mailnow! 5 fact sheet
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This documentation provides a deeper understanding into MailNow! 5 corporate email server. Apart from the expected functionality such as POP3, SMTP and so on, reader will find practical features that are simply extraordinary. As such, users will soon realize they can do so much more than just send and receive with MailNow! 5.TRANSCRIPT
INTERNETNOW! TEKNOLOGI SDN BHD
Fact Sheet Learn more about Malaysia’s Best Email Server.
InternetNow! 9/22/2011
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Build your business on it. This documentation provides a deeper understanding into
MailNow! 5 corporate email server. Apart from the expected
functionality such as POP3, SMTP and so on, reader will find
practical features that are simply extraordinary. As such, users
will soon realize they can do so much more than just send and
receive with MailNow! 5.
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Index
MailNow! Web Mail 03
Secure Instant Messaging (Chat) 05
Message Rules (Webmail) 06
Priority Migration 07
Message Tracking 08
Individual Transactional Logging 09
Hybrid Storage System 10
Distributed Intrinsic Scheduler 11
Hyper Policies 12
Single Instance Store Technology 13
BlackBerry DirectSync 14
MailNow! 5 Address Book 15
Anti-Virus 16
Anti-Spam 17
Online Help 18 MailNow! 5 CloudSync 19
MailNow! 5 Cloud Service 20
Local MailNow! 5 Leasing 21
MailNow! 5 Quick Facts 22
Technological Employment 23
Comparison: MN4 vs MN5 25
Comparison: Exchange vs MN5 26
Corporates Clients 27
What users say… 28
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MailNow! 5 Webmail
Function: To provide an alternative yet competitive, feature-rich email client for users.
Cost: Free.
By employing Ajax technology, the new webmail provides a fresh emailing experience. Emails are
neatly displayed and features are within reach.
The administrations are done via Ajax-powered web based console.
Try Out | http://mailnow.internetnow.com.my/ (Login: user | Password: user)
AJAX | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
Also see Lite Webmail | page 4
“MailNow! 5 … good!” Tong Yong Rubber (M) Sdn Bhd | Mr. Manikandan
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Lite WebMail
Function: Lightweight webmail for slower connections.
Cost: Free.
The Lite Webmail is for those who may be experiencing unsatisfactory internet connections. It is a
clutter-free design which means a low-bandwidth demand. The neat look is also easy to the eyes and
is great for tablets like Apple’s iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom and even smartphones
with browsers!
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Secure Instant Messaging
Function: A secure instant messaging system within a company.
Cost: Free.
Some companies enforce internet policies whereby MSN instant messaging, Yahoo chat and other
instant messaging programs are strictly prohibited. One of the reasons may be the management
does want any company data to be leaked out via such applications. MailNow! 5 comes with a
secure intranet chat feature where the staff can send messages instantly without risk of exposing
company information.
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Message Rules
Function: (1) Auto-organizing the inbox. (2) Filter attachments.
Cost: Free.
Users can now decide what to do with both incoming and outgoing emails. For example, any emails
from a certain client will automatically move to a designated folder. Or be deleted. The conditions
are almost boundless. Also attachments such as exe, com and such can be filtered too to ensure
intranet security.
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Priority Migration
Function: Importing emails from previous or other email server.
Cost: Free.
A common concern of upgrading to MailNow! 5 as the main email server is the old emails that are
still residing in the previous server. MailNow! 5 solve this issue with the Priority Migration feature. It
cleverly imports the latest emails from the old server first so the users can quickly correspond to it.
Then it work backwards, migrating emails all the way back to the oldest email. This is done in the
background.
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Message Tracking
Function: To discreetly retain every incoming and outgoing email for supervisorial purposes.
Cost: Free.
This is similar to forwarding an email but is done discreetly by the server. Its purpose is for higher
levels managers to supervise on the email correspondence. It also serves as email archive.
MailNow! 5 Email Tracking technology complies with Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA regulations.
