Mail & SSL

glurxglurx
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Mail now has a preference for connecting with SSL. None of my accounts support this. How about yours?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    krazyfoolkrazyfool Posts: 129member
    [quote]Originally posted by glurx:

    <strong>Mail now has a preference for connecting with SSL. None of my accounts support this. How about yours?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    3 accounts



    I was very happy to see this feature. I even sent an email to apple requesting it
  • Reply 2 of 3
    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    What accounts use SSL? And, for that matter, what the heck is SSL and what does it do?



    Just throwing my ignorance wide open for all to see
  • Reply 3 of 3
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is an encryption layer that can be added to most protocols to prevent bad guys from seeing your passwords and other data that goes over the Net.
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