The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 24/01/2019 00:45, Biggles wrote:
Internet mail between servers uses SMTP which isn't
encrypted.

pretty sure it can be and routinely is. But not universally.

Viz TLS and friends.

When you specify TLS for an E-Mail account I think it simply means
that TLS is used to encrypt the password, not when actually
transferring the E-Mail.

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Chris Green
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