Sarbanes-Oxley | http://www.soxlaw.com/
HIPAA | http://www.hipaa.com/
“…it is a great, excellent and fantastic Corporate Email System” Konsortium Logistik Bhd | Ms. Suraini Mohd Sharif
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Individual Transactional Logging
Function: Keep track of email delivery status.
Cost: Free.
One of the most common tasks faced by email server administrators today is finding out what
happened to that incoming email that was supposed to have arrived, or that outgoing mail that was
supposed to have been delivered. When this occurs, administrators often have to resort to digging
around inside large log files. Log files normally are too cryptic and require administrators to sieve
through intertwined lines. This feature eliminates this problem by assigning each email with a ticket
(with its own log file) which can be retrieved easily via the web admin console in real time or via a
search. What used to take minutes now only take seconds!
“MailNow! 5 with user friendly function and interface plus quality support team makes my life easier. “ - Generation Two Thousand Apparel Sdn Bhd | Mr. Tan Yew Lin
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Hybrid Storage System
Function: To obtain maximum stability and high-speed email searching.
Cost: Free.
Among the painful experiences for corporate email users are the corruption of mailboxes and loss of
emails. With this feature, these problems are a thing of the past. Traditionally, emails use either
database or file storage systems - each with their own weak points. MailNow! 5's all-new storage
engine combines the best of both worlds, with none of the weaknesses and powered by proven
open source technologies - results in a faster access and more stable storage engine.
Mbox | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
MailDir | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
“ … MailNow! 5 give administrators more power to control and manage user…” Y.S.P Industries (M) Sdn Bhd | Mr. Tom Wong
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Distributed Intrinsic Scheduler
Function: To manage email delivery from multiple domains to ensure smooth SMTP traffic.
Cost: Free.
Sometimes a domain takes up the majority of the bandwidth to send emails at the expense of other
domains. This in turn, resulted in delays of email delivery. Using Distributed Intrinsic Scheduler,
MailNow! 5 solves this problem by employing a smart algorithm and a fair policy - so emails from
each domain are treated in a different queue and serviced by doing a round inspection. This ensures
that emails from all domains are treated equally, thus prevents delay in email delivery.
“Mailnow! 5 has improved by leaps and bounds since its earlier versions and keeps on growing in strength and features as times goes on..kudos to the developers, Malaysia boleh!” - Secure Parking Corporation Sdn Bhd| Mr.Raymond Foo
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Hyper Policies
Function: To enable policy enforcement for individuals, groups and / or domains
independently.
Cost: Free.
Hyper Policies is a feature in MailNow! 5 which allows the administrator to define advanced and
complicated setting for the user in easy manner. The key to this feature is the concept of
inheritance. In MailNow! 5 you can define settings at the system, domain, group policy or the user
level. If a setting is defined in the system level, that particular setting will normally will be applied to
all the users within the system due to the fact that the settings will be inherited by the domains and
within the domains you might have group policies, and in a group policy you might have many users.
So the settings in other words, propagate from the system level down to user settings. An example
could be the Quota limits.
“…user friendly, easy to manage and also this software easily tracking missing e-mail that’s very helping our organization operations…” AutoV Corporation Bhd | Mr. Yusri Musman
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Single Instance Store Technology
Function: Enhances email distribution within the corporate.
Cost: Free.
MailNow! 5 enhance delivery efficiency of messages sent to large distribution lists by avoiding
duplication of the email. By ‘sharing’ one copy of the email with multiple users, this also promotes
Hard disk saving.
SIS | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-instance_storage
“…more advanced features which enable end users to experience the great feel of using web-mail.”
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (M) Sdn Bhd | Mr. Ethan Goh
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BlackBerry DirectSync
Function: To sync all local MailNow! 5 contacts with BlackBerry contacts.
Cost: License dependent.
