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AfterMail v2

I'll have some screenshots for you soon but for now I can't help myself but blog about virtual mailboxes!

It's this awesome new feature in AfterMail v2 which enables you to use the approach not dissimilar to SQL views to select emails to display to an end-user according to criteria and integrated LDAP permissioning - the fact is this, the email is in a relational database and attachments are in a single instance file store as part of an email server as the archiving service (Exchange, Notes, Groupwise and others coming) - the result is an optimised datastore of an enterprise's email communications which can then be consumed by any device capable of having a SQL dialogue.

Very impressive and as far as I can tell the most effective email archiving solution in the marketplace, but heh! you could say I sell this and I would say that.  What you don't know is the work behind the scenes we're doing using email intelligence, that is looking really sexy - if you want to know more and get involved in this space feel free to drop me a line with your details and we can see if there is something to discuss.

Posted: Sep 14 2004, 10:12 PM by Ed Daniel | with 2 comment(s)
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NudeCybot said:

Interesting and useful.

How is security managed in a world where all corporate mail is available in a queryable database?

# September 16, 2004 12:43 PM

Ed said:

Security can be broad as it is long a subject, I will try and mention a few highlights.

Where ever you store data you take risk, dependent on the location and facilities of the archive store be it a nuclear bunker, a disused oil rig or a common-or-garden MSP as well as on-site.

So controlling access to the archive data should reflect the exisiting permission structure of an organisation. Enterprise Admins configure their directory servers with groups and users - AfterMail is added to this directory with no disruption to the business enabling authorised and controlled access to take place.

In order to maintain and guarantee that the email is the authentic email received or sent from an organisation AfterMail implements a system to verify integrity of an email before publishing it to a subscriber - this extends to attachments as well in the filestore and also provides anti-virus functionality with 3rd party vendor solutions.

AfterMail has a full and complete audit trail so that in the event of an investigation request the organisaton is able to provide both logs and data to re-affirm authenticity.

# September 17, 2004 7:17 AM