How Frontgate MX Works

A Standard Email System The last port-of-call for any email bound for your computer is your email server. This is a computer that stores your email as it arrives from the Internet, and waits for you to retrieve it. If you are a home user, the email server is probably maintained by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Typically you use an email "client" program to send, retrieve, manage and create your email. This email client normally communicates directly with your email server. Where Frontgate MX Fits In When Frontgate MX is configured and running on your computer, it sits silently between your email client and server and acts as a "go-between", relaying communication between the two. When you check your email, Frontgate MX scans ahead and passes any waiting email through its filter. The filter will mark any incoming email as OK, suspicious or BAD. Depending on the filter result, the email is then either discarded or downloaded to your email client as per usual. Frontgate MX can also present the filter results to you for confirmation before downloading or discarding the incoming mail. This is known as "prompting" and is one means for you to ensure that the filter is making the right decisions.