HostPapers - article SmarterMail 5.x for Windows Mail Server, Released

Phoenix, Arizona - (Website Hosting Directory) - March 28, 2008 - SmarterMail 5.x, developer of email, web log analytics, and help desk applications, SmarterTools Inc., has developed and released its solution with hundreds of new features and enhancements.

The new development was created as a cost-effective alternative to Microsoft ExchangeTM for businesses, ISPs, and hosting environments.

Tim Uzzanti, CEO of SmarterTools remarked, ''SmarterMail 5.x delivers upon the SmarterTools promise to provide innovation, reliability, and value to our business and hosting customers. This latest release takes SmarterMail even further - creating new efficiencies for business users and helping ISP and hosting companies compete as they deliver the services and features their customers demand.''

SmarterMail is available for the Microsoft Windows Server operating systems, including the recently released Windows Server 2008. Synchronization of calendar, contacts, and tasks is available from Outlook, Windows Mobile devices, PocketPCs, and Smartphones (e.g. Motorola Q, Palm Treo, Samsung BlackJack). All users can access the complete set of email and collaboration tools from an industry-leading Web Interface that supports all major internet browsers.

SmarterMail 5.x significantly reduces IT infrastructure costs with the introduction of a revolutionary Event-driven architecture - giving all users the ability to receive alerts and automate actions on a wide array of events and criteria. Notifications can be sent via in-application reminders, SMS, or Email.

The ability to proactively forecast mail server requirements and growth is realized in SmarterMail 5.x. SmarterTools years of experience providing Web log analytics through the SmarterStats product has provided the foundation to give SmarterMail one of the most advanced reporting capabilities available. SmarterMail 5.x has been designed to make real-time mail server statistics, historical summary reporting, and detailed trend analysis available - in standard, custom, and email reports - with the power to drill down at every level.

Security features are enhanced with 99% antispam protection out-of-the-box along with standard antivirus, intrusion detection, and attack prevention that do not require the purchase of expensive add-ons or modules. SmarterTools has integrated the Yahoo! DomainKeys authentication standard and is compliant with regulatory requirements for email archiving (Sarbanes-Oxley)1 in SmarterMail 5.x.

SmarterMail 5.x is available now at the SmarterTools Web site and through Authorized Resellers. A complete list of new features and improvements are available by viewing the SmarterMail 5.x Release Notes.

Founded in 2003, SmarterTools Inc. is an information technology-management software company based in Phoenix, Arizona. SmarterTools builds a Windows Mail Server, Web Log Analytics reporting tool, and Customer Support Management application that simplify and automate the day-to-day IT operations of businesses and hosting environments in more than 100 countries.

To learn more, please visit: www.smartertools.com.

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