Re: Mail Security Issue

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:33:11 +0300

The Doctor wrote:

> In article <f0vig0ltt9e5tpno85chu651q3qo7aagot@4ax.com>,
> Claire Tucker <fake@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> >In this case, there's not really much you can do about the mail
> >transfer; SMTP in general operates over unencrypted links, and the
> >mail you're sending could pass through several mail servers before it
> >reaches its ultimate destination. If this concerns you, then I have to
> >say that perhaps your only option is to not send the mail at all.
>
> What about SMTP via SSL?

May work for mail submission. Does generally not work for RFC 2821 mail
transfer, as Claire Tucker already pointed out.

Follow-ups set.

Thor 

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