>We've come across a need for encrypted pop and smtp sessions. In the past
>we've told people to use the web mail, to encrypt the actual transaction
>(I know this doesn't encrypt the files on the disk/etc). But, for this
>project we need smtp and pop to be encrypted (not just the login, the
>actual data). Does or will Imail support this any time soon?
The real question is, "Does the person requesting this have any clue what
they are requesting?" Most likely, their boss said "Make it secure!" and
they said "Use encrypted SMTP!" and that was that.
The problem is that even if you have them connect to your server using
secure POP3/SMTP (which can be done using an SSL tunnelling program), their
mail will still go out over the Internet unencrypted. So any project
demanding high security shouldn't be using SSL tunnelling. Any secure
E-mail requires software on *both* ends to handle the security. PGP might
be the best option here.
>Also, has anyone else had problems when having Imail 7.12 (with HF) force
>SSL on the web interface? It seems like it never loads properly, either
>error messages or hangs. If I don't force it, and I just manually select
>it, then it works fine. Ideas? Either way, we can't use web for this
>project anyway .. just thought it was odd.
I once did some work with SSL with web messaging, and it was causing
intermittent problems -- after using stunnel (which connects to IMail's
standard web port, not the SSL one), everything worked fine.
-Scott
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