On 11 Apr 2006 at 15:04, Bruno Robichaud wrote:

> Interesting Francoise, is it a Replacement of LSMTP since they are no
> support for it anymore? Is it as good as LSMTP? 

It is an entirely new product, completely separate from LSMTP. It is 
based on the Strongmail MTA, and although its speed is comparable to 
LSMTP's, the emphasis is NOT on speed, but on *deliverability*. Not 
much point in getting mail out fast if it doesn't get delivered. 
LSMTP is good for what it does, but it doesn't do enough to solve 
today's delivery problems, and that's not something that can be 
easily retrofitted into last century's solutions.

We did a search for the best MTA available, and Strongmail was head 
and shoulders above all the others we looked at. We made a deal with 
Strongmail Systems and with their assistance, adapted their MTA for 
use with LISTSERV and LISTSERV Maestro, and the result is HDMail. We 
will continue to work with Strongmail Systems to adapt LISTSERV, 
LISTSERV Maestro, and HDMail to be more and more integrated with each 
other.

Like an anti-virus program that continually gets updates to deal with 
new viruses, HDMail can get "live updates" of deliverability 
information so that it adapts to the ever-changing requirements of 
receiving mail hosts.

However, your assertion that LSMTP is no longer supported is 
incorrect: L-Soft will continue to provide support to _existing_ 
LSMTP customers for the forseeable future. 

Here's the announcement that was sent out to subscribers of the 
L-Soft Product Updates Lists:


> HDMail Released
> ***************
> 
> L-Soft would like to announce the availability of HDMail, L-Soft's High
> Deliverability Mailer, which is optimized for LISTSERV® and LISTSERV®
> Maestro.
> 
> Today's increasingly aggressive ISP blocks have made traditional SMTP
> servers all but obsolete for high-volume permission mailings. Thus, L-Soft
> is pleased to offer HDMail, a new breed of SMTP server, engineered around
> the concept of deliverability with critical deliverability features such
> as virtual routing, differentiated sending and support for emerging
> authentication standards. 
> 
> HDMail is available as a rack-ready turnkey appliance as well as a
> software solution.
> 
> L-Soft will continue to support LSMTP for customers who have already
> purchased that product.
> 
> For additional product information, visit:
> http://www.lsoft.com/products/hdmail.asp
> 
> To read the news release, visit:
> http://www.lsoft.com/news/hdmail-us.asp


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