Lux Scientiae
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Lux Scientiae, Inc is a secure
Web and e-mail
hosting corporation founded in 1999 by Erik Kangas, Ph.D., an MIT
graduate. LuxSci is based in Massachusetts
.
/IMAP
/SMTP
via SSL
, end-to-end encryption
of e-mail messages, email archival, secure web form to secure email services, bulk emailing services, DNS services
, and web-based collaboration tools
. They provide 15 GB or more worth of disk space, with an attachment
size limit of 70 MB through their AJAX-based Webmail interface, or 200 MB via SMTP.
LuxSci also offers its infrastructure as a software platform that can be licensed and installed on client servers and supported by client IT staff.
LuxSci provides HIPAA-compliant email and web hosting services.
LuxSci is an OpenID
consumer.
Internet security
Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet. Its objective is to establish rules and measures to use against attacks over the Internet. The Internet represents an insecure channel for exchanging information leading to a high risk of intrusion or fraud,...
Web and e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
hosting corporation founded in 1999 by Erik Kangas, Ph.D., an MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
graduate. LuxSci is based in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
.
Products and services
LuxSci.com offers POP3Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...
/IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
Internet message access protocol is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval, the other being the Post Office Protocol...
/SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for electronic mail transmission across Internet Protocol networks. SMTP was first defined by RFC 821 , and last updated by RFC 5321 which includes the extended SMTP additions, and is the protocol in widespread use today...
via SSL
Transport Layer Security
Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...
, end-to-end encryption
Link encryption
Link encryption is an approach to communications security that encrypts and decrypts all traffic at each end of a communications line . It contrasts with end-to-end encryption where messages are encrypted by the sender at the point of origin and only decrypted by the intended receiver...
of e-mail messages, email archival, secure web form to secure email services, bulk emailing services, DNS services
Name server
In computing, a name server is a program or computer server that implements a name-service protocol. It maps a human-recognizable identifier to a system-internal, often numeric, identification or addressing component....
, and web-based collaboration tools
Collaborative software
Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...
. They provide 15 GB or more worth of disk space, with an attachment
E-mail attachment
An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient. This is typically used as a simple method to share documents and images...
size limit of 70 MB through their AJAX-based Webmail interface, or 200 MB via SMTP.
LuxSci also offers its infrastructure as a software platform that can be licensed and installed on client servers and supported by client IT staff.
LuxSci provides HIPAA-compliant email and web hosting services.
LuxSci is an OpenID
OpenID
OpenID is an open standard that describes how users can be authenticated in a decentralized manner, eliminating the need for services to provide their own ad hoc systems and allowing users to consolidate their digital identities...
consumer.
See also
- Comparison of webmail providersComparison of webmail providersThe following tables and gallery compare general and technical information for a number of webmail providers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.- General information :...
- Google's GmailGmailGmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...
- Apple's .Mac
- BITNETSBITNETSBITNETS was first established on March 13, 1999 in Mumbai, India as an Internet consulting service.BITNETS introduced BEAMERS , an intricate mail forwarding service based on formail and procmail scripts hosted on shared Linux server space in the Houston, Texas area.BITNETS moved to Alberta, Canada...
- FastMail.FMFastMail.FMFastMail.FM is an e-mail service offered by the Messaging Engine company of Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Its servers are located in New York City with a backup in Norway.- History :...