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GroupWise Version Comparison
The table below compares features of GroupWise 7 SP1 to previous versions.
| Feature | GroupWise 6 | GroupWise 6.5 | GroupWise 7 | GroupWise Bonsai |
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| General | ||||
| Online/Caching/Remote Modes |  |
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| Archive/Backup | |
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| Mailbox Proxy | |
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| Personal Folders | |
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| Junk Mail Handling |  |
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| Auto Cleanup Options (Archive, Delete, Empty) | |
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| Mac Intel support | |
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| Support for Mail, Appointment Notes, Tasks, Phone (Personal and Group) | |
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| Resend/Retract Messages, Appointments, etc. | |
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| Status Tracking | |
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| Find/Search/Filter | |
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| QuickViewer | |
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| Attachment Viewing – all types | |
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| Categories | |
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| Change To (Any type to any type) | |
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| Auto Spell Checking/Spell as you go | |
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| Auto Signatures/Multiple Signatures | |
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| Digitally sign and encrypt (S/MIME) / Certificate management | |
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| Reply format options | |
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| Delay Delivery / Mail Priority / Reply Requested | |
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| Return Notifications | |
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| Global signatures | |
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| Rules-based Messaging Handling | |
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| Flexible Forwarding |   |
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| Notifications of New Mail, Alarms | |
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| Shared Folders | |
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| Document Management | |
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| Home View | |
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| User Interface Enhancements: Color-coded Categories, Tasklist [UPDATE} | |
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| MAPI Support | |
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| POP/IMAP/NNTP/RSS Client Support | |
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| Routing Slips | |
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| SMTP over SSL | |
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| POP and IMAP Service over SSL | |
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| Default E-Mail Character Set | |
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| Mailbox Size Limit (Greater than 4GB) | |
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| OpenOffice or Microsoft Word Email Editor | |
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| Unopened Message Preview | |
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| Auto Save | |
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| Feature-Rich, Customizable Home View (Web Panels, Multiple Columns) | |
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| Threaded View on All Messages | |
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| Filter by Items with Attachments | |
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| Export/Import/Email Custom Home View Settings | |
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| Native RSS Reader | |
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| Use native applications to view attachments (Adobe, Office, OpenOffice, QuickTime and Flash) | |
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| Calendar and Scheduling | ||||
| Busy Search Contacts and Resources | |
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| Day, Week, Month, Year, etc. Views of Calendars | |
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| Multi-User Calendar | |
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| Calendar and Scheduling | |
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| All-Day Events | |
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| Calendar Printing to HTML | |
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| Multiple Calendars | |
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| iCalendar support | |
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| User-level Time Zone Support | |
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| Delegate | |
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| Multiple Busy Levels | |
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| Work Schedule Definitions | |
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| Dual Time Zone Display | |
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| Import/Export Calendars | |
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| Publish Personal Calendars | |
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| Subscribe to External Calendars | |
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| External Free/Busy Search | |
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| Collapse Recurring Appointments in Mailbox Option | |
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| Easily Add New Attendee to Existing Appointment | |
