It the imap server is in the same local network and both are behind a 
firewall you could block IMAP over the unsecured port from the outside.  
This assumes, and this may be a BIG assumption, you can trust other 
computers on that LAN.

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, David Dooling wrote:

> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:52:38 -0600
> From: David Dooling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SM-USERS] SquirrelMail and STARTTLS
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:53:06AM -0800, Alex Tang wrote:
> > I am running my SquirrelMail (1.2.10) installation via HTTPS (which works
> > fine), however i would like the connections to the IMAP and SMTP server to
> > be secure (imap over ssl, smtp over ssl) or that that I use the STARTTLS
> > functionality in the protocols.
> 
> I think this is only necessary if your IMAP and SMTP server is
> different from your web server.  If everything is on the same
> machines, the loopback device (127.0.0.1) is used to connect to the
> IMAP and SMTP servers.  So encryption is not really necessary.
> 
> dd
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Sincerely,

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