Features and Benefits

The Trilent™ Mail Proxy 1.8 has satisfied the Microsoft technical requirements and has earned the right to carry the "Designed for Windows XP" logo. This certification is a testimony to the quality of our product. Customers can be confident that compliant products will execute on Windows XP and will not adversely affect the reliability of the operating system.

These are the key features and corresponding benefits that make the Trilent Mail Proxy an ideal solution for security-minded small network users:

• Sharing Internet Connection
• Ease of Use
• Mail Monitor
• Unattended Operation
• Performance
• Reliability
• Standards Compliance
• Security
• Trust
• Cost

Sharing Internet Connection

The Trilent Mail Proxy allows multiple computers on your network to share Internet access. It distributes email for the entire network via a single Internet mail connection. User Benefits: Share a single Internet connection among multiple computers without the extra cost. Save the expense of a dedicated mail server. Avoid the need for 24/7 Internet connection to your network.

Ease of Use

The setup program automatically installs and pre-configures the proxy on your computer. Configuration is straightforward with the provided graphical user interface. The included help system and a detailed documentation explain all you need to know. User Benefits: Simple to use. Anyone who has configured an Internet mail program such as Outlook, Eudora or Messenger will find the Mail Proxy easy to configure.

Mail Monitor

The Trilent Mail Proxy includes a simple mail monitor, capable of monitoring a single e-mail connection. User Benefit: Helpful in troubleshooting mail connection problems.

Unattended Operation

Once configured, the Mail Proxy requires minimal attention. It works in the background. Implemented as a Windows® service, it automatically starts as soon as the computer is powered up. No user login is required for operation. It logs important events in the Event Log, so you always know what’s going on.

User Benefits: "Install-and-forget" operation. It can operate on unattended computers (in a server room). Unobtrusive - no nagging popups or trivial messages to distract you.

Performance The Trilent Mail Proxy is a multi-threaded program. It supports multiple concurrent mail client connections in both the send and receive directions simultaneously. The proxy passes email messages immediately as they come (there is no store-and-forward), with little or no delays. It will not monopolize your computer resources. When not actually passing mail messages, it uses very few processor cycles.

User Benefits: The Mail Proxy does not require a dedicated computer. It can be installed on your desktop computer and share the computer resources with other applications.

Reliability

This mail proxy is designed with reliability in mind. The protocol engine is implemented as a single-pass finite state machine. The program’s modular, multi-threaded design together with its implementation as a Windows service (with a well-defined interface to the operating system) provides superior stability.

User Benefit: No annoying crashes. Reliability is by far the most important attribute of any application.

Standards Compliance

The Mail Proxy complies with Internet standards for SMTP and POP3 mail protocols. User Benefit: Virtually all Internet mail client programs running on any combination of Windows, UNIX, and Mac computers will work with the Trilent Mail Proxy.

Security

This proxy, together with a good firewall, increases your network security. During its operation, the Trilent Mail Proxy enforces mail protocol rules on the traffic sequence. This has the effect of blocking unwanted non-mail traffic, unlikely to follow these rules, from accessing your network. For added security, you can limit the access to the proxy to selected computers on your network. User Benefit: A more secure network.

Trust

The Trilent Mail Proxy program is protected from (potentially malicious) modifications with a tamper-proof digital signature. A cryptographic certificate issued to Trilent Networks by a certificate authority protects the signature from forgery and verifies authenticity of the software.

User Benefits: Confidence in the program integrity: no danger of viruses, "Trojan horses", or other malware added to the software by hackers during distribution.

Cost

Mail Proxy is distributed as a shareware. It costs significantly less than other comparable options. User Benefits: Cost savings. Opportunity to try before you buy.