MDaemon Blog

Microsoft 365 is Raising Prices Again on July 1. Here's the Math on Owning Your Email Instead.

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:47:48 GMT

On July 1, 2026, Microsoft will raise list prices across most of its commercial Microsoft 365 products. This is the second consecutive year your email and productivity solution has gotten more expensive, and that has many businesses reevaluating their options.

See MDaemon in Action: Watch Our Updated Overview Video

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:45:00 GMT

Email is the backbone of how your organization communicates, but the server behind it shouldn't be complicated, expensive, or something you have to think about every day. That's the idea at the heart of MDaemon.

How to Move Your DMARC Policy from p=none to p=reject Without Breaking Mail

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:37:55 GMT

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on email authentication. Part 1: Why Messages That Fail SPF, DKIM, or DMARC Still Reach Inboxes — and How to Fix It in MDaemon.

Why Messages That Fail SPF, DKIM, or DMARC Still Reach Inboxes, and How to Fix It in MDaemon

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:55:10 GMT

You've configured sender authentication. You've published the right DNS records. You're checking your logs and seeing the word fail next to messages that shouldn't have been delivered, and yet they landed in user inboxes anyway.

The Envelope vs. the Letter: Why Every MDaemon Admin Should Know the Difference Between SMTP Envelope Addresses and Message Headers

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Most people think of an email as one thing: a message with a “From” line at the top, a “To” line right under it, a subject, and a body. Type, click send, done. That mentality works fine when everything is going right.

How to Use Performance Monitor to Notify an Administrator If an MDaemon Service Goes Down

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:29:59 GMT

When an MDaemon service stops unexpectedly — SMTP, Webmail, ActiveSync, or any of the others — every minute of silence is a minute your users aren’t sending or receiving mail. The good news is that you don’t need a third-party monitoring tool to catch these events. Windows ships with a built-in feature, Performance Monitor, that can watch for a stopped service and send an email alert the moment it detects one.

This guide walks through the full setup end-to-end: creating the performance counter alert, adding it to a PowerShell script that sends you a notification email, and testing the whole chain so you can be confident it will work when you actually need it.

Email Security at the Gateway — The SecurityGateway™ Approach

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:17:22 GMT

Recently, we published our white paper “Email Security Without Compromise – the MDaemon Approach.” In this post, we’re sharing our latest white paper, which details how SecurityGateway intercepts email threats before they reach Microsoft 365, Microsoft Exchange, or any other mail server — with multi-layered protection, deep administrative visibility, and full deployment flexibility.

Top 5 Most Useful Custom Charts You Can Create in SecurityGateway for Email

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:24:38 GMT

If you're an administrator using SecurityGateway for Email from MDaemon Technologies, you already know that the dashboard is your command center. It gives you an at-a-glance view of server health, message queues, spam activity, and more. But did you know you can go far beyond the default charts and build your own custom reports tailored to exactly what your organization needs to monitor?

Email Security Without Compromise — The MDaemon Approach

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:13:32 GMT

Our new white paper covers MDaemon's layered defense strategy, enterprise-grade security features, and why it's a compelling alternative to Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft 365.

Best Practices for Deploying MDaemon & SecurityGateway Together

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:21:58 GMT

Many of our customers are using both MDaemon and SecurityGateway™ together for their email security and messaging needs. Both products are loaded with anti-spam, anti-spoofing, encryption & other security features, and while some features are unique to MDaemon or SecurityGateway, many are found in both products, and therefore can be disabled in MDaemon as long as they are enabled in SecurityGateway.

MDaemon 26 is now available - with Single Sign-on for Webmail, web conferencing improvements, and more!

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:14:08 GMT

MDaemon version 26 is here, with improvements to web conferencing, plus Single Sign-on for MDaemon Webmail, and more!

Introducing SecurityGateway™ 12 - with Display Name Protection, Database Connection Pooling & More!

Brad.Wyro@mdaemon.com (Brad Wyro) — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:29:16 GMT

Email threats continue to evolve, and so must the tools that protect your organization. With the release of SecurityGateway 12, we've added new features and enhancements that strengthen security, improve performance under heavy load, and give administrators greater visibility and control.