On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel da Veiga wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Albert Hopkins wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Doesn't Gmail support SSL? My email provider provides support for SSL >>>> connections (via HTTP, LDAP, & POP). >>>> >>>> If that's the case then it would be extremely difficult (you will need >>>> to "fake" the server's host keys). Furthermore, the ethics of such a >>>> practice is questionable. For which case I would side on blocking >>>> outside emails altogether rather than get into a situation where you >>>> have to justify sniffing someone's personal bank transactions, e.g. >>>> >>>> -a >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> gmail is only ssl on sign in if you go through webmail. After that it's >>> all in the clear. POP and IMAP are running securely however (which is >>> why I check my stuff via imap) >>> >>> >> >> If you simply change the URL to https on gmail, you are using SSL. >> The default is not to use it, so, you gotta type it yourself. >> >> https://mail.google.com/mail >> >> > > Has it always been that way? I could have sworn that only the login was SSL > and everything else was in the clear (granted, I don't think I ever tried to > change it to https). Live & Learn >
I don't know if it was always that way, what I know is that maybe 2 years ago some machines with IE6 couldn't reach gmail, and a quick search showed that switching to HTTPS would solve it. As I knew that was also giving me encryption, I began to type the complete address with "s" wherever I use my account. -- Daniel da Veiga
