https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/Advantages-of-using-SSL-email/m-p/50768#M19583 <P>SSL provides encryption of email at the application/transport layer<SPAN style="line-height: 15px;">. It doesn't fundamentally change how email works - it just means that the IMAP, POP3 or SMTP packets can't be 'opened' by a person-in-the-middle. You don't gain or lose any functionality by using SSL.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Adrian</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-SPOILER><SPAN>With apologies to any network engineers who are screaming "That's not how the ISO model works"</SPAN></LI-SPOILER><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:39:34 GMT adrianc 2013-02-10T11:39:34Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/Advantages-of-using-SSL-email/m-p/50758#M19582 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have a shared hosting account and using IMAP for email. I was wondering what the advantages of using SSL would be? Any downside?<BR /><BR />Thanks.<IMG src="http://imagicon.info/cat/12-1/text-smiley.png" border="0" /></P> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:43:49 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/Advantages-of-using-SSL-email/m-p/50758#M19582 orthohin 2013-02-09T18:43:49Z https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/Advantages-of-using-SSL-email/m-p/50768#M19583 <P>SSL provides encryption of email at the application/transport layer<SPAN style="line-height: 15px;">. It doesn't fundamentally change how email works - it just means that the IMAP, POP3 or SMTP packets can't be 'opened' by a person-in-the-middle. You don't gain or lose any functionality by using SSL.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Adrian</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-SPOILER><SPAN>With apologies to any network engineers who are screaming "That's not how the ISO model works"</SPAN></LI-SPOILER><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:39:34 GMT https://business.forums.bt.com/t5/Archive/Advantages-of-using-SSL-email/m-p/50768#M19583 adrianc 2013-02-10T11:39:34Z