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Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by bradbeattie on Sunday July 14, 2013 @07:26PM (#6042687)
If the SMTP server relays your message in plain text, isn't it vulnerable to snooping in transit?
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Re:Poll: Do you encrypt your email? by jlgaddis on Monday July 15, 2013 @03:12AM (#6044150)
Yep, and that's the weakest link -- and the one that the NSA is taking advantage of.

It will be a wonderful day when the RFCs are updated to require TLS for SMTP.

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