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Re: Secure email server setup



On Mon 15 Jan 2018 at 14:08:35 -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:

> 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".

You are confusing what the smtp delivery system can do with what *you*
can do before sending the mail. There is no connection between the two.

-- 
Brian.


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