To have a smartphone with email capability means the user is serious about business. Owning a
BlackBerry for the first time is truly exciting. However, to key in all your staffs’ email address is a
killjoy (assuming there are 50 staff or more)!
The BlackBerry DirectSync helps to sync all latest or updated contacts with just a click thus
eliminating waste of time and frustrations. Users can start emailing immediately!
BlackBerry DirectSync is a plugin for
BlackBerry device.
MailNow! 5 supports mobile emailing (IMAP) on smartphones like BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia and
Android.
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MailNow! 5 Address Book
Function: Displays a structured corporate address book (or books) in an organised manner
throughout the corporation.
Cost: Free.
Corporate addresses are the next level of contact-keeping and are one of the hardest to maintain
because if without proper help, every staff might have different contacts all over!
Furthermore, for the sake of keeping addresses well-
organized, there will see a certain need for
departmentalizing addresses into groups and sub-
groups. Not forgetting some companies require the
groups to be further clustered regionally. Looking at the
company staff chart of SEA Pharmaceuticals (left) will
give an idea.
MailNow! 5 ‘addressed’ these issues with the latest
Address Book.
MailNow! 5 Address Book plugin is available for
Microsoft Outlook users and is License dependent.
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Anti-Virus
Function: To safeguard users’ PCs from getting infected by viruses, Trojans and such via
infected emails.
Cost: License dependent.
The detection engine is provided by Clam AV, dependable anti-virus product as well as popular. The
engine can perform basic scanning tasks (basic hashing signatures) to very complex ones hence not
only is it largely used as desktop protection but also as Mail Gateway Scanner.
Clam AV | http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/
“ …user friendly & easy to use…” Tenaga Switchgear Sdn Bhd | Mr.Saiful Affendi
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Anti-Spam
Function: To counter spams (both commercial and malicious) and promote office
productivity.
Cost: License dependent.
InternetNow! in the business email field has been researching spam behaviours since 2000. Some of
these peculiar spams managed to avoid even the toughest detection. The Anti-SpamNow! is our
local technology designed specifically to filter spams that are mostly common to Malaysia - spams
written in Malay language, for example.
Vade Retro is a forefront expert when it comes to dealing with spam. They have been since 1982.
Their Predictive Heuristic Filter has safeguarded more that 150 million against email malwares.
This dual layer anti-spam filtering has been proven to be very effective in combating spams that
degrade office productivity.
This intelligent ‘connectionless’ detection engine rapidly scan for spams, suspicious phishing and
links without having to refer to 3rd party online spam databases (bandwidth saver!).
Since this partnership in 2008, our corporate customers have been enjoying virtually zero spams.
Vaderetro | http://www.antispam.fr/uk/index.asp
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Online Help
Function: Offers quick online help on any MailNow! 5 issues or enquiries
Cost: Free.
If Admins or users are unsure of any settings, they can click on the Help button. This will bring to our
context-sensitive help page. That means if you click for Help while you are at ‘Auto-Reply’ page, it
will bring you to the ‘Auto-Reply’ help page of the Help site. This eliminates the need to perform
search for help.
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CloudSync
Function: To provide an alternative email contact and address book synchronization around
the globe
Cost: License dependent.
Apart from the comfortable use of the structured address book provided by MailNow! 5 via LDAP
and Outlook Address Book plugin, users can now enjoy having their contact being updated by
CloudSync wherever they may be.
About MailNow! 5 AddressBook | see page 11.
“…great UI with a lot of functions, easy to access the Web Admin even you are not in the server room, is really convenient to control it.” Leuco Malaysia Sdn Bhd | Mia Kurt
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MailNow! 5 Cloud Service
Function: To achieve multi-location emailing while maintaining same domain name. Ensuring
quick internal emailing and best internet emailing speed and effort inter-
regionally.
Cost: License dependent.
Corporate companies with intention of setting up branches, factories and / or office in other
locations now can maintain the same email domain name. With the cloud solution, inter-regional
offices can experience the best of internet speed effort in terms of email delivery. At the same time,
internal emailing are instant as they do not send emails like it does with the regular email hosting.
