MDaemon Connector for Outlook

Outlook Connector for MDaemon mail server - enables groupware and collaboration with Microsoft Outlook to share Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, and Notes.

Outlook Connector is designed for bussiness who want to reduce costs on the email server with MDaemon Messaging Service and continue to use Outlook as their email client. With Outlook Connector for MDaemon you can stay in touch with employees, co-workers, customers and vendors by sharing Outlook's email, calendar, with free/busy scheduling, address book, distribution lists, takes, notes and more.

Just like MDaemon, Outlook Connector is designed for businesses with little or no IT support. Its simplicity, affordability and extensive features make Outlook Connector for MDaemon the most productive way to use Outlook's groupware collaboration.

Key Features:

• Outlook Collaboration: Share Outlook messages, calendars, contacts, distribution lists, notes, tasks and more using MDaemon as the mail server. Use the familiar tools of Outlook without learning a new groupware application. Calendar sharing is easy with Outlook Connector, with options ranging from view only to add, change and delete appointments on others' calendars.
  
• Maintain Outlook Features: Outlook Connector works with popular Outlook features, including message grouping and search folders. Additions or changes made in Outlook are synchronised in real-time on the server without requiring the user to perform manual synchronisation. It supports Outlook's delivery confirmation and "Send Immediately" functions. Outlook Connector is easy to install and set up on both MDaemon and Outlook
  
• Enterprise Class Collaboration for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses: Large business collaboration features without complex and expensive professional IT support requirements. Simple to install, configure and maintain without the need for extensive computer background or expensive certifications. Outlook Connector uses Industry standard SMTP and IMAP protocols to make operations reliable.
  
• Easy Maintenance: Enable sharing by server or domain, add users individually or in bulk, automatically add Outlook users on first use, keep contact lists up to date, the default settings of Outlook Connector create an easy entry point for beginners, detailed configuration options provide fine-tuning controls for experienced users and IT professionals
  
• Out-of-Office and Mail Forwarding Assistant: Outlook Connector's Out-of-Office Assistant makes it easy to create and enable vacation messages or auto-responders. You can enter a start and end date to automatically enable and disable your auto-responder. You can also enable mail forwarding to forward messages to one or multiple email addresses.
  
• Apply Sharing Permissions: Options for sharing vary from only showing the availability of the information to allowing complete control to add, change and delete. When setting up sharing permissions, you can apply the permissions to the current folder and, optionally, all of its subfolders.
  
• Mark Messages as Spam/Non-Spam: Use the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons to flag messages as spam or non-spam. Flagged messages are fed to MDaemon's Bayesian Learning engine, which helps train the spam filter to become more accurate over time.
  
• Advanced Settings: Outlook Connector's advanced settings include SSL, TLS and SMTP Authentication settings for secure email communications.
  
• Small Business Licensing and Pricing: Licensing and pricing designed for flexibility and affordability. Outlook Connector for MDaemon includes one year of Software License Renewal, providing free upgrades to the latest product versions for the duration of the Software License Renewal term.
  
• Auto-Update: Outlook Connector includes an auto-update feature to check for new versions of Outlook Connector on the server while Outlook is running. Auto-update will download the new installer and then prompt the user to to update once a day until the update has been installed.
  
• Multilingual Support: Outlook Connector is localised in multiple languages. When using system-level folders (such as Drafts, Calendar and Contacts) Outlook Connector users see these folders names in their selected language, while Administrators of MDaemon see the names in English.

MDaemon Connector for Outlook - Features

Outlook Connector for MDaemon unlocks the collaborative functions of Microsoft Outlook using MDaemon as the mail server and groupware platform. Outlook users can share Calendar, Task, Contact, Notes, and Journal folders without the expense or expertise required by Microsoft Exchange Server.

Features

Available in Multiple Languages

• English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian-Bokmal, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian and Polish

Groupware Collaboration Support

Groupware Functions Integration

• Outlook Connector links the content sharing functions of Outlook to the groupware functions built into MDaemon.
• This plug-in enables Outlook users to share their calendars, messages, contacts, tasks, notes, and other items using MDaemon as the email server platform.

Real time synchronization

• Additions or changes made in Outlook are synchronized in real-time on the server.
• No user synchronization is required.

Designed for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Easy on Budgets

• Outlook Connector and the groupware functions of MDaemon make the benefits of Outlook sharing economical for small and mid-size businesses.
• Outlook Connector is designed to be installed and configured without requiring an extensive IT background or expensive certifications. At the same time, it has fine tuning options making it popular with IT professionals.

