Josh, Welcome to Pskmail.
No, the email details you send to the server are NOT send in clear text for obvious reasons. They are packed into a block and sent as a record to the server which deciphers the block back into normal characters. And yes Gmail can be used as well. I tested it myself. Have fun, 73s, John (VK2ETA) --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Josh Gibbs <gibb...@...> wrote: > > Hi Gang, > > All this talk about PSKMail piqued my interest, so last night I > installed the PSKMail java client. > > I had no luck contacting any of the servers listed on > http://pskmail.wikispaces.com/PSKmailservers > > I tried the ping command, and I guess no servers were on 10.148 that > could hear me. > > I have one question: what are most of you PSK Mail users using for > email accounts? Gmail account work well with this? > > It looks to me like when you "UPDATE YOUR RECORD" it is going to send > your email account info (and password) over the air in clear text? Is > anyone concerned about this? Just wondering if there is a more secure > option to get the account info into the system (using the internet). > > Looks like a very cool project, and I look forward to trying it out! > > Thanks. > > -Josh KD7PAJ > Shoreline, WA >
