With this release of Tuxedo WebMail, LinuxMagic is offering a limited time special price of only $79.99, with $10 from every purchase going to the RoundCube Project, without which Tuxedo would not have been possible.

For more information or to try a demo of the system, please visit www.tuxedowebmail.com

The latest release of MagicMail Version 1.3, is an important upgrade to the base operating system, modelled on the Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support). This ensures that the system will be stable and secure for years to come with the stability of a Debian based packaging systems, the strength of the worldwide Ubuntu community, and backed by the LinuxMagic team to keep customers email servers up to date, and easy to use.

MagicMail 1.3 is a major release, and LinuxMagic developers are moving forward on building out on the 1.3 product line over the next few months.

Here is why the MagicMail 1.3 email server platform is popular with ISP and Telcos.

New Features and Improvements

o Tuxedo Webmail (Ajax) now available as an option for customers o New alerting system for critical issues and releases. o Updates to Content Filtering Rules. Total control of the filtering. o Enhanced spam protection from free email providers. o Faster and easier MagicMail updates. o User friendly interfaces with an improved GUI tools. o New spam rule GUI tool, to view all users spam settings. o Quicker resolutions to support questions. o New Log Search GUI to find all the log entries that apply to a given email

As a comprehensive release and improvement, MagicMail 1.3 represents a major upgrade to the underlying operating system (Debian;Ubuntu), and the expert in-house LinuxMagic Support team will be providing the upgrade.

To ensure a smooth transition, customers are requested to contact the support team support@linuxmagic.com to schedule a convenient time for the upgrade.

About LinuxMagic makers of MagicMail

LinuxMagic is a leader in developing anti spam solutions for the ISP and Telco markets. As a member of the Canadian Anti-Spam Task force and the number one Linux Development house in the Pacific Northwest USA, LinuxMagic continues to provide technology specifically targeted towards customers looking for simpler integrated solutions for their mail servers. For more information on MagicMail please visit www.linuxmagic.com/products.

Visit us at the Parallels Marketplace where MagicSpam will be a featured product among the Parallels Partners.

MagicSpam is an anti-spam product designed for specific email server solutions to target spam and junk mail, and remove it before it gets in your inbox. This is the ultimate spam protection package that's easy to install and easy to use. Visit http://www.magicspam.com for more information about the MagicSpam solutions that we offer.

ISP’s and Telco’s know how important this is, not only to reduce server loads and bandwidth, but to prevent the ‘backscatter’ that many filtering systems generate. And the anti spam components in MagicSpam are the same proven technologies that are used in the ‘MagicMail’ servers that ISP’s and Telco’s use.

MagicSpam makes it simple for a one click install, and comes complete with management consoles, stats, logging, reputation lists, and more. The BETA program is expected to run for one month, after which the production version should be made available to the public. For more information on MagicSpam please visit www.magicspam.com

If you are interested in a trial of the BETA release for CPanel, please contact support@magicspam.com for further information.

Given the current economy, LinuxMagic is seeing more operators who need to have more effecient email servers, that are easier to maintain and more user friendly. ISP's and Telco's are finding that email processing and anti-spam handling is becoming more and more complex, and rather than spending more dollars in IT staff, hardware, and development, it is much more cost effective to purchase a turn-key solution for the ISP/Telco market.

LinuxMagic has had a strong penetration in the US Market for some time, and it is nice to see local providers choosing local technologies designed and built right here in Canada. The MagicMail server is designed to lower adminstrative burdens, and develop happier and more loyal customers. Every support call costs on average $6 dollars, and anything that can lower the number of support calls is a welcome addition.

Not only do MagicMail purchasers get the Email Server Product, they also have the support of one of the foremost experts in email and spam security, as well as a more stable redundant infrastructure built on Linux Technology.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors reports.. “ISP's and Telco's understand. In order to reduce costs, email should be simple, and this can only be accomplished with a complete system. And with our industry leading Anti-Spam technologies and tools, customers are more happy and loyal as well.”

MagicMail is designed for ISP's and Telco's from 2,000 users to 200,000 users and is one of the few products specifically designed for ISP's, and one of the even fewer that comes with integrated Anti-Spam protection. “Allowing users to take control of their own inbox, makes for happier customers. There should be no reason to have to buy an extra 'spam protection', every email server should have it built-in. This makes it much easier for users to control what they want to see and what they don't, and administrators like it as it also helps stop outbound spam leakage, which can get them blacklisted and affect of their customers.” Michael adds.

“City West Cable and Telephone is the number one provider of Internet Access in the Prince Rupert area, and it is always nice when a company of their stature recognizes the strategic advantages of buying MagicMail”.

