Note that even if your server requires tranport layer (TLS/SSL), some relaying 
server may not.

You cannot guarantee transport security of mail from end-to-end.

The only secure way to protect the payload is S/MIME


Alex Sherwin
alex.sher...@acadiasoft.com

On Jan 6, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Eric Charles <e...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> If you use/configure wire encryption with SSL (or TLS), all the traffic is 
> encrypted. This is done once on the server and client sides, and the user 
> does not have to take any further action when sending his email.
> 
> However, if you ask your user to explicitely encrypt his mail each time with 
> s/mime of PGP, only the content will be encrypted (the recipients, the 
> subject and all the other mail headers will remain unencrypted).
> 
> Thx,
> Eric
> 
> 
> On 06/01/12 17:03, Saibabu Vallurupalli wrote:
>> Hi Team,
>> 
>> My understanding is when we are sending email during the transport the
>> email is Encrypted and also the Subject line. Can you please confirm me if
>> my understanding is correct?
>> If not is there any configuration that I need to set to make the transport
>> more secured.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Sai
>> 
> 
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