Page Title: MeritMail: Features Page Address: http://www.merit.edu/services/meritmail/features.php
MeritMail Features
MeritMail screens out the viruses, spam and other malware before it enters your network with state-of-the-art spam and virus protection. The most advanced protection available and better network performance because we intercept spam and viruses before they get to your network. Black, White and Grey listing is included too!
MeritMail supports the highest level of Institutional Branding. Every screen can have your colors, logos and images. Your students will see your organization's identity when they use MeritMail, not ours or anyone else's.
MeritMail also supports state of the art emergency and broadcast messaging as well as other communications services. Emergency broadcast alerts to email, instant messaging, Blackberry's, cell phones and other portable devices make it possible to communicate even when other systems are compromised. MeritMail is a powerful alternative to expensive emergency notification systems. Apple iSync 2-way synchronization and mobile push synchronization to Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile 5 devices is also included.
7x24 Support and Train-the-Trainer Training for your Help Desk is included. Merit staff supports your Help Desk!.
Advanced functions are included like group and personal calendars and shared documents, folders and address books. IMAP, POP, an Outlook connector so Outlook users are right at home, Webmail and interfaces to the most popular email systems. Integrated Productivity Applications like word processing, spreadsheets and intelligent hot links - which can link to maps, web sites and learning systems - are yours to use as you wish with MeritMail.
MeritMail has the most advanced Web Client or use your choice of clients including Outlook, Eudora, Evolution, Thunderbird, Apple Mail and iCal. Ajax-based, the MeritMail web client looks and feels like a full featured client app. Drag and drop, context sensitive right click menus and other features are standard! Web-based administration tools (for adding and changing users, adding or restricting features and other functions) allow you to control your email system from anywhere, anytime.
MeritMail Leverages your existing Merit network connection. MeritMail works over your existing Merit network connection. Because all MeritMail data flows are considered on-net the bandwidth is most likely free for your organization.
MeritMail Protects your email with RAID storage, Archiving and advanced Disaster Recovery. Assuring your email, and your email system, will be there when disaster strikes can be costly. With MeritMail you're covered! MeritMail stores all email on high powered RAID arrays which are backed up nightly. Archived email is stored indefinitely (or for periods you specify) for emergency retrieval. For Disaster Recovery, MeritMail's back-up servers are located at a remote data center so if our primary facility goes down, your email won't! In the event of a service interruption, email service is immediately restored at the remote site with stored email available later.
MeritMail guarantees its performance with a real SLA. With a four 9's SLA and financial penalties if we fail to perform, Merit is standing behind MeritMail when most "free" services don't even have SLA's!
MeritMail is Standards Compliant. MeritMail is LDAPv3-compliant and works seamlessly with standards-based protocols. MeritMail supports Post Office Protocol (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4), HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP/HTTPS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for easy integration with any client device..
Why Do You Need an Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus Solution?
Directory Harvest Attacks have skyrocketed to over 22 million per month and can hijack up to 30% of an email server's capacity.
