Essentially the Alltalk portal is Alltalk server with 1 mailbox.

For organisations with a permanent internet presence to accept messages directly from anyone supporting PKI encryption or Alltalk EQ2 encryption.

The advantage is that once configured, the organisation can receive messages immediately from Pathology, Radiology and other providers, or from anyone with AllTalk client. The organisation simply needs to give the sender the portals address. Providers does not need to create an Alltalk Mailbox on their own server.

The organisation configures their AllTalk client just like any other. It can send directly to other AllTalk Servers (or portals) and receive messages via the Alltalk Portal. Any provider that sends to the portal will be added to the Portal's list of known servers and the address book from that server will be regularly updated from that server.

The Alltalk Portal will be available Mid 2007 and will cost around $1000.