How AY Gate Works
Internet Email is usually sent through SMTP servers. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Normally, your Internet Service Provider runs an SMTP server for you, but often you cannot use their server for a number of reasons, such as
Your Internet Service Provider imposes severe restrictions on how many emails you can send.
Their SMTP server becomes inaccessible when you travel and connect from a different network.
Their SMTP server is frequently down, and you cannot send email quickly when you need it.
Their SMTP server is very slow and messages are often delayed for hours.
Their SMTP server is often gets blacklisted and your email gets lost.
AY Gate provides an alternative approach and lets you use your Web site to send all your email.
AY Gate consists of two components.
AY Gate Web script is installed on your Web site. Installing a script on a Web site is as easy as uploading the script file on your Web server, pretty much the same way as you upload your normal Web contents.
AY Gate SMTP server is installed on your computer. It can be used by any mailing software installed on your computer, such as Outlook Express or a specialized mailing software. From the viewpoint of your mailing software it works just as a regular SMTP server, but it passes all the email to the AY Gate Web script, which, in turn, sends the message. From the viewpoint of the receiver, message looks like if it is was sent directly from your Web server.
Since the message is sent from your Web server, it does not depend on your SMTP server. Of course, your Web hosting company may impose restrictions on mail sent from your Web server, but usually your will encounter less problems than with your regular SMTP server.
AY Gate Web script will send mail for you, but it cannot be used by third parties because the communications between AY Gate SMTP Server and the Web script are securely encrypted and the encryption key necessary to send email through the script is stored on your computer.
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