Overview

Welcome to the mailCOMAND Feature Tour.

mailCOMAND makes email:

• Reliable.  Mail servers are located at Tier-1 hosting facilities and provide multiple levels of fail-over, redundancy and backup.
  
• Secure.  All connections are secured with industry-standard SSL encryption.  False login attempts are logged and locked out.
  
• Accessible.  Access email from anywhere using almost any web browser, email application or mobile device.  mailCOMAND supports secure web, POP3, IMAP and SMTP.
• Fully-managed.  Tell us what you want and we handle the rest: set up, hardware, software, monitoring, updates and support.

Compatibility

mailCOMAND works with your existing technology.

• Software integration. Works with all popular operating systems and email applications, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird and Eudora.
• Mobile device support. PDA and smartphone support including Windows, Palm, Blackberry and more.
• Service interface.  Integrates with other services and applications that send and retrieve email, including webCOMAND, Gmail, ASP, Java, Perl, PHP and other scripting languages.
• Standards compliant.  Uses industry-standard protocols including POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP, LDAP, SSL, ActiveSync, iCal and iSync.

Web Interface

mailCOMAND features an elegant, stand-alone web interface.  It also functions as an alternative interface when users do not have access to their preferred software applications or mobile devices.

• Fully-functional.  Web interface is intuitively designed and features familiar user interface functionality.  Create custom folders, drag-and-drop emails, search, print and more.
• Browser supported.  Supports all popular web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari, as well as many alternative browsers and mobile devices.
• Multiple interfaces.  Offers optional "simplified" interface to better support slower connections, older browsers, and small mobile device screens.

Email

mailCOMAND helps users create, simplify and organize their email.

• Text and HTML messages.  Compose plain-text or HTML messages with bold, italics, bullets, images and other formatting.
• Spell-check.  Check spelling during email composition or just before sending.
• Email aliases.  Send and receive email using virtual email addresses (such as info@ or support@).
• Group addresses.  Use a single address to email multiple internal mailboxes.
• Catch-all.  Direct email sent to an invalid address to a valid one.
• Shared folders.  Share public and private email folders with multiple users through group mailboxes and sharing privileges.

Contacts

mailCOMAND helps you maintain and manage your contacts.

• Contacts at your fingertip.  View, update, search and print contact information that is fully integrated with your email.
  
• Contact folders.  Allow you to organize individual contacts into groups.
• Shared contacts.  Share contacts with colleagues through shared folders.
• Distribution lists.  Manage lists of commonly emailed contacts to send group emails.
• "Whitelist".  "Whitelist" contacts to ensure desirable email is not marked as spam.
• Sync.  Synchronize contacts stored in mailCOMAND with Outlook, Apple Address Book and Active Sync compatible mobile devices.

Calendar

Create and maintain multiple calendars for personal, small group, or organization-wide use.

• Private and shared calendars.  Manage your own calendar or view and share calendars with others.  Organizations can create shared calendars with holidays, events, etc.
• Reminders.  Schedule pop-up alerts for before an event.
• Free/busy time lookup.  Schedule meetings with colleagues and check their availability from WebMail.
• iCal support.  Subscribe and publish calendars for integration with Google Calendar, Apple iCalendar and other iCal compatible applications.
• Sync.  Synchronize your calendar with Outlook and mobile devices.

Tasks

mailCOMAND task features help you schedule, prioritize and keep track of tasks.

• Sort.  Sort tasks by due date, priority, progress or status.
• Notifications.  Notify co-workers involved in a task of its status or completion.
• Shared tasks.  Use folders to share tasks with colleagues.
• Sync.  Synchronize tasks with Outlook and some mobile devices.

Notes

Store and share simple information and reminders that don't need to be emailed or scheduled.

• Sort.  Sort notes by subject, date created or color.
• Shared notes.  Use folders to share notes with colleagues.
• Sync.  Synchronize notes with Outlook and mobile devices.

Settings

Customize mailCOMAND to suit your personal preferences and work needs:

• General.  Configure the interface language, email checking frequency, number of messages to display per page, date/time formats and your time zone.
• Mail.  Configure the message preview pane, default "from" and "reply-to" addresses, organization name, signature, image display settings and more.
• Mail composing.  Set the default message format, reply options, spell-check dictionary and contact auto-complete folder.
• Spam protection and "whitelists".  Move spam to a junk email folder while ensuring desirable mail delivery.

Mail Filters

mailCOMAND mail filters let you route emails to appropriate folders or addresses.

• Spam protection.  Junk mail prevention and filtering techniques, including functionality that teaches mailCOMAND to identify spam.
• Virus protection.  All inbound and outbound email messages are scanned for viruses.
• Filtering.  Automatically route and organize emails based on address, subject, size and other criteria.

Conclusion