Email systems
OwnerRichard Beton, Robert Hancockinventors
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Abstract
A secure email system for pre-selected email users forming a participating user group requiring secure communication, comprising a secure list server to which all secure emails are sent by members of the participating user group, the server comprising a store for certification data and a CPU which compares the names of intended recipients of each email message with data in the store and processes the message to facilitate onward certificated transmission provided the recipient is duly certificated as indicated by data in the store.
Claims6
A secure email system for pre-selected email users forming a participating user group requiring secure communication, comprising a secure list server to which all secure emails are sent by members of the participating user group, the server comprising a store for certification data and a CPU which compares the names of intended recipients of each email message with data in the store and processes the message to facilitate onward certificated transmission provided the recipient is duly certificated as indicated by data in the store.
A secure email system as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the said store is arranged to contain a plurality of mailing lists, each of which appertains to different user group, whereby the use of one server for a plurality of disparate user groups is thereby facilitated.
A secure email system for pre-selected email users forming a participating user group requiring secure communication, as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.