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| Date Display from Contacts into Calendar (Birthdays, Anniversaries) | |
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| Auto Accept Own Appointments | |
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| Contacts - Address Book | ||||
| Support for Contacts, Groups, Resources, Companies | |
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| Contact Management | |
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| Address Book Printing | |
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| Shared Address Books | |
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| Client-side LDAP Support | |
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| Contacts Business Card View | |
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| Contacts Index and Lettered Tabs | |
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| Multiple Contacts Folders | |
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| Import/Export Contacts | |
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| Display Contact Address in HTML Maps | |
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| Quick-View of History Per Contact | |
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| Photos for Contacts | |
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| Drag and Drop Contact pictures into the Contact Properties dialog | |
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| Export Contacts to CSV or vCard format | |
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| Contact Notes | |
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| Send E-mail to Pre-Defined Contact Organization | |
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| Easy Search Contacts Across Multiple Books | |
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| Task Management | ||||
| Sort by Any Field | |
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| Rules for Items Marked Complete | |
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| Sub-Items | |
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| Percent complete | |
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| Real-Time Collaboration | ||||
| Instant Messaging | |
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| Chat | |
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| Buddy Lists | |
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| T+C Integrations | ||||
| Send E-mail to a Teaming File/Folder to Update Page | |
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| Receive Teaming File/Folder Updates by E-mail | |
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| Receive iCal Appointments from Teaming | |
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| Receive iCal Tasks from Teaming | |
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| Receive Conferencing Notifications by E-mail | |
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| Browse Teaming Site/Files/Folder from Within GroupWise | |
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| Create Home ViewWeb Panels that Point to Teaming Pages | |
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| Receive RSS Feed Subscription for File/Folder/Page Updates | |
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| Subscribe to Teaming Calendars from Within GroupWise Calendars | |
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| Send E-mail to Team Members from GroupWise | |
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| Access Team Members from GroupWise Address Book | |
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| Administrative | ||||
| Version-level Security | |
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| Mass-change Operations | |
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| Full-text Indexing | |
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| LDAP Pooling | |
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| Free-form Internet Addressing | |
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| Disk Space Management | |
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| Message Size Management | |
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| Multi-threaded Mailbox Maintenance | |
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| User and System Activity Monitoring | |
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| Addressing to eDirectory Roles and Groups | |
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| Server-side LDAP Support | |
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| Server-side LDAP Authentication | |
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| User Move Status Utility | |
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| Inter-server User Moves | |
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| Thousands of Users per Server | |
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| Smart Caching | |
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| Multiprocessor Support | |
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| SOAP/XML Interface | |
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| Trusted Agent Application Definition | |
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| Trusted Agent Application Programming Interface (API) | |
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| Data Exposure Through Open Standards | |
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| Web-based Monitoring | |
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| SNMP and E-mail Alerts | |
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| Delivery Status Notification for Internet E-mail (ESMTP DSN) | |
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| Multilevel Spam Filtering | |
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| Integration with Industry-leading Anti-virus Solutions | |
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| Clustering Support | |
