TLS, transport agent, and S/MIME

Learn how enabling S/MIME brings several advantages to your organization's email security. 

Learn what a transport agent is and understand how it routes email messages between users and manages deliveries.

Transport layer security (TLS) is widely used and many governing bodies recommend it. But how does it work, and what are the potential drawbacks?

A typical email provider relies on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to encrypt emails during transmission, often using Transport Layer Security (TLS).