Posts Tagged ‘smtp server’
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
 You thought email was a simple concept, but you are at once confronted with a plethora of acronyms and jargon like POP, IMAP, WebMail, Aliases, Forwards, SMTP, IMAP, POP, Quota, SPAM, TLS, SSL, Archival, and more! This article describes the ins and outs of email, explains these terms, and helps you figure out what services and features you need from your personal or business email service provider.
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Tags: autoresponder, catch-all alias, email, email alias, email archival, email clients, email provider, imap, imaps, Internet Mail Access Protocol, personality, pop, pop3, pops, Post Office Protocol, private labeling, secure imap, secure pop, secure SMTP, security, Simple Mail Transport Protocol, smtp, smtp authentication, SMTP relaying, smtp server, spam, ssl, tls, web-based email, webmail
Posted in AAA Featured Articles, LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Section 1: Introduction to Email Security
 You may already know that email is insecure; however, it may surprise you to learn just how insecure it really is. For example, did you know that messages which you thought were deleted years ago may be sitting on servers half-way around the world? Or that your messages can be read and modified in transit, even before they reach their destination? Or even that the username and password that you use to login to your email servers can be stolen and used by hackers?
This article is designed to teach you about how email really works, what the real security issues are, what solutions exist, and how you can avoid security risks.
Information Security and integrity are becoming more important as we use email for personal communication and business. While you are reading this article imagine how security problems can affect your business or personal life…. if they have not already.
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Tags: asymmetric encryption, eavesdropping, email security, false messages, http, identity theft, imap, invasion of privacy, message modification, Message Replay, opportunistic TLS, pgp, pop, repudiation, s/mime, Simple Mail Transport Protocol, smtp, SMTP relaying, smtp server, ssl, ssl certificate, symmetric encryption, tls, Unprotected Backups
Posted in AAA Featured Articles, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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