On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Eric Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Albert Hopkins wrote: >> Doesn't Gmail support SSL? My email provider provides support for SSL >> connections (via HTTP, LDAP, & POP). >> >> If that's the case then it would be extremely difficult (you will need >> to "fake" the server's host keys). Furthermore, the ethics of such a >> practice is questionable. For which case I would side on blocking >> outside emails altogether rather than get into a situation where you >> have to justify sniffing someone's personal bank transactions, e.g. >> >> -a >> >> >> > gmail is only ssl on sign in if you go through webmail. After that it's > all in the clear. POP and IMAP are running securely however (which is > why I check my stuff via imap) >
If you simply change the URL to https on gmail, you are using SSL. The default is not to use it, so, you gotta type it yourself. https://mail.google.com/mail -- Daniel da Veiga