With this new release, we are announcing a limited time offer. Until August 15th, Tuxedo is available for only $79.00 with $10.00 from every sale going to support the RoundCube project without which Tuxedo would not have been possible.

Tuxedo is available for download immediately after your purchase confirmation as a single file package. With no databases and simple configuration options, you can have this sleek webmail interface set up on your email server in minutes. For more information and to try a demo of Tuxedo visit http://www.tuxedowebmail.com.

Backscatter is collectively known as the unwanted email generated by email servers which attempt to 'bounce' spam emails. Bouncing emails is a normal part of the email server job and using best practices can avoid most forms of backscatter. However, there are still a lot of email servers that do this incorrectly and are at risk of being blacklisted.

Spammers bypass server filters using valid email addresses, also known as forging or spoofing. Servers then bounce the spam to the forged 'from' addresses which can generate thousands of bounces to the victims mailbox. Spammers often target such servers without the protection or proper protocols because they can use them to bounce spam, masking their original source and making the email look legitimate.

Most email servers are designed to 'block' such attacks, but according to the statistics gathered over the past 45 days on the UCEPROTECT backscatter page, over 300,000 email servers are actively sending backscatter. LinuxMagic ran a report against those listed sources and discovered some interesting facts http://probethenet.com/results.

Top Mail Server Sources of Backscatter:

Top Countries of Origin:

One of the reasons that the United States produces so much backscatter is because it has a large number of internet hosting companies that offer email services. The operators of these email servers may be unaware of backscatter or unable to stop it. Of course this causes a problem for hosting companies which may find their networks blacklisted because of the backscatter coming from their IP addresses.

LinuxMagic created MagicSpam, an Anti-Spam product for email servers that provides an answer for the industry looking to reduce the risks and problems associated with being blacklisted. MagicSpam does this by working with the existing mail server to provide an easier way for email operators to stop backscatter coming from their mail server (http://www.magicspam.com).

Corporate Information:

LinuxMagic is a leader in developing anti spam solutions for the ISP and Telco markets. As a member of the Canadian Anti-Spam Task force and the number one Linux Development house in the Pacific Northwest USA, LinuxMagic continues to provide technology specifically targeted towards customers looking for simpler integrated solutions for their mail servers.

• http://www.linuxmagic.com
• http://www.magicspam.com

UCEPROTECT-Network's core database is fed by a cluster of more than 50 UCEPROTECT-Servers (Executive-Members) located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada and Australia.

• http://www.uceprotect.net/
• http://www.backscatterer.org/

LinuxMagic has built a world wide reputation for it's email and anti spam technologies, and being chosen by a company with the size and reputation of Parallels as a vendor for its Anti-Spam validates that reputation. The technology underpinning 'MagicSpam' is already in use protecting millions of users at major ISPs and Telcos throughout North America as 'MagicMail'.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors reports, “Every email server should have Anti-Spam technology built-in to protect its users, and it shouldn't be complicated. Parallels partners with us not only because we make it simpler, but also because it's cost effective for millions of their SMB customers.” Michael further states, “Everyone should have the same protection that our large ISP and Telco customers have access to.”

This was supported by Parallels's VP SaaS, Soeren Von Varchmin. “We know that being able to provide our customers and vendors with cutting edge spam protection at just a click of a mouse, and partnering with a company of LinuxMagic's expertise and proven technology is a win-win situation."

MagicSpam is a unique approach to anti-spam that offers zero-day protection in a manner that stops spam and attackers with greater flexibility, and without the overhead of traditional filtering techniques. Lowering overhead and bandwidth is especially important to the hosting service providers, and spam protection is essential for all email servers. Reduced support costs, improved email services, and simple to use tools for their customers help to eliminate industry pain points.

Parallels' customers now have the added benefit of reducing their time spent dealing with spam or spam problems. 'MagicSpam' was developed to eliminate spamming before entering the server; therefore reducing operating costs, and saving money for millions of customers. Michael comments “In these tough economic times, saving money is essential for businesses of any size, and 'MagicSpam' is the perfect solution.”

This product should be especially attractive to hosting companies that resell Plesk products as a economical way to provide the best of MagicSpam protection, at a cost that is attractive to their customers, and yet allows for additional recurring revenue streams.

A new website and store have been created to make it simple to purchase, simple to install and easy to use. www.magicspam.com has more information on this product and pricing, however the unlimited email address protection fits well into the pricing model that Plesk customers are used to. "MagicSpam for Plesk" is based on MagicMail's tried and true Anti-Spam technology used to protect millions of users at ISP's and Telcos throughout North America.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors is excited about this product launch. "This is the first step in making our Spam protection available for other products and Platforms, and choosing Plesk as a first product seemed like the logical choice." Parallels strong penetration in the hosting market, and being able to fill a void and make the Plesk server experience even better at a price that is attractive enough for wide spread adoption is a wonderful experience, and we hope to release the same protection for many other products in the near future."

