On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:08:38PM +0000, Michael wrote
> If your ISP *only* offers access from their own block of IPs, do
> they refuse access to their SMTP server for legitimate subscribers
> who move around and want to send messages from a different network?
I don't know the answer to that one.
> Anyway, if you disable TLS encryption then your communication with
> the server is sent in the clear. It would be prudent to consider it
> as a form of public communication, rather than private. I thought
> email comms encryption and server authentication was ubiquitous for
> decades now, but obviously I am wrong! :-)
The message from my ISP about port 587 said...
>> It has to be set with SSL, without any authentication.
Does SSL help privacy at all? BTW, if mutt does *ANY* external
ccommunication it seems to require the "ssl" USE flag. Trying...
USE="-ssl" emerge -pv mutt
...on my system dies with...
The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
imap? ( ssl ) pop? ( ssl ) smtp? ( ssl )
This message coming to you via port 587
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