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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