Thanks ever so much, Lee. -- And , if I understood you correctly answering Bill ( the forever skeptic reading too much Tucholsky) , I could ,when travelling ,write and receive email through my regular mailbox of insight and would not need to make that special adjustment in the preferences' server settings? Marta
On May 5, 2006, at 11:01 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On May 4, 2006, at 11:33 PM, Marta Edie PB fretted: > >> If only I knew now what I did with this security change and port >> change. > > > The secure checkbox uses a protocol called SSL to establish an > encrypted connection to the SMTP server. This is the same protocol > used to protect private connections on Web sites such as Amazon and > eBay. > > The user name and password proves to the server that you are really > allowed to use the server. This is a spam deterrent because it > prevents a spammer from sending 2.43 gazillion emails after > hijacking your wireless connection. It may also allow us to use the > Insight server from outside the Insight network. This message was > sent from out of network through the Insight server. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060505/f84c7a99/attachment.html