When an external email is sent in to a user, MailNow! 5 Cloud Service can quickly determine and
push the emails to the correct local servers, thanks to the clever use of the MailNow! push
technology.
“Mailnow is the best” Foamline Industries Sdn Bhd | Mr. Ravindra
Local mobile emailing.
Fast internal emailing.
Inter-regional emailing.
Inter-regional emailing.
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MailNow! 5 Local Leasing
Function: Corporate Customers can enjoy all the MailNow! 5 features without having to
invest the full cost.
Cost: License dependent.
Corporate companies can now hosting their own email server with minimum cost, whilst enjoy the
full-fledged product of MailNow! 5. Here, the IT staff can administer the system with total control
unlike the regular paid hosting services.
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QuickFacts
Server
Supports protocols: POP3, SMTP, LDAP, IMAP, Webmail.
Server Configuration Backup.
Email Backup.
Real Time Logging [ITL].
Hybrid Storage System ensures (large amount) email stability.
Admin can set different Email Size quotas for individuals.
Admin can set POP3 / SMTP delivery quotas.
Options to download emails from other external hosting like Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.
Domain aliasing.
Multiple domain handling.
Fast Service Start up.
Direct MX and hosting relay capability.
Manageability
Web Based Administration Console.
Remote access via Web.
Multiple independent policies enforcement [Hyper Policies].
Webmail
Compatible with major internet browsers, IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc.
Supports Rich Text Format / HTML.
Supports drag & drop.
Users can create folders within folders.
Users can choose different viewing options (preview panes).
Users can perform fast email searching [Hybrid Storage technology].
Columns are sortable.
Displays inbox size quota.
Supports HTTPS / SSL for better email security.
Users can forward email as attachment complete with full headers.
New Email Notifications.
Contacts are auto-displayed when composing new mails.
User can opt for Bahasa Malaysia, Thai or English as language.
Users can perform spell-checking before sending out.
Short-cut keys available. For example, F7 = initiate spell-checks.
Attachment intention checking (ver 5.1).
Conversational Message View (ver 5.1).
Users can enforce massage rules (ver 5.1).
Lite Webmail for quick emailing experience (for slow internet line).
Email Clients Supported
Outlook, Outlook Express, Live Mail, Thunderbird , etc.
Linux.
Apple Macintosh.
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Addressing + Contacts + Calendaring
Outlook Address Book plugin for contact synchronization.
BlackBerry DirectSync (contact synchronization).
Supports full-fledge address fields such as Company, Address, Telephone, etc.
Calendaring requires InternetNow! recommended 3rd party app.
Mobility
Supports smartphones: BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, Android.
Mobile Web mail available (ver 5.1).
Security
Virus Detection Engine | ClamAv.
Spam Detection Engine | Vade Retro + AntiSpamNow!
Supports HTTPS (webmail).
Supports SSL for POP3, SMTP and IMAP.
Server Email + Configuration Backup
Encrypted Passwords.
Emails Encryption (requires InternetNow’s recommended app).
Attachment Filtering (ver 5.1).
Utilities
Priority Migration: extracts emails from other local email servers (ver 5.1).
Version Upgrade Tool (upgrade from MailNow! 3 and 4).
Beyond…
Users can email from different office anywhere with same domain name| MailNow Cloud.
Users can update their Outlook address book regardless of locations | CloudSync .
MailNow! 5 | www.mailnow.com.my
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Technological Employment
The main core of MailNow!5 (MN5) is written with C# (.NET), C++, and Python. Industrial strength
proven framework for event networking “Twisted” is also employed in the development.
Ajax and ASP.NET are employed to develop interactive web applications such as the trendy MN5
webmail.
BlackBerry SDK and simulators are used to develop DirectSync! App for BlackBerry to synchronize
with MN5 directly.
