Eddy Nigg wrote:
> In order to secure mail correctly, S/MIME certificates can be used. TLS 
> connections to mail servers simply prevents some sniffing and to some 
> extend can assure that you are talking to the right server. It's not 
> more than that.

Most importantly, from my point of view, they protect your password from 
being sniffed.  This is important because often that password is shared 
across other sites as well (various LDAP-like setups, for example).

-Boris
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