MDaemon explained

MDaemon Email Server
Developer:MDaemon Technologies, formerly Alt-N Technologies
Latest Release Version:24.0.2
Operating System:Microsoft Windows
Platform:x86/x64
Language:English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Genre:Collaborative software
License:Trialware
Website:www.mdaemon.com

MDaemon Email Server is an email server application with groupware functions for Microsoft Windows,[1] [2] first released by Alt-N Technologies in 1996.[3] [4]

Features

MDaemon supports multiple client-side protocols, including IMAP, POP3, SMTP/MSA, webmail, CalDAV, CardDAV, and optionally ActiveSync for mobile clients and Outlook, and its Connector for Outlook add-on.

MDaemon's features include a built-in spam filter with Heuristic and Bayesian analysis, SSL and TLS encryption, client-side and server-side email and attachment encryption, public and shared folder support, mailing list, and support for sharing of groupware data (calendar, contacts, tasks & notes).[5] [6] [7] It is also the basis for MDaemon Tech's Security Gateway for Email Servers.

According to SecuritySpace.com's Mail (MX) Server Survey, MDaemon at its peak provided approximately 2.5% of all known Internet mail servers, the sixth largest installation base from all identified servers.[8]

Ransomware Attack

On October 17, 2022, MDaemon Technologies published on their website customer alert[9] that MDaemon Technologies was the victim of a ransomware cyberattack on Sunday, October 16, 2022. The attack impacted the company's IT systems and website but product itself remained unaffected.[10] [11] [12] As a result, AV update service and license service were not available impacting some MDaemon customers as users reported on MDaemon Facebook page. The AV update and license server was restored on the October 19, 2022. The company was working with the authorities, assessing the impact and working to restore all the affected systems. Their primary goal was to minimize the impact on existing software users. MDaemon Technology employees have had to temporarily switch to manual operations and had to communicate by phone in the U.S. until the systems were up and running.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Kossel . Axel . July 1998 . Postboten und Alleskönner – EMail-Server für Windows NT . German . C't Magazin . 1998 . 7.
  2. News: 简评 MDaemon Server v9.52 . 11 July 2018 . www.5dmail.net.
  3. News: Переход с MDaemon на Exchange Server 2003/2007 (Часть 1) . 11 July 2018 . www.oszone.net.
  4. News: Alt-N No Longer a Subsidiary of RIM but MDaemon BES . 11 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150407154202/http://www.berryreview.com/2012/02/09/alt-n-no-longer-a-subsidiary-of-rim-but-mdaemon-bes-support-to-continue/ . 7 April 2015.
  5. Web site: MDaemon Pro: Still a Mail Server That Professionals Can Rely On . ServerWatch . 2002-12-18 . 2018-07-23.
  6. Web site: Review: ALT-N MDaemon Messaging Server 15 . winmag pro . 2015-09-12 . 2018-07-23.
  7. Web site: MDaemon Pro Mail Server 9.5.6 . PC&Tech Authority . 2007-06-28 . 2018-07-23.
  8. Web site: Mail (MX) Server Survey . SecuritySpace.com . 2008-11-01 . 2022-05-15.
  9. Web site: MDaemon Technologies (AltN) has become a victim of a cyber attack (Ransomware) . Born's Tech and Windows World . 2022-10-19 . 2022-10-19.
  10. Web site: Wyro . Brad . 2023 End of Year Wrap-up . 2024-08-19 . blog.mdaemon.com . en.
  11. Web site: Layered email threat protection for MDaemon® Email Server . 2024-08-19 . MDaemon Technologies, Ltd..
  12. Web site: 2022-10-25 . MDaemon / ALTN Ransomware Attack . 2024-08-19 . Spiceworks Community . en.
  13. Web site: MDaemon / ALTN Ransomware Attack spiceworks.com . Mr. Brad representative for MDaemon Technologies . 2022-10-26 . 2022-10-26.