Sendmail enhances the security of email services

On the 25th anniversary of the first e-mail being sent around the world, Sendmail emphasizes the need for security technology in instant messaging and e-mail services. The company also announced that it plans to expand its reach into e-mail security.

This week Sendmail announced plans to add security features and executable components for not only e-mail but also web mail, instant messaging (Instant Messaging), peer-to-peer communication and translation. FTP service. The first e-mail appeared a quarter of a century ago. Its author is the inventor and founder of Sendmail: Eric Allmans.

' Most businesses use e-mail in their business activities. Their dependence on email service is not small , "said Donald Massaro, Sendmail's chief executive. ' Even Eric admitted that he did not expect the development of e-mail in the last 25 years, including the bad side and the good side .'

A few months later the company plans to publish the Trusted Unified Messaging Platform details, designed to provide security, enforcement and policy management programs for large businesses that need to improve efficiency for their electronic communication activities. Security features include cleaning spam, viruses containing viruses, hiding phishing from both inside and outside. The executable program focuses on keeping the content of the message in line with the tuning and aggregation instructions.

In addition, Sendmail's Trusted Unified Messaging Platform will provide encryption mechanisms to protect sensitive data and verify senders and recipients. Some of these technologies are from Sendmail, others are provided by third-party partners.

Entering the crowded email security market today is a risky step, even for a company known for its business accounting field such as Sendmail.

Investment bank manager Jeffries Broadview identified about 110 companies and service providers willing to bring their products and services into this area. He calls it a secure content management market.

Sendmail confirms its MTA software has been installed on over 450 out of 1,000 businesses in the world. The company believes that the software will win big in front of new email security competitors such as IronMail, Secure Computing, Proofpoint and Microsoft. Because Sendmail gives users the option to use part of its security product strategy at the same time. The company will quickly understand that thanks to Sendmail's integrated management clock panel, all requirements for policy provision, reporting and management can be centralized. Many easier administrative components are approaching.

' That's the reason why users try, and over time this security patch will get reliable email service .'

Sendmail will develop new products for software running on Linux and Solaris, or run as a separate application. The company is also committed to improving Trusted Unified Messaging Platform so that it can compete with open source MTA Postfix.

The official name of the product, the components of the product package and the price of the new platform are yet to be announced.

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