Security and Privacy

This is a huge topic on which an entire book could be written. As we have increased reliance upon email, increased bandwidth, increased access to bandwidth, and increased the number of devices on the network, we have also increased the need for security and privacy. More and more customers are using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) methods to secure the communication protocol whether it is POP, IMAP, SMTP, or HTTP (web mail).

Many customers are adding virus scanning to their messaging layer—what used to be uncommon (virus-scanning messages in the messaging system) is now common. In reality, this was not a complete surprise or a giant step. Many organizations began with scanning just messages coming into their system from the Internet. ...

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