Re: Secure email server setup

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

On Monday, January 15, 2018 01:58:08 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:51:30PM -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > Does the SMTP server encrypt both between it and the "client" and between
> > it and the other end destination / source?
> 
> No, not always.  Plaintext SMTP is the default for transferring mail
> from one server to another.  Basically, you should just assume that
> anything you send in an email is readable by the entire world, unless
> you encrypt the actual message itself (PGP, GnuPG, etc.).

Ok, thanks.  I guess that's what I expected, and that it could almost more 
accurately be phrased--"almost never, unless you encrypt the actual message".

Thanks very much!