The MagicSpam website also holds information that is meant to help owners of other email solutions that want the protection of MagicMail, but are already committed to another product.

Recent customers comment on the simplicity of the product install, and it's seamless integration with Plesk, however the technical staff at LinuxMagic indicate this is only the beginning.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors had this to say about the upcoming release. "It is all about making life easier both for email administrators and for customers... Especially in the ISP/Telco markets. And now with the updated statistical analysis tools, and updated SMTP daemons, ISPs can expect even lower call counts at the support desks, and better customer loyalty."

Mr. Peddemors went on to add, "The surprising thing is how easy Spam is to control with a good mail server. Why should a person have to pay for spam filtering on top of their mail server when the mail server can do spam protection more efficiently by itself."

The LinuxMagic team points out that its edge level technology does a better "Zero Day" protection than standard filtering methods, and that with a few simple tricks any mail server can block over 95% of the traffic its mail servers are subject to without the burden of risking false positives.

A recent study showed that a typical email server can block 2/3's of the traffic with simple valid user checking, 1/3 of the traffic just by checking the HELO, 1/3 of the traffic by checking if there is reverse DNS present in MTA-MTA traffic.

The problem is a lot of other email servers are not flexible enough to differentiate between customers emails and inbound spammers, and/or not designed to check this information BEFORE the server accepts the messages.

The flexibility of MagicMail makes it so easy to use Anti-Spam 'Best Practises', while still allowing customers to 'tweak' their own personal settings.

This, and MagicMail proprietary spam protection help to ensure that Spam is blocked in a way that works for ISPs and their customers, while reducing the overall costs of customer support as well as the cost of running and maintaining mail servers.

Protecting millions of mailboxes, the latest release is sure to be a big hit with the telecom industry.

For more information, visit the MagicMail website.

These Trojans and Bots sources are responsible for 50% of the traffic detected at mail servers.

LinuxMagic's flagship email server product 'MagicMail' with it's built in Anti-Spam technology, designed for the ISP and Telco's has been using IP reputation in it's servers to help block connections from Trojans and Bots, to reduce server loads and help in the fight against Spam.

Because of the wide deployment of MagicMail servers throughout North America, MagicMail servers have been able to act as an early warning detection grid to detect new trojans, bots and other abusive sources. These 'worst offenders' are added to the public lists available at SpamRats within hours of detection, enabling not only MagicMail servers, but other email servers as well to block any mail connections from these locations. This detection technology has been showing significant results, and now that SpamRats has listed over 20 million IP Addresses in it's database which are associated with machines controlled by spammers, it is now among the top IP reputation lists available to the general public. MagicMail is known for blocking more than 90% of all inbound mail attempts, BEFORE data acceptance. This 'zero day' approach also helps stop new Spam techniques before they are created.

And the tools use to detect Trojans and Bots are extremely effective, as shown by this detection chart.

With over 5 million IP addresses on RATS-NOPTR list alone, (IP Addresses with no reverse DNS) that mail servers never need accept a connection again, this has a huge impact on system resources from some of the worst types of attackers and spammers.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors was quoted as saying, "IP reputation is the most efficient form of protection, and our reputational databases and our data collection methods will place us a leader in our field by years end. There is only a finite number of IP addresses available, and there is no reason to allow the Trojan and Bot affected personal computers in the world to keep sending out Spam and attacking mail servers, once they are detected"

And these Trojans and Bots sources are responsible for 20% of the traffic detected at mail servers. These represent the worst sources of attackers and spammers detected by the Spam Rats detection tools.

LinuxMagic's flagship email server product 'MagicMail' with it's built in Anti-Spam technology, designed for the ISP and Telco's has been using IP reputation in it's servers to help block connections from Trojans and Bots, to reduce server loads and help in the fight against Spam. Because of the wide deployment of MagicMail servers throughout North America, MagicMail servers have been able to act as an early warning detection grid to detect new trojans, bots and other abusive sources. These 'worst offenders' are added to the public lists available at SpamRats within hours of detection, enabling not only MagicMail servers, but other email servers as well to block any mail connections from these locations. This detection technology has been showing significant results, and now that SpamRats has listed over 4 million IP Addresses in it's database, it is now already blocking 15-20% of inbound connections. And with the other IP Reputational tools, MagicMail is blocking more than 90% of all inbound mail attempts, BEFORE data acceptance. This 'zero day' approach also helps stop new Spam techniques before they are created.