MailDir and MBox storage strategy are fused in a single innovative design develop the Hybrid
Storage Engine Technology.
C# | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/aa336706
.NET | http://www.microsoft.com/net/
C++ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B
Python | http://www.python.org/
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Comparison: MN4 vs MN5
Features MN4 MN5 Console Yes No
Web Console No Yes
Remote Admin Acess Yes (if Console installed)
Yes
Webmail supports rich text Yes (if turned ON) Yes
Webmail support drag ‘n’ drop No Yes
Webmail supports sub-folders No Yes
Webmail auto-complete address drop-down menu
No Yes
Webmail Unlimited Attachments No Yes
Webmail supports shortcut keys No Yes
Webmail SSL Supported No Yes (https)
Encrypted Passwords No Yes
High Speed searching & Maximum Stability
No Yes (Hybrid Storage)
HD Space saving technology No Yes (Single Instance Store)
Email Tracking Yes Yes
Email Tracing No Yes (Individual Transactional Logging)
Supports Multidomain Yes Yes
Multi domain with individual policies No Yes (Hyper Policies)
Multi domain SMTP Traffic Controller No Yes (Distributed Intrinsic Scheduler)
Remote support via MSN Messenger No Yes (Robot)
Supports Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird
Yes Yes
Supports smartphone (BlackBerry, IPhone)
No Yes
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Comparison: Exchange vs MN5
Features Microsoft Exchange 2010 Enterprise Mailnow v5
Initial cost for 500 mailboxes RM 1xx,000.00 RM 1x,000.00
Over-the-air I phone email sync included included
Over-the-air blackberry email sync included included
Over-the-air Window Mobile email sync included included
Microsoft Outlook Email sync included included
Webmail included included
Antivirus none Included
Antispam none included
Premium Antivirus included (with Enterprise CAL) Included
Premium Antispam included (with Enterprise CAL) included
Message Archiving included included
File Storage included included
Email Tracking none included
Email Tracing (Web UI) none included
Gmail Synch Webmail none included
Unlimited Email Support none included
Local Support, onsite visitation none / unknown Yes (with TEC, nationwide)
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Corporate Referrals
InternetNow! has been servicing over 3000 corporate customer with its products and technical
expertise since 1998. Below are some of the referrals:
Yap Swee Leong Sdn. Bhd Oriental Summit Industries MPH Bookstores sdn bhd Perunding Hashim & NEH Sdn. Bhd Mectech Engineering Sdn Bhd Own Solution Kayangan cahaya sdn bhd Tropicana city management sdn bhd Chinese Taipei School Bulk Distributor sdn bhd Pantai Medivest sdn bhd Mediconsult Planning & Consulting Sdn bhd Creative M.I.S Solutions Sdn bhd Cosmo Restaurant Sdn Bhd Cofreth (M) Sdn bhd Komark Sdn Bhd Transmark Corporation Sdn Bhd Radicare Sdn Bhd Mackenzie Golden Pet Sdn Bhd SAJ Holdings Sdn Bhd K Link USS Safety Supply Sdn bhd Tropicana Golf & Country Resort Berhad Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd Intercontinental Specialty Fats Sdn Bhd Exedy (M) Sdn Bhd Ene Computer Centre
