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TLS on SMTP
13-06-2011 9:00 PM
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Re: TLS on SMTP
29-06-2011 1:21 PM
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Transport Layer Security is not rocket science to set up.
Re: TLS on SMTP
29-06-2011 1:27 PM
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Quote Transport Layer Security is not rocket science to set up.
I don't know how easy/difficult it would be to set up on our mail platform, and I'm not aware of any current timescales behind us doing this. I'll ask the question internally though.
Quote So I guess Plusnet are not interested in customer security then.
Bit of a sweeping statement there, if we weren't interested in customer security we wouldn't have a server side firewall or McAfee free on some account types.
Re: TLS on SMTP
29-06-2011 1:45 PM
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You might like to look at this thread http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,96345.0.html and the reply by PeterJ of PlusNet
Quote Another option would be to set up a mailbox so you pass the mailbox password rather than the account one. Did you know by the way, that can authenticate against the SMTP server using the username+mailbox and the mailbox password credentials?
You could set up a new mailbox with a password just for authenticated smtp use.
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Re: TLS on SMTP
29-06-2011 2:55 PM
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Quote from: dratdestroyer Transport Layer Security is not rocket science to set up.
We've enabled it before, but it caused more problems than it addressed back then due to the security certificates being self-signed.
Bob Pullen
Plusnet Product Team
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Re: TLS on SMTP
23-08-2017 8:21 PM
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Whilst server firewalls and McAfee antivirus is useful to stop your mail servers being infected, plain text emails can be snooped whilst in transit.
Critical and personal data can be easily harvested.
TLS encryption would protect against this.
Plusnet should look into this as email is now a critical medium for communication including sensitive data.
Several competitors already provide this service.
Re: TLS on SMTP
24-08-2017 3:14 PM
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It's only going to be as effective as the next MTA in the transport chain. Assuming opportunistic TLS, email will only be relayed over an encrypted connection if the receiving server also supports TLS. Arguably, many do these days, but I thought that worth pointing out.
For further info on TLS between you and the collection/relay servers, drop me a private message and I'll get back to you when I've a little more time to spare
Bob Pullen
Plusnet Product Team
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