Mail Access Monitor for CommuniGate Pro

A tool to monitor email access by employees.

Pros: The Mail Access Monitor allows a manager or administrator to understand how the company’s email server is being utilized. This is done through accessing email server logs that provides information about how much email traffic is being generate and by whom (it also supplies information as to where emails are being sent). The tool is compatible with a number of standard email Servers: MDaemon, Kerio MailServer, Merak MailServer, MS Exchange Server, VisNetic MailServer, SendMail, PostFix, QMail, and CommuniGate Pro. Charting of the usage patterns allows for easy analysis offline. Charts provide a wealth of information at a glance – for example it can quickly show which user sends most email, or whether or not most email are for company purposes (by destination) and so on.

Cons: Past editions of this software have had bugs so users beware. Besides in the current version also has problems with the interface. Although its stated function is email monitoring, it does not give equal monitoring across different email servers – it seems to have been optimized for use with CommuniGate Pro. Some emails are plainly missed by the tool. Some users will want more functionality than just monitoring the number of email and want to actual be able to scan emails. But at least there are fewer privacy violations here.

Overall: 3 stars. There are some issues in the current version including the fact that it doesn’t work equally well across different email servers. Interface design is also not up to the mark, for the targeted segment / user this is a serious defect.

It is hard to imagine an office without access to e-mail. Just as hard as finding a large company that does not have irresponsible employees who prefer exchanging e-mail messages with their friends rather than doing their job. If you are a manager, business owner or IT specialist, you have to know that there is a simple, quick and inexpensive way to take control of corporate e-mail system. Mail Access Monitor is a simple tool that analyses mail server logs and shows how much traffic is being used by e-mail, who sends and receives most messages, where the messages are being send to and if e-mail abuse takes place in your office. The program works with all popular e-mail servers (MDaemon, Kerio MailServer, Merak Mail Server, MS Exchange Server, VisNetic MailServer, SendMail, PostFix, CommuniGate Pro and QMail) and builds charts that are easy to comprehend. A simple glance at the chart reveals a lot of information. For example, you may find out that most outgoing e-mail messages are not related to work in any way and cost you hundreds of dollars in extra traffic a year. Or that some employees average 30-50 emails a day. Or, on the other hand, some of your sales staff members who are supposed to be proactive at approaching clients only reply to incoming messages. The best part of Mail Access Monitor is that it starts working right after installation (which takes less then 1 minute) and frees you from having to look over employees shoulders. As soon as employees learn that their e-mail use is being tracked and that the abusers will be punished, their productivity increases drastically. In fact, Mail Access Monitor is so effective that some Fortune 500 companies made it a mandatory policy to have the program installed in every office and branch around the globe! To see how Mail Access Monitor can help your company fight e-mail abuse, download free trial version now!