Folks DFK & Co Malaya Spring Industries Pokka Ace (M) Sdn Bhd Metrohm (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Tenaga Switch Gear Sdn Bhd Damah Trading Sdn Bhd Jurutera Jasa Sdn Bhd Secure Parking Sdn Bhd Tidal Sdn Bhd Sena Die casting Industries sdn bhd Lee Swee Kiat Group Berhad Eita Resources Sdn Bhd Nidec Copal (M) Sdn Bhd Computer gates Sdn Bhd Proreka (M) Sdn bhd Kenwood Electronic (M) Sdn Bhd Fujifilm (M) Sdn Bhd SamChem Sdn bhd Powercomp Automation Sdn Bhd T.Yamaichi (M) Corporation Sdn Bhd Eastgate Insurance Brokers Sdn bhd Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur NGH Far East (M) Sdn Bhd Serba Hasrat Sdn Bhd G –Pile Sistem Sdn bhd Lucky Frozen Sdn Bhd Daytime Sdn Bhd Virtual Peak Resources Sdn Bhd Gemadept (M) Sdn Bhd Central Spectrum Sdn Bhd
Cti Resources Sdn Bhd Bina Rezeki Sdn Bhd Konsortium Logistik Sdn Bhd Pentago Loh & Loh Constructions Sdn Bhd Federal Power Sdn bhd Pan Pacific Sdn Bhd Malaysian Institute of Accountants EPE Wilson Transformer Sdn bhd EMS Asia Group Sdn Bhd Pamos Laser Tech Sdn Bhd Southern Nissa Sdn bhd GFS Filtration (M) Sdn Bhd Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings Sdn Bhd Kayangan Cahaya Sdn Bhd MMSB consult Sdn bhd Diamet Klang Sdn Bhd Risingstar Sdn Bhd Alan Dick Sdn Bhd NWKA Architects Sdn Bhd Chuan Huat Sdn bhd Rotho Methlatum Sdn Bhd Interocean Freight Sdn Bhd Sea swifts Freight system sdn bhd Hirotako Acoustics Sdn Bhd UAC Berhad Arch matrix Sdn Bhd Bee same trading sdn bhd Rossi Design Marketing Sdn Bhd BPC Edible Oils Sdn Bhd
YHSA Sdn Bhd Truwater Cooling Tower Sdn bhd Top Gloves Sdn Bhd Deltric Sdn Bhd Pet Far Eastern Sdn Bhd Oriental Pacific Future Sdn Bhd NPS Engineering Sdn bhd Cdlsb Sdn bhd Konsortium Transnational Berhad Jin Hui Industries Sdn Bhd Petaling Jaya Motors Supply Sdn Bhd Fruitplus Corporation Sdn Bhd Easy Plastic Sdn Bhd Shroubber (M) Sdn Bhd Elite Precision Component Sdn Bhd Cheng Hua China Office Enviro Plastics Sdn Bhd Generation Two Thousand Appeal Sdn Bhd Tong Who Enterprise Sdn Bhd Tenaga Cable Industries Sdn bhd German Toolings Sdn Bhd K. Seng Seng Sdn Bhd CTC Reality Sdn Bhd Industrial Tools & Equipment Sdn Bhd GCU Engineers Sdn Bhd CS Opto Semiconductors Sdn Bhd Pathlab May Chemical
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What users say…
“… its version has a long term support. Mailnow! 5 is a great solution, as it helps my customer to
solve email problems. Thank you, MailNow! 5.” -Amanda Lee (FirstNet Solutions Sdn Bhd)
“ MN5 works with IPAD ” – Alex Chong
“…been using MailNow! for more than 7 years but MN5 is the best corp.. mail server ever!
Compatible with iPad2 too!”
– Fernando M Gorress (United Seino Transportation Sdn Bhd)
“MailNow! 5 … it gives better performance and better User Interface “
-Lee Wing Soon
“ It is a great Corporate Mail Server. With a low maintenance, high performance and usability
experience offered for business it suits an organization needs. Good job MailNow! 5”
– Fariz Mustapha (Symmentric Drive Sdn Bhd)
“Have been using MailNow! for over 10 years...even older version can support for so long...i think
with the new features of MailNow!5, IT support team can work easier with the email tracking & no
issue on storage problem. Will consider to upgrade soon! Keep it up MailNow! “
– Hiu Kit
“I like mailnow! 5.. it has a great UI with a lot of functions, easy to access the WebAdmin even you
are not in the server room, is really convenient to control it.” – Juraidah Sazali
“1.Simple 2.Fast 3.Reliable 4.Friendly User 5.Efficient” – Kiu Yong Chin
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