring gets "Invite" functions and event notification. The Enterprise Edition also lets users create User Groups and assign access to shared resources to streamline collaboration.

SmarterMail Sync support allows easy synchronization with Microsoft Outlook.

Never miss another headline with the new RSS, RDF, and ATOM news feed reader added to the webmail interface.

LDAP support allows SmarterMail to utilize a new Global Address List (GAL) and integrates with Microsoft Outlook in the Enterprise Edition. Active Directory Authentication is available in all versions.

Time Zones can be set on a domain and/or user basis.

Message archiving at the system and/or domain level (Enterprise Edition Only) and is an important tool for company compliance and accountability (Sarbanes-Oxley, etc.).

Modern AJAX message listing and folder list updating within the webmail interface; including a “hover” preview option.

Users can now automatically filter and sort incoming mail using Plus Addresses.

SmarterMail 3.x adds the ability to run spam checks at the SMTP level, has the global option to skip spam checks for whitelisted domains, includes enhanced content filtering, incorporates maximum hop detection, and has the ability to add multiple denial of service detection rules (per protocol) for flexibility.

SmarterMail 3.x adds a new propagation utility page to automatically set all domains with administrator-chosen default settings.

SmarterMail 3.x adds numerous general performance enhancements and changes to help SmarterMail run more effectively including support for HTML auto-responder messages, sidebar update notifications, new administrative policy options, and more.

See the release notes for even more added features and updates.

SmarterMail 2.x adds intuitive spam filtering, advanced content filtering on the user and domain level, SPF filters, and new Bayesian filter support.

Includes an updated interface with full HTML/Plain text modes, auto-cleaning of Junk and Deleted folders, and multi-language functionality with spell-checking.

Additional Statistics added to monitor server performance, live server diagnostics in the sidebar, automatic update notification service, SmartHosting, domain forwarding, and more.

User-level control in My Settings menu for additional encoding types.

See the release notes for even more added features and updates.