Category: New Feature Announcements

Bounce Back & Backscatter Spam: Who Stole My Email Address?

September 24, 2013

So, you’re minding your own business, going about your daily tasks, checking your email, and suddenly your INBOX is flooded with a series of non-delivery reports (aka NDRs or bounce messages). But wait just a minute, you didn’t send these. How did this happen? Did someone steal your email address?  How is that possible? What […]

Do I need to Buy an SSL Certificate to use Secure Email?

September 23, 2013

Our sales staff have been asked this question countless times.  It is a natural assumption that because SSL and TLS encryption of email (and web sites) requires use of an “SSL certificate”, that one must buy an SSL certificate in order to use such a service.  Fortunately, the answer is always You do not need to buy your […]

HIPAA Compliance is Needed for Emailed Appointment Reminders

September 20, 2013

Twice in the past few weeks I have received appointment reminders or scheduling information from doctors via email — via insecure, non-HIPAA-compliant email. An email message contains identifying information: my email address and my name. The appointment email messages also contain information about “the past, present, or future provisioning of health care to an individual” […]

Alternate SMTP Ports – Send Email From Any Location

September 10, 2013

When sending outbound email from an email program (like Outlook or Thunderbird) or from a mobile device (like iPhone or Blackberry) that is not using Premium MobileSync, your program or device connects to our outbound email servers using an Internet protocol called “SMTP” (The Simple Mail Transport Protocol). An email server, however, does lots of […]

High Security Dedicated Cloud Servers at Low Price

August 1, 2013

New LuxSci dedicated cloud servers start at $100/mo. This allows many more customers to take advantage of dedicated solutions, even a HIPAA-compliant one, without a big price tag. See also Understanding Cloud Servers. LuxSci has for a long time offered both dedicated physical servers, as well as dedicated virtual private servers located in our private cloud.  Now […]