On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Peter Evans wrote: > Considering that email is transmitted as clear text by the SMTP > protocol
If both ends support it, it can be encrypted. My servers are showing about 20% of our SMTP traffic is now moving 3DES 168 byte encrypted. > , I think you are wasting your time. What possible rationale > is there for last mile encryption when its travelled the intervening > N miles as clear text? For starters, standard POP passes passwords in cleartext. > Dont say "wireless", that is why VPN tunnels and the likes exist. OK, I won't. "Cable modem networks" - the ones where I am now are all sniffable and there's some very interesting traffic passing the local segments. Having said that, I've given up on qpopper for my latest server and am using Courier to take advantage of virtual domains.