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| Online Backup and Restore | |
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| Broad support for mobile devices | |
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| GWIA Forward and Reply ACL | |
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| Low-bandwidth WebAccess support | |
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| Supported on Linux, NetWare and Windows | |
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GroupWise Client Feature Comparison
| Feature | Linux/Mac | WebAccess | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|
| General | |||
| Online/Caching/Remote Modes | |
|
|
| Archive/Backup | |
|
|
| Mailbox Proxy | |
|
|
| Personal Folders | |
|
|
| Junk Mail Handling | |
|
|
| Auto Cleanup Options (Archive, Delete, Empty) | |
|
|
| Mac Intel support | |
|
|
| Support for Mail, Appointment Notes, Tasks, Phone (Personal and Group) | |
|
|
| Resend/Retract Messages, Appointments, etc. | |
|
|
| Status Tracking | |
|
|
| Find/Search/Filter | |
|
|
| QuickViewer | |
|
|
| Attachment Viewing – all types | |
|
|
| Categories | |
|
|
| Change To (Any type to any type) | |
|
|
| Auto Spell Checking/Spell as you go | |
|
|
| Auto Signatures/Multiple Signatures | |
|
|
| Digitally sign and encrypt (S/MIME) / Certificate management | |
|
|
| Reply format options | |
|
|
| Delay Delivery / Mail Priority / Reply Requested | |
|
|
| Return Notifications | |
|
|
| Global signatures | |
|
|
| Rules-based Messaging Handling | |
|
|
| Flexible Forwarding | |
|
|
| Notifications of New Mail, Alarms | |
|
|
| Shared Folders | |
|
|
| Document Management | |
|
|
| Home View | |
|
|
| User Interface Enhancements: Color-coded Categories, Tasklist [UPDATE} | |
|
|
| MAPI Support | |
|
|
| POP and IMAP Client Support | |
|
|
| Routing Slips | |
|
|
| SMTP over SSL | |
|
|
| POP and IMAP Service over SSL | |
|
|
| Default E-Mail Character Set | |
|
|
| Mailbox Size Limit (Greater than 4GB) | |
|
|
| OpenOffice or Microsoft Word Text Editor | |
|
|
| UNopened Message Preview | |
|
|
| E-mail Auto Save | |
|
|
| Feature-Rich, Customizable Home View | |
|
|
| Threaded View on All Messages | |
|
|
| Filter by Items with Attachments | |
|
|
| Export/Import/Email Custom Home View Settings | |
|
|
| Native RSS Reader | |
|
|
| Use native applications to view attachments (Adobe, Office, OpeNoffice, QuickTime and Flash) | |
|
|
| Calendar and Scheduling | |||
| Busy Search Contacts and Resources | |
|
|
| Day, Week, Month, Year, etc. Views of Calendars | |
|
|
| Multi-User Calendar | |
|
|
| All-Day Events | |
|
|
| Calendar and Scheduling | |
|
|
| Calendar Printing to HTML | |
|
|
| Multiple Calendars | |
|
|
| iCalendar support | |
|
|
| User-level Time Zone Support | |
|
|
| Delegate | |
|
|
| Multiple Busy Levels | |
|
|
| Work Schedule Definitions | |
|
|
| Dual Time Zone Display | |
|
|
| Import/Export Calendars | |
|
|
| Publish Personal Calendars | |
|
|
| Subscribe to External Calendars | |
|
|
| External Free/Busy Search | |
|
|
| Collapse Recurring Appointments in Mailbox Option | |
|
|
| Auto Accept Own Appointments | |
|
|
| Contacts - Address Book | |||
| Support for Contacts, Groups, Resources, Companies | |
|
|
| Contact Management | |
|
|
| Address Book Printing | |
|
|
| Shared Address Books | |
|
|
| Client-side LDAP Support | |
|
|
| Contacts Business Card View | |
|
|
| Contacts Index and Lettered Tabs | |
|
|
| Export Contacts to CSV or vCard format | |
|
|
| Multiple Contacts Folders | |
|
|
| Import/Export Contacts | |
|
|
| Display Contact Address in HTML Maps | |
|
|
| Photos for Contacts | |
|
|
| Quick-View of History Per Contact | |
|
|
| Drag and Drop Contact pictures into the Contact Properties dialog | |
|
|
| Task Management | |||
| Sort by Any Field | |
|
|
| Rules for Items Marked Complete | |
|
|
| Sub-Items | |
|
|
| Percent complete | |
|
|
| Real-Time Collaboration | |||
| Instant Messaging | |
|
|
| Chat | |
|
|
| Buddy Lists | |
|
|
| T+C Integrations | |||
| Send E-mail to a Teaming File/Folder to Update Page | |
|
|
| Receive Teaming File/Folder Updates by E-mail | |
|
|
| Receive iCal Appointments from Teaming | |
|
|
| Receive iCal Tasks from Teaming | |
|
|
| Receive Conferencing Notifications by E-mail | |
|
|
| Browse Teaming Site/Files/Folder from Within GroupWise | |
|
|
| Create Home ViewWeb Panels that Point to Teaming Pages | |
|
|
| Receive RSS Feed Subscription for File/Folder/Page Updates | |
|
|
| Subscribe to Teaming Calendars from Within GroupWise Calendars | |
|
|
| Send E-mail to Team Members from GroupWise | |
|
|
| Access Team Members from GroupWise Address Book | |
|
|
| Administrative | |||
| LDAP Pooling | |
|
|
| Delivery Status Notification for Internet E-mail (ESMTP DSN) | |
|
|
| Web-based Monitoring | |
|
|
| SNMP and E-mail Alerts | |
|
|
| Version-level Security | |
|
|
| Mass-change Operations | |
|
|
| Full-text Indexing | |
|
|
| Free-form Internet Addressing | |
|
|
| Disk Space Management | |
|
|
| Message Size Management | |
|
|
| Multi-threaded Mailbox Maintenance | |
|
|
| User and System Activity Monitoring | |
|
|
| Addressing to eDirectory Roles and Groups | |
|
|
| User Move Status Utility | |
|
|
| Inter-server User Moves | |
|
|
| Thousands of Users per Server | |
|
|
| Smart Caching | |
|
|
| Multiprocessor Support | |
|
|
| SOAP/XML Interface | |
|
|
| Trusted Agent Application Definition | |
|
|
| Trusted Agent Application Programming Interface (API) | |
|
|
| Data Exposure Through Open Standards | |
|
|
| Multilevel Spam Filtering | |
|
|
| Integration with Industry-leading Anti-virus Solutions | |
|
|
| Clustering Support | |
|
|
| Online Backup and Restore | |
|
|
| GWIA Forward and Reply ACL | |
|
|
| Broad support for mobile devices | |
|
|
| Low-bandwidth WebAccess support | |
|
|
| Supported on Linux, NetWare and Windows | |
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