On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:04:07 +0100, AL wrote:

On 9/26/2016 12:10 PM, James Wilkinson wrote:

What is "real" email?? Any email web or otherwise can be hacked.

POP3,

POP is no more "real" than any other protocol.

The protocol is irrelevant, it's where the mail is stored.

stored on your own computer, so you can make sure nobody gets in.

Your email could be hacked even from inside your computer if you click
on the right (wrong?) link.

You must have a really stupid browser if it allows a server to access your email data.

You could be hacked by a man in the middle
attack.

Doesn't happen. Email hacks happen to things like Yahoo where millions of people store their emails in one place, and where anyone can access it freely if they have the password. Nobody can get the emails off your computer, even with your password.

You could get your account stolen or read by social engineering.
You could get your account read or stolen by a password hack. And my
guess is that you employ no encryption.

There's no extra safety in POP.

That only allows them to read any emails you've not yet downloaded.

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