Cryptography, the science of encryption or the ability to encode and decode messages, has entered mainstream communications. Electronic messages, such as email, can be made secret by using encryption which works by encoding the information sent.
It is a TCP/IP protocol which is used most commonly to send email messages from one server to another. Signature files are often used to include personal details or security messages. A service for sending text messages of up to 160 characters to...
The email client also lets a person send and manage email using different accounts, by forwarding messages from POP or IMAP (internet message access protocol) email servers. It's trying to integrate AOL POP and IMAP email experiences.
In a more complex application, you can receive a text message from a mobile phone, send more instant messages to colleagues and then establish a conference between people at their desks and people on mobile phones.
If unsolicited voice communications (or recorded messages) become a problem in their volume and potentially illicit enticements, content filters will be of little use as they will not be able to break the encryption.
Users of other email systems - such as Lotus Notes - "must employ previously released methods, such as IMAP [internet message access protocol], in the
concierge support level or await third-party products that can tie into the security policy...