SmarterMail 9.x Released

SmarterTools have released the latest incarnation of SmarterMail 9.x

New Features include:

• Support for Exchange Web Services, a newer data synchronization protocol that will eventually replace the outdated MAPI protocol. Available as an optional add-on at the server level, Exchange Web Services seamlessly syncs SmarterMail messages, contacts, calendars and tasks to third-party email clients like Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac, Outlook 2012 for Windows and Apple Mail on Snow Leopard and Lion.
• Mobile enhancements for accessing the Web interface from any tablet computer. Page speed is significantly increased and all features of SmarterMail are fully compatible with touch screens, so users can access their messages, contacts, calendars, tasks and notes from anywhere on an Apple, Android or Windows tablet.
• Instant messaging, that allows users to chat with other users on the same domain. Whether they use webmail or another XMPP-supported IM client to communicate, a user's chat history is archived and searchable, so it complies with Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and other regulatory requirements.
• Several administrative enhancements like validation of a user's "From" address against their SMTP authentication credentials, outgoing spam quarantine that allows administrators to investigate why certain messages are blocked and make appropriate adjustments, if necessary and an outgoing virus quarantine.

SmarterMail 9.x is a free upgrade for all customers with existing Upgrade Protection.

Upgrade Protection and SmarterMail 9.x are available from ServerTastic for 10% discount.

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S*** Support Agents Say

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Dilbert - Disaster Recovery Facility

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GoDaddy Supports SOPA then Doesn't

So GoDaddy has decided to retract it's support for SOPA following some significant customer backlash.

I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy.Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us.

— Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) December 23, 2011

More details on the WHIR

What are your opnions of SOPA?

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Data transfer record broken at 186 gigabits per second - Large Hadron Collider data flies around the world | TechEye

via news.techeye.net

A new two way network data transfer rate record has been set, reaching speeds of 186 gigabits per second to help work through piles of data spewing out of the Large Hadron Collider.
Researchers at Caltech, University of Michigan, the God-particle botherers at CERN and others all teamed up to push the limits of the amount of information that can be transferred in a wide area network.
The computer scientists now reckon that extremely large quantities of information can be crammed down optical fibres and sent across the world from continent to continent. The speeds hit by the boffins is apparently equivalent to moving two million gigabytes per day.

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Dilbert: Idiot Proof Software

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Globalsign SSL Security Incident Report

GlobalSign have issued a statement regarding the alleged compromise reported in September.

In summary;

They did not find any evidence of:

• Rogue Certificates issued.
• Customer data exposed.
• Compromised GlobalSign Root Certificate keys and associated Hardware Security Modules (HSM).
• Compromised GlobalSign Certificate Authority (CA) infrastructure.
• Compromised GlobalSign Issuing Authorities and associated HSMs.
• Compromised GlobalSign Registration Authority (RA) services.

What did happen:

• Peripheral web server, not part of the Certificate issuance infrastructure, hosting a public facing web property was breached.
• What could have been exposed? Publicly available HTML pages, publicly available PDFs, the SSL Certificate and key issued to www.globalsign.com.
• SSL Certificate and key for www.globalsign.com were deemed compromised and revoked.

The full report is available here.

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Bulk Purchase Options for SSL

Just in case you didn't know we have a couple of bulk purchase options available at ServerTastic.

RapidSSL 1 Year - Buy 10 or more for $10.00 each

QuickSSL Premium 1 Year - Buy 10 or more for $69 year

When you purchase you will receive an individual invite for each certificate you have purchased. These links are valid for 365 days from purchase. But the certificate is valid for 1 year from the date of issue (so you will not lose any days on your certificate).

You can supply the invite links to your customers. They contain no ServerTastic branding. We are working to bring some more bulk purchase offers and promotions.

Let us know if you have any questions.

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Melbourne Office Move

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Santa is Coming to ServerTastic

This year my family and I will be taking part in the St Catherines Hospice Santa Dash. Basically we all dress up in a Santa suit (apparently I do not need any extra padding) and 'dash' the 1.5 miles from the North to South bay of Scarborough.

Saint Catherines Hospice provides respite care for people with life limiting or life threatening diseases and provides family support.

The Santa Dash is a fun way to help raise money for our local charity.

If you want to sponsor me and my family you can donate online via JustGiving. Every donation, no matter how small, helps.

If donations exceed the £100 target I promise to provide pictures!

UK customers can also donate via text. Send your text to 70070 with code GAMB50 and your donation amount such as £5. Optional message can be added.

If you are a non UK customer you are still welcome to donate online however your donation will be made in GBP.

Many Thanks,

Andy Gambles
ServerTastic

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