And the tools use to detect Trojans and Bots are extremely effective, as shown by this detection chart.

With over 1 million IP addresses on RATS-NOPTR list alone, that mail servers never need accept a connection again, this has a huge impact on system resources from some of the worst types of attackers and spammers.

President/CEO Michael Peddemors was quoted as saying, "IP reputation is the most efficient form of protection, and our reputational databases and our data collection methods will place us a leader in our field by years end. There is only a finite number of IP addresses available, and there is no reason to allow the Trojan and Bot affected personal computers in the world to keep sending out Spam and attacking mail servers, once they are detected"

And if the 25% increase per month continues, then by years end, SpamRats will have detected over 50 million IP's, roughly the estimate of the amount of infected PC's worldwide. In 2007 the estimates or infected PC numbers ranged from 6 million to 20 million, but with the increasing use of home PC's in emerging foreign markets, this number is expected to increase.

LinuxMagic's flagship email server product 'MagicMail' with it's built in Anti-Spam technology, designed for the ISP and Telco's has been using IP reputation in it's servers to help block connections from Trojans and Bots, to reduce server loads and help in the fight against Spam.

Because of the wide deployment of MagicMail servers through out North America, MagicMail servers have been able to act as an early warning detection grid to detect new trojans, bots and other abusive sources. These 'worst offenders' are added to the public lists available at SpamRats within hours of detection, enabling not only MagicMail servers, but other email servers as well to block any mail connections from these locations. This detection technology has been showing significant results, and now that SpamRats has listed over 3 million IP Addresses in it's database, it is now already blocking 15-20% of inbound connections. And with the other IP Reputational tools, MagicMail is blocking more than 85% of all inbound mail attempts, BEFORE data acceptance. This 'zero day' approach also helps stop new Spam techniques before they are created.

Choice Communications, a large full service ISP based out of St. Martin, Virgin Islands, has chosen LinuxMagic's mail server solution, MagicMail and it's Best of Breed integrated anti-spam technologies to provide email and spam protection services for its customer's 20,000 email boxes. By selecting MagicMail's high volume email and anti-spam package, Choice Communication will now better protect its customers and dramatically reduce its email administration costs, and improve it's email service offerings.

As the reputation of the MagicMail servers continue to grow, LinuxMagic is experiencing more and more sales beyond continental North America, and is looking to expand into both new and emerging markets world wide.

Wizard IT, a leading Canadian anti-spam solutions provider, is delighted with the outcome of the case, which now gives consumers and their Internet providers the legal right to restrict access to material that the provider or user considers to be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable”.

The lawsuit against Kaspersky Labs was launched in The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Zango, an online media company, to try and get its programs reclassified as non threatening and to prevent Kaspersky's anti-spam and security software from blocking its programs. With a decision in favor of Kapersky's anti-spam program, the courts set a precedent which would give ISPs the right to track, label and even block spam and malware that might be harmful to its customers.

Michael Peddemors, President of Wizard IT, Services has always believed in the rights of people to limit the amount of emails they receive from email marketing companies.

“We are very pleased with the judgment because it supports our belief that consumers have the right to choose what emails they receive and what emails they reject. I strongly believe that the protection of consumers must be the main priority of all ISPs and email operators,” said Michael Peddemors.

Blocking email has always been a controversial issue. It pits the rights of the receiver over the rights of the sender. The recent court case involving Kaspersky labs and other recent court cases, like E360 Insight vs The Spamhaus Project, a large anti-spam BlackList provider, is proof of this controversy.

Josh Wilsdon, Vice President of Technical Development for Wizard IT Services, says that the recent court case gives anti-spam companies some valuable legal precedent to support them when facing legal challenges in the US.

“As an IT company and email software provider, we saw a rise in unwanted commercial email being sent to our customers. This prompted us to develop two products, MIPSpace and SpamRats, which specifically deals with the rise in spam, malware and abusive email marketing. We wanted to give consumers and ISPs a choice as to which senders they wanted to receive mail from and which they would reject. The recent court decision for Kaspersky helps lay a foundation of precedent which will support us as we continue providing this choice to customers."

As security threats continue to plague email and Internet users, consumers are expecting that ISPs and other email operators are adequately checking for spam and other security threats before legitimate email is sent to their email in-box. While the methods of combating various types of spam have not changed, with this ruling, ISPs, security vendors and consumers now have broad discretion in determining what is or is not spam and malware and the legal right to 'Just Say No...' to email marketing and other forms of intrusions.

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