SparkEngine

The ColdSpark SparkEngine is a commercial, enterprise mail transport platform developed by ColdSpark, Inc. It is intended as a highly scalable, flexible and secure alternative to the legacy open source mail transfer agent or MTA, such as Sendmail and Postfix.

The SparkEngine is Java-based and works with enterprise groupware clients, such as Outlook/Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino.

On June 1, 2007 ColdSpark, Inc. was awarded the prestigious Financial Times Banker Technology Award, for Architecture Project of the Year. ColdSpark was recognized for successfully replacing legacy email network systems at leading financial services organizations with the SparkEngine Mail Transport Platform.

Features

* API Extensibility allows direct integration with 3rd party applications such as antivirus (such as Symantec and McAfee), anti-spam, policy management, encryption (such as Pretty Good Privacy), archive, etc.
* Supports virtualization of traffic across unlimited servers
* Supports DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) authentication and integration with leading email authentication solutions to accelerate security and routing policies
* Queue monitoring and management
* Zero bounce socket layer
* Domain based flow control distributes outbound traffic to improve delivery performance and profile with recipient
* Policy based traffic management

See also

*List of mail servers
*Comparison of mail servers

External links

* [http://www.coldspark.com/products/sparkengine/index.html Official website]
* [http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2006/dec/18/coldspark-wants-e-mail-in-the-fast-lane/ Daily Camera]
* [http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/120490.php CRM Today]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110606-coldspark-message-transfer-engine.html Network World]
* [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/business_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_82_5103499,00.html Denver Post]
* [http://www.messagingnews.com/magazine/2007/01/features/messaging_predictions.html Messaging News]
* [http://www.coldspark.com/company/news/newspr070601.html ColdSpark Awarded Prestigious Financial Times Banker Technology Award]