Messaging Leaders Sendmail and MessagingDirect Announce Strategic OEM Agreement.EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- Sendmail Licenses MessagingDirect Technology: Two Companies Partner in Driving the Standard for E-Business Messaging Solutions Sendmail, Inc., the dominant provider of standards-based Internet messaging solutions powering the majority of mail servers on the Internet, today announced an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement to license MessagingDirect Ltd.'s, scalable and secure message store and access technology. Sendmail's leading mail transfer agent Mail Transfer Agent - Message Transfer Agent (MTA) technology, combined with MessagingDirect's field-tested technology will provide a high-security, scalable standards-based foundation for corporate and Internet Services Provider (ISP) email systems. MessagingDirect was formed earlier this year through the merger of Canadian-based Execmail, Inc. and U.K-based Isode. "By partnering with MessagingDirect, we can provide our customers with the only seamless messaging solution that is based on the Internet's most-relied upon MTA," said Greg Olson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sendmail, Inc. "This relationship combines two teams with extensive experience in driving the Internet's messaging standards." MessagingDirect has bundled Sendmail's Open Source version, sendmail(R), with its message store since 1997 and has partnered with Sendmail to help drive Internet standards through ubiquity. With decades of use and development, sendmail has demonstrated its scalability, reliability and security. By combining MessagingDirect's and Sendmail's technology today, Sendmail customers can implement complete messaging solutions with support for the most widely adopted standard Internet protocols, including Internet message access protocol (protocol, messaging) Internet Message Access Protocol - (IMAP) A protocol allowing a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. It permits manipulation of remote message folders (mailboxes), in a way that is functionally equivalent to local mailboxes. (IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 4), post office protocol (POP3), simple mail transfer protocol See SMTP. (messaging) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - (SMTP) A protocol defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer electronic mail between computers, usually over Ethernet. It is a server to server protocol, so other protocols are used to access the messages. (SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. ) and local mail transfer protocol (messaging, protocol) Local Mail Transfer Protocol - (LMTP) A protocol designed as an alternative to ESMTP for cases where the mail receiver does not manage a queue. LMTP is an application level protocol that runs on top of TCP/IP. (LMTP LMTP - Local Mail Transfer Protocol ). "We are partnering with Sendmail because they too understand the requirements of corporations and ISPs and are equally committed to delivering commerce-class solutions that offer companies the functionality, transactional reliability, scalability and robustness critical to E-business," said Don Pare, CEO of MessagingDirect. "Both companies recognize that businesses worldwide require secure messaging for key functions to increase profitability and improve customer relationship management." Hundreds of companies are already using a combination of Sendmail's MTA and MessagingDirect's message store and access technologies, including the Huntsville Hospital System The Huntsville Hospital System also known as Huntsville Hospital is a hospital campus consisting of several sites and buildings in the Medical District of Huntsville, Alabama. It has some 5,000 employees, 2,000 nurses and 650 physicians. , whose business requirements demanded a highly reliable and secure messaging system to handle the exchange of critical medical information. In addition, the State of Ohio is centralizing its messaging statewide by acting as a government ISP and the University of Notre Dame currently uses the combined solution to handle its high-volume email system. Sendmail will be offering customers the joint messaging solution based on both companies' technologies through its direct sales force and third party channels. Later this year, MessagingDirect plans to deliver E-business tools and applications, such as electronic bill presentment and payment See EBPP. , which will run on the combined technologies. About MessagingDirect MessagingDirect Ltd. is a software company that produces high-end messaging and directory server technology, bill presentment solutions and an E-business SDK. MessagingDirect's products enable embedded messaging solutions for business to business and business to customer in the e-business market. The company was formed in 1999, resulting from the merger of Isode, a leading developer of Internet/X.400 messaging and LDAP/X.500 directory servers, and Execmail, a leading developer of IMAP messaging clients and Internet mail servers. MessagingDirect currently employs 77 people in their Edmonton and Richmond, United Kingdom offices. For additional information on MessagingDirect, please visit their web site at http://www.messagingdirect.com About Sendmail, Inc. Based in Emeryville, Sendmail, Inc. (http://www.sendmail.com) develops commercial products and services for ISPs and enterprises for which Internet email is mission critical while continuing to drive innovation and standards through Open Source software development. Sendmail, Inc. was founded in 1998 by sendmail author Eric Allman and software industry veteran Greg Olson. With over 1,200 customers worldwide, Sendmail employs over 80 people. Sendmail, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For additional information on Sendmail Inc., please visit: http://www.sendmail.com/press/pressr.html Note to Editors: sendmail is a registered trademark and the Sendmail logo is a trademark of Sendmail, Inc. |
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