Runs on Current and Legacy Systems

• Both Outlook Connector and MDaemon run on either legacy or current hardware and operating systems.
• There is no need to upgrade to costly hardware and operating systems to enjoy the benefits of group sharing. Versatile Uses
• Many types of small and large businesses can benefit from Outlook Connector.
• Business types include manufacturers and service enterprises, law offices, insurance companies, hospitals and doctor offices, charities and non-profit organizations, schools and school districts, financial planners, government agencies, technology companies.

Flexible Licensing

• The Outlook Connector license is separate from the MDaemon license and may be a different size.
• You can purchase an Outlook Connector license for the number of users who actually use Outlook Connector. It is not required for the MDaemon and the Outlook Connector license sizes to match.

Sharing Flexibility

Sharing by Degrees

• Options for sharing vary from only showing the availability of the information to allowing complete control to add, change and delete.

Outlook and Web Mail Access

• Outlook Connector uses the same shared information available through MDaemons built-in web mail, WorldClient.
• You can view your shared information via WorldClient or Outlook.

Apply Sharing Permissions to Subfolders

• When setting up sharing permissions, you can apply the permissions to the current folder and, optionally, all of its subfolders.

Integration with Outlook Features

Grouping Support

• Grouping support allows you to organize mail different ways within Outlook. Outlook Connector provides support for this popular capability.

Delivery Confirmation

• Outlook Connector supports Outlooks delivery confirmation function.

Send immediately... Support

• Outlook Connector supports the Send Immediately function of Outlook.

Mailbox Convenience

• All incoming messages go to the Outlook Inbox.

Mail Folder Support

• Mail folders can be shared without needing to use an Outlook IMAP account. Users have only one Inbox, and sent messages are saved to their IMAP Sent Items folder.

Performance

Fast Message Transfer

• Moving messages among folders is fast.

Modest System Requirements

• Outlook Connector requires few system resources on the computers running MDaemon and Outlook.

Local Cache Storage

• Outlook Connector has an easy way to select a location for the local cache storage if you need to move it from the default.

Stability

• Outlook Connector uses MAPI service provider technology, which is Microsoft Outlooks native technology.
• Outlook Connector replaces the troublesome PST files with fast and reliable local data storage.

Open Protocols

• Outlook Connector uses industry standard SMTP and IMAP protocols to facilitate cost-effective, open and secure communications.
• Outlook Connector uses the standards-compliant MDaemon for its groupware functionality.

Administration

Easy Installation

• Outlook Connector is easy to install and set up on both MDaemon and Outlook.

Easy Maintenance

• Enable sharing by server or domain.
• Add users individually or in bulk.
• Automatically add Outlook users on first use.
• Keep contact lists up to date.

Grows with Your Needs

• The default settings of Outlook Connector create an easy entry point for beginners.
• Detailed configuration options provide fine-tuning controls for experienced users and IT professionals.

User Experience

Easy Sharing

• Through Outlook, each account holder assigns content sharing options to other users.

Easy Client Functions

• Share selected folders. Set up sharing options by user.

Folder Ownership Display

• In Outlook 2003 and later, Outlook Connector displays the name of folder owners adjacent to the folder name

Multilingual Support

• Outlook Connector is localized in multiple languages. When using system-level folders such as Drafts, Calendar, and ContactsOutlook Connector users see these folders names in their selected language,
• Administrators of MDaemon see the names in English.

Out of Office Editor

• MDaemon has a function for setting up server-side auto-responder messages for individual accounts. Outlook Connector extends access to this function to Outlook.
• You can use this function for setting up out of office messages, for example.

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MDaemon Connector for Outlook - System Requirements

• MDaemon Pro 8.0 or higher, 9.0 or higher is recommended
• Microsoft Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista operating system (Only 32-bit versions of listed OS)
• Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
• Computer with Pentium III 500 MHz (or higher) processor (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or higher recommended)
• 256 MB of memory (512 MB recommended)
• Disk space: 5MB for the installation of the Outlook Connector client. For performance and compatibility reasons Outlook Connector maintains a local cache - additional disk space will be required for these cache files which will grow with time. Our recommendation is to budget on 300MB per Outlook Connector enabled profile however this will vary depending on the size of the users MDaemon account.
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• TCP/IP network protocol installed
• Internet or Intranet communication capabilities