This page http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ssl.htm
Does a decent job of explaining SSL Sent from William's iPad On 2010-11-18, at 7:37, Jim Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > I read somewhere yesterday that one difference between Entourage 2008 and > Mac Outlook 2011 is the default setting for sending mail (requiring SSL > connection to the sendmail server in the latter, not so in the former). > > Just what does one get with an "SSL connection" to the sendmail server? My > POP account to my ISP's sendmail server has "SMTP service requires secure > connection (SSL)" unchecked in the "Edit Account" dialog, but of course I do > use authentication with username and password. > > What is transmitted more securely using SSL if I check the box? Is that > something my ISP either does or doesn't support? (I'm assuming, based on > what I read yesterday, that it's an end-user choice, given that Outlook > "turns it on" by default). Does turning it on affect who can receive my > mails, or only the traffic between me and my sendmail server? Does doing so > provide me any protection while reading/sending email sipping a Mocha at > Starbucks? (Actually, here in Northern CA I much prefer Peet's). > > Thanks so much, > > Jim Robertson > -- > > > > -- > YouTalk mailing list > List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html > List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] > To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe -- YouTalk mailing list List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
