Sophos PureMessage for Lotus Domino
Blocks spam, viruses, spyware and phishing.

Overview:

Sophos PureMessage for Lotus Domino protects Domino 7 and 8 servers against malware, spam and data leakage. It scans inbound, outbound and internal mail with advanced content monitoring and filtering capabilities covering keywords and file types. Its flexible deployment and extensive policy capabilities can be customized to suit a wide range of email management needs.

Key Benefits

• Detects over 99 percent of spam including phishing attacks
• Detects, disinfects, deletes or quarantines viruses, spyware, Trojans, and worms in incoming, outgoing and internal email
• Provides powerful content and attachment scanning to protect against confidential information leakage
• Supports Domino 8 servers
• Ensures that only allowed file types enter the network even if disguised.
• Employs Genotype technology to catch evolving spam campaigns and new virus variants
• Blocks unknown threats proactively with Behavioral Genotype technology
• Provides real-time anti-spam protection with Sophos SXL
• Provides proactive botnet detection and reputation filtering with Sender Genotype, which blocks up to 90 percent of spam
• Incorporates a flexible policy environment to support complex security or compliance requirements
• Updates automatically with the latest protection from SophosLabs
• Provides end-user quarantine review, allow lists, and block lists
• Enables customized email management and reduces workload through delegated administration
• Includes 24x7x365 support for the duration of the license and Sophos can be contacted for one-to-one assistance at any time

Features:

 

Award-winning anti-virus protection

• The PureMessage anti-virus engine detects and disinfects all email-borne viruses, spyware, Trojans, and worms.
• Behavioral Genotype® Protection protects against unknown threats by analyzing the behavior of a file before it executes.
• Genotype® virus detection technology protects against families of viruses even before specific detection is available.

Comprehensive anti-spam technology

• Sender Genotype uses reputation filtering and proactive botnet detection to protect against known and unknown spam sources, effectively eliminating up to 90 percent of spam.
• A range of anti-spam techniques including obfuscation detection, URL tracking, heuristics, and content fingerprinting eliminates more than 99 percent of spam.
• Sophos SXL technology, which provides real-time spam intelligence, protects against the latest spam campaigns including phishing attacks.

Flexible data leakage prevention and policy control

• True file type detection gives reliable control over attachments by ensuring that executable files that have been disguised as innocent files, such as jpegs or word processsing documents for instance, are identified and blocked.
• Messages and attachments are scanned for specific keywords, phrases and patterns.
• You can create custom disclaimers for outbound email from different groups or users.
• Administrators can assign different policies to individual groups and users, ensuring that an organization’s acceptable use policy enforced.

Simplified, customizable administration and control

• A Domino-based console enables centralized administration across multiple servers, providing automated quarantine management, message tracing, and reporting on email traffic and threat activity.
• Role-based administration allows the master administrator to assign rights and privileges based on organizational need. These can relate to policy, quarantine, groups, separate companies, and departmental sub-administrators.

Industry-leading expertise

• Our 24x7x365 customer support is included as standard and provides unlimited access to our highly acclaimed customer support team, while SophosLabs™ – our global network of threat analysis centers – provides a rapid response to emerging and evolving threats.

Languages available

• English.

Email Product Comparison:

 

