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Quarterly Technical Update
18 August 2008

Welcome to the first Mirapoint Asia Limited’s quarterly technical information update. We will provide you with the latest news from global messaging market, new features of Mirapoint's products and special tips & tricks to assist you daily operations.
Mirapoint introduces new platform and MOS
Mirapoint recently announced the introduction of the following new platforms, 
Previous platform New platform
RG100 RG160
RG350 RG600
RG500 RG6000
M50 M50
M500 M600
M5000 M6000
M5000S S6000 (SAN)
The 6 series platform:
  • Supports Gigabit network
  • Increased memory (compared to earlier series)
  • Supports Quad Xeon processors

    MOS version 4 has also been introduced to take advantage of the new platform. The new MOS version is not supported on some of the older platforms,
    •
    Platform MOS 3 capable MOS 4 capable
    4 Series Yes No
    5 Series (include RG100 and M50 Yes Yes (except M5000, 
    M5000N,RG350N&M50N)
    6 Series No Yes

    Internal testing, combining MOS v4 and 6 series hardware shows capacity improvements upwards of 25% of the previous generation.
    In This Issue
    Quotes



    "Only RazorGate offered the Full-Spectrum of email security we needed... Mirapoint’s maturity in product development and unique technology like MailHurdle, coupled with their long-term experience in messaging, made them the best fit."
    - RSA Security 
     
     
    "HAVING AN INTEGRATED MESSAGING SOLUTION THAT WORKS EFFICIENTLY AND RELIABLY MEANS WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR CORE BUSINESS, WHICH IS RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY."
    - Jim McBride, Information Technology Manager, Garvan Institute
     
        
    Messaging appliance update     
    With the recent releases of Mirapoint Operating System (MOS) versions 3.10.x and 4.1.x the following features are now available:
    • Real time sync for Microsoft Outlook - ConnectR
      Mirapoint email users have had the ability to synchronise PIM information from Outlook to a Mirapoint messaging server, and vice versa using SynQ. With SynQ, this process happens at timed interval. With ConnectR the synchronisation happens immediately. 
    • Ability to control automatic reply in Webmail
    • Can choose to reply to users from outside or within your organisation 
       
    • Can pre-set the valid time of automatic reply
    These features are available if you have Group calendaring and webmail licenses.
     
    Security appliance update

    At Mirapoint, we are constantly enhancing our Antispam engine. In recent versions of MOS administrators can now:
    • Combine Principal Edition Antispam and Singature Edition Antispam
      What is SPF?
      SPF is an attempt to control forged email – helping to prevent spammers from ‘spoofing’ your email domain.
       
      More information on SPF can be found at http://www.openspf.org

      Principal Edition Antispam works by analysing content within email. The content is evaluated for ‘spaminess’ and a score is given. By combining Principal Edition Antispam and Signature Edition Antispam, we are increasing the effectiveness of our spam catch rate.
    • Enable support for Sender Protection Framework (SPF)
      By enabling SPF on Mirapoint equipment, MOS can query DNS to determine if a given domain has SPF data. If it does, the following actions can be performed:
    • Reject emails permanently or temporarily
    • Allow domains that pass SPF checks to bypass MailHurdle(TM)
    If no SPF information is available – the connection will be allowed through.
    More information on Mirapoint’s SPF implementation can be found in the protocol documentation.