opportunistic email encryption by the MTA (not MUA)

Bryan Fields Bryan at bryanfields.net
Fri Jan 15 15:26:24 UTC 2021


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On 1/15/21 7:22 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> I think in practice the old adage that "e-mail is insecure" is becoming
> untrue, by a significant amount, I suspect, due to the prevalence of
> STARTTLS.

It's still stored unencrypted on the server, and the admin can see all.  If
you want it secure, you have to run gpg and encrypt the body.

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Bryan Fields

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