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Most major providers support opportunistic SSL for server-to-server SMTP connections, and nearly all providers require SSL from the client (either HTTPS or SMTP
by secabeen 13y ago
Most major providers support opportunistic SSL for server-to-server SMTP connections, and nearly all providers require SSL from the client (either HTTPS or SMTPS/IMAPS). In that case, would that show an expectation of privacy that would allow 4th amendment protection for email contents in-transit?
- rayiner 13y agoNo, because the e-mail providers see and store the message in plain text.
- hga 13y agoTo further analogize this to postcards, no one's worried about your mail being seen when it's stuffed in a mailbag that's riding in a truck that the USPS takes some care to make sure it doesn't get stolen (e.g. always behind lock and key). Using SSL for all the hops between organizations amounts to the same thing.