PLEXLINK™ PLEXLINK is a comprehensive suite of components that provides state-of-the-art messaging, directory, and electronic commerce capabilities to any MAPI-enabled desktop application. By allowing users to embed ISOCOR&REG’s ISOPRO™ or many other popular LAN e-mail clients into business applications, PLEXLINK also provides the foundation for message-enabling office applications across corporate or public data networks. PLEXLINK gives you the power to connect any Extended MAPI-based client application to the Internet and/or X.400 servers. A Rich Set of Components and Options Each PLEXLINK product includes a messaging client, ISOPRO for MAPI, and messaging service providers that link the desktop with server-based facilities. PLEXLINK service providers include: PLEXLINK POP3 Provider: Allows any POP3 mailbox to be used with any MAPI messaging client or application, and includes support for the latest Internet secure login protocol (APOP) and delivery status notifications (DSNs). X.400 Mail: An X.400 transport provider that can be used with ISOCOR’s ISOPLEX™, N-PLEX™, or any X.400-compatible messaging server, both over local (P1) and remote (P7) protocols. A comprehensive set of 1988 X.400 features is also available for any Extended MAPI-compliant user agent. X.500 Directory Access: An X.500 provider that links messaging clients and applications to globally distributed databases such as ISOCOR’s Global Directory Server (GDS) for addressing information and other data. Integrate the Desktop and the Internet The Internet has been evolving sets of standards that address commercial concerns such as delivery notification and secure login. By making it possible to inform a sender that the recipient has received a message, delivery status notification (DSN) has eliminated a major barrier to commercial deployment of the Internet. Prior to the development of the Authenticated Post Office Protocol (APOP), login passwords to mail accounts were circulated around a network in an unencrypted form, which made them extremely easy to misappropriate. The PLEXLINK POP3 Provider module supports both these protocols, as well as MIME encoding, which makes it possible to reliably send file attachments with Internet mail messages. The DSN and APOP capabilities need to be supported both on the server and on the client. N-PLEX, ISOCOR’s award-winning, high performance Internet mail server, supports both capabilities. Organizations using PLEXLINK, in conjunction with N-PLEX and ISOPLEX, can take full advantage of a “dual native” strategy using PLEXLINK POP3 Provider for regular Internet mail and the X.400 service for mission-critical, confidential or commercial traffic. Ready for Global Use PLEXLINK service providers support a rich set of extended characters, including USASCII, Norwegian, West European, East European, ISO 8859-3, ISO 8859-4, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, and Latin sets. Users in any location can take advantage of the worldwide Internet without having to accept any character support-related compromises. Comprehensive Server Support PLEXLINK products interoperate with all ISOCOR server products including ISOPLEX, the high performance 1988 X.400 message server, and N-PLEX, the award winning SMTP/MIME message server. ISOPRO for MAPI, the messaging client included within PLEXLINK, also supports third-party messaging servers such as Microsoft’s Exchange™ Server through a range of ISOCOR or third-party modules. High Performance for Power Users For power users and those who have been tracking the evolution in usability standards associated with Windows 95™, PLEXLINK comes complete with all the latest enhancements. Usability features include: Extensive “drag and drop” capabilities Keyboard shortcuts Context-sensitive right mouse button commands Rich configuration options using tabbed dialog boxes ToolTips to enhance usability Configurable icons and toolbars Support for transport of rich text; underlining, color and other formatting can be transmitted without loss of fidelity Automatic address resolution; just type in part of the name you need, and the rest is filled in automatically Filtering; only messages meeting search criteria are displayed Scheduling support; use PLEXLINK as a reliable transport medium for MAPI-based scheduling applications such as Microsystem’s CaLANder&REG Related Products Personal ISOTRADE provides EDI support in addition to the existing PLEXLINK X.400 functionality. PLEXLINK Secure provides strong end-to-end security, including encryption and digital signatures. This transforms your messages from electronic postcards to secure communications. Personal ISOTRADE Secure provides strong end-to-end security, including encryption and digital signatures for EDI messages. Standards Conformance X.400 Standards ITU-T (1984/88/92) X.200, X.213, X.214, X.215, X.224, X.225, X.400, X.411, X.420; ENV 41201 (CEN/CENELEC A/3211); ENV 41202 (CEN/CENELEC A/311); ISO 10021 (1-7), 7498, 8348, 8348/AD2, 8348/AD3, 8072, 8326, 8326/AD2, 8073, 8327, 8327/AD2 MAPI    Microsoft MAPI Version 1.0 X.500 Standards  ITU-T (1988/93) X.500, X.501, X.5, X.511, X.519, X.520, X.521; ISO 9594-1, 9594-2, 9594-8, 9594-3, 9594-5, 9594-6, 9594-7 Internet  POP3, SMTP and MIME General Connectivity TCP/IP Integrated with Microsoft Dial-Up Networking X.25 (Windows 3.11 and NT 4.0 only) APS Interoperability MAPI Mail Clients Microsoft Exchange, Schedule+, cc:Mail and Microsoft Outlook System Requirements  General    PC with 486/Pentium compatible architecture Windows 95 or NT 4.0. 8 MB RAM minimum, 16 MB recommended. Hayes-compatible modem if using APS or dial-up access. Message Server  ISOPLEX on any platform or any X.400 MTA. Message Store ISOPLEX or any P7-compliant Message Store (needed only if using remote access). Directory Server  Global Directory Server (GDS) or any DAP-compliant X.500DSA (needed to use the X.500 Access Provider). LAN Network* Any shared file system. Network Operating Systems*  LAN Manager, Novell NetWare, NFS, or shared disk drive under any version of UNIX LAN Hardware* Network Interface Card (Ethernet, Token Ring, ARCnet, etc.).  Ordering Information  PRODUCT PLATFORM CODE PLEXLINK Windows 95  AB439  PLEXLINK Windows NT 4.0  QA436 PLEXLINK Secure* Windows 95 AB440 PLEXLINK Secure* Windows NT 4.0 QA440 †Contact Bomara for availability * Secure functionality is included with the secure versions of PLEXLINK and Personal ISOTRADE and is available only outside of the United States and Canada. Contact Bomara for further details.