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Ask HN: is it time for ISPs and mail servers to close unencrypted email ports?
Would it make sense for email servers and ISP's to plan to close plain text email transmission ports?
- pcvarmint 13y agoIt won't matter until