Companies or organizations are able to establish their own Private Email Networks (PENs) and regulate membership, allowing for totally secure and auditable email transactions between PEN members. These email2 Messages are accessed with the help of a free, secure email2 Web Client or the free, downloadable email2 Toolbar. The email2 Toolbar can be installed quickly and easily, and is universal to all PENs. Both the email2 Toolbar and the Web Client are as easy to use as basic email.
Management control is enhanced by real-time content management for both inward and outward bound email2 Messages. Messages can be filtered for employees based on content, subject, sender, or other recipients. This feature can be used to drastically reduce the cost of lawsuits associated with litigation because of email harassment or inappropriate email messaging.
If desired, management can enact pre-defined security levels, limiting correspondence to highly controlled distribution lists based on domain name or full email address.
email2 uses a centralized, mutually trusted server to ensure that policies are always upheld. However, existing policy systems, such as Information Rights Management (IRM) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) are not affected by email2: they still work exactly as they did with basic email.
// Edited July 2008