The Use Secure Authentication in the MS clients is not SSL. I can't remember off-hand what it is but I believe it is a proprietary MS protocol layer...You can set up an SSL tunnel with something like stunnel available from stunnel.org.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:01 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Using SSL with iMail > I'm sure this is a simple question, but I have not been able to find a > definitive answer in the archive or KB. Or on Google for that matter. > Everyone probably knows this but me, but here goes. > > I've always understood that SMTP and POP3 protocols were different from SSL, > and that SSL had no relationship to either. But email clients like Outlook > Express include an option for using SSL with POP3 and SMTP - in the case of > Outlook/Outlook Express, there is an option on the Account Properties to > "Logon using Secure Password Authentication". I have always assumed that > this only applied to mail hosts that were actually web servers, the way that > hotmail appears to work. > > Do I understand this correctly? That true POP3 and SMTP protocols/servers > do not support SSL? And most importantly that it is not supported in iMail? > > TIA, > > David Weber > Windows 2000 MCP > > http://www.orcsweb.com/ > Powerful Web Hosting Solutions > #1 in Service and Support > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