Sophos Email Product Comparison
	Sophos Email Appliances	PureMessage for UNIX	PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange	PureMessage for Lotus Domino
Network location	Gateway	Gateway	Gateway and groupware	Groupware
Organization size	For organizations of all sizes: ES1000 (processes up to 50,000 messages/hour) ES5000 (up to 380,000 messages/hour) ES8000 (up to 550,000 messages/hour) Appliances can be clustered for scalability and multi-site environments.	50–25,000+ end users	50–10,000+ end users	50–10,000+ end users
Customer requirements	Appliance-based protection against spam, malware, and data leakage plus enforcement of custom messaging policies, with minimal administrative overhead End-user spam quarantine functionality More reliable and accessible support services	Complete protection from spam, malware and data loss, plus enforcement of custom messaging policies Extensive user- or group-based policy flexibility Delegated administration End-user spam quarantine functionality	Spam and malware protection in a single or clustered Microsoft Exchange server environment Virus protection for Exchange message stores using standard Microsoft APIs Ability to control email traffic by attachment content, file type, size, email content End-user spam quarantine functionality	Malware and spam protection in a single or replicated Domino server environment Ability to control email traffic by attachment content, file type, size or message content End-user spam quarantine functionality
Ideal customer profile	Organizations looking with limited in-house IT resources dedicated strictly to security Organizations seeking to reduce the amount of time spent on email security	Large or complex organizations with established UNIX skills, diverse email management requirements (group, department, customer) Higher education Government Managed email service providers	Small, medium and large organizations wanting: Anti-virus protection for their Exchange message stores A standard Windows gateway solution for spam, virus and spyware protection, and email content control	Small, medium and large organizations looking for: Anti-virus and anti-spam protection for their Lotus Domino servers Content filtering and disclaimers
Installation	Easy installation in any network – plug and protect	Supports a range of single- and multi-server installation options	Easy installation – InstallShield Wizard Out-of-the-box settings provide immediate protection from malware and spam	Easy installation – InstallShield Wizard Recommended default policies can easily be enabled to provide protection
Supported platforms	Management console Web-based Onboard software Hardened FreeBSD operating system Postfix MTA	Management console Web-based PureMessage software Linux Solaris FreeBSD Virtualization: Linux on VMWare ESX and Sun Solaris 10 containers MTAs Sendmail (8.13.6 inc): 8.11.6 or higher Postfix (2.5.4 inc): 2.0.x and 2.1 or higher Supports Sun Java™ System Messaging Server 6 and SunOne Messaging Server 5.2 on Solaris and SPARC	Management console Windows XP/2003 and above Active Directory (optional) MMC 3 PureMessage services Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010 Microsoft SQL 2005/2008 IIS Clustering Exchange 2010: DAGs Exchange 2007: SCC, CCR Exchange 2003 R2: SCC, CCR Exchange 2003 & earlier: SCC	Email server Lotus Domino server R7, R8.0x, and R8.5 (32-bit/64-bit) PureMessage software Windows 2000 Server Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit) Windows Server 2008 (32-bit/64-bit) *Lotus Domino server R6 is supported by PureMessage for Notes/Domino v3
Management console	Web-based: "three-clicks-to-anywhere" navigation. Designed for management by exception – system notifies admin when attention is required	Web-based GUI and UNIX command line	Windows MMC snap-in Exchange 2007-style layout	Domino-based interface
Database	Not applicable	PostgreSQL 8 (bundled)	SQL Server Express 2005 (bundled) SQL Server	Domino databases
Multi-server capability	Up to 10 appliances can be clustered for scalability and centrally managed in single- or multi-site environments	Highly configurable – synchronized administration with option to distribute functions across multiple servers	Manage and monitor all email servers from one console Supports Exchange clustering Quarantine and reporting data from multiple servers can be stored in a single database	Supports Domino clustering
Quarantine management	Administrator: Powerful message tracking with single-point access to logs and onboard quarantine End user: Personal quarantine accessed via email digest or web interface	Administrator: Consolidated and group-based view of quarantined items across all servers End user: Personal quarantine accessed via email digest or web interface	Administrator: Consolidated view of quarantined items across all Exchange servers End user: Personal quarantine accessed via email digest or web interface. Active Directory single sign-on	Administrator: Consolidated view of quarantined items across all Domino servers End user: Optional devolution of review and release of non-malware and non-spam quarantined files to end users
Allow lists and block lists	Offers both administrator and end-user-defined allow and block lists	Offers both administrator and end-user-defined allow and block lists	Administrator-defined allow and block lists	Administrator-defined allow and block lists
Policy enforcement	Offers an easy-to-use, highly flexible policy wizard for defining custom policies for inbound and outbound email Prioritize, activate, or deactive policy rules quickly and easily Supplies customized policies for attachments and unwanted and malicious content Searches for content within attachments created using common office applications Routing to third-party encryption or archiving systems Adds disclaimers (global, user or group)	Offers a fully configurable, highly flexible policy engine for inbound and outbound email Supplies customized policies for attachments and unwanted and malicious content Searches for content within common office applications Adds disclaimers (global, user or group) Integrates with third-party encryption or archiving systems	Enables customized policy for unwanted and malicious content and attachments Set policies for inbound, outbound and internal email flows Uses Active Directory users and groups within email policy Search for content within common office applications Adds disclaimers	Enables customized policy for unwanted and malicious content and attachments Adds disclaimers
Spam thresholds	Configurable policies for medium- and high- risk spam	Multiple configurable policies and thresholds	Configurable policies for medium- and high- risk spam	Multiple configurable policies and thresholds
Reputation filtering	Sender Genotype blocks email from known bad senders at MTA or policy level, and proactively detects botnet senders	Sender Genotype blocks email from known bad senders and proactively detects botnet senders. Blocks email from known bad senders at MTA or policy level	Blocks email from known bad senders as part of spam analysis	Blocks email from known bad senders as part of spam analysis
Virus policy	Policy customization for viruses and encrypted, suspicious and restricted attachments	Policy customization for viruses and encrypted, suspicious and restricted attachments	Policy customization for viruses and encrypted, suspicious and restricted attachments	Policy customization for viruses and encrypted, suspicious and restricted attachments
Languages supported	Mail processing: anti-virus and anti-spam, fully internationalized End-user interface: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Swedish Management console: English	Mail processing: anti-virus and anti-spam, fully internationalized End-user interface: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese Management console: English	Mail processing: anti-virus and anti-spam, fully internationalized Admin and end-user interfaces: English and Japanese	Mail processing: fully internationalized Admin and end-user interfaces: English
Customization via Sophos ProServices	No	Yes. Sophos Professional Services provides a range of customizations	No	No
User directory management	Fully synchronized and automated Active Directory integration, tools for manual integration with other LDAP-based directory services	Built-in list management, plus LDAP or Active Directory	Fully synchronized and automated Active Directory integration	Domino directory integration

Features & Capabilities
	Email Appliances (Hardware/Virtual)	PureMessage for UNIX	PureMessage for Microsoft Exchange	PureMessage for Lotus Domino
Deployment
Network Gateway or Mail Server	Network Gateway	Network Gateway	Exchange Server/Cluster	Domino Server/Cluster
Threat protection
Sophos Anti-virus
Zero-day protection
Malicious URL blocking
Spam protection
Sender Genotype Reputation Filtering
Live Anti-spam
Data protection
Integrated policy-based SPX Encryption
Integrated TLS encryption
Content filtering rules
Offensive content blocking
Content aware DLP
SophosLabs managed DLP dictionaries
Management
Real-time dashboard
Policy based reporting
Support
Managed appliance service
24/7/365 Support
Free updates/upgrades
Free updates/upgrades	3 years	N/A	N/A	N/A

Specifications:

 

Platforms supported:

Email server*

• Lotus Domino server R7, R8.0x, and R8.5 (32-bit/64-bit)

Operating system

• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows Server 2003 (32-bit/64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 (32-bit/64-bit)

*Lotus Domino server R6 is supported by PureMessage for Notes/Domino v3

Documentation:

Download the Sophos PureMessage for Lotus Domino Data Sheet (PDF).

Download the Sophos Email Product Comparison (PDF).

Download the Sophos Email Security and Data Protection Data Sheet (PDF).