On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:54:54PM -0500, Duncan Shannon wrote: > So, is encrypting mail just a client issue? Yes. > Are there server solutions? What do you mean? C1 -SMTP-> MH1 --SMTP-- <internet> --SMTP-- MH2 <-POP- C2 On which part of this chain do you want/need/can do security? Encription in client secures the chain from C1 to C2. You can devise other schemes, involving secure tunnels but they are good for point-to-point (between company branches) not for the many-to-many protocol that SMTP is. > Can I (or real time, or any ISP) offer secure email that isint client based? That means the remote mail hub to do the decription? > I am STFW and looking around. Just want to see if anyone had any > thoughts / experiences. I don't think you defined the problem. "Just make it secure." doesn't cut it. florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020508/17960967/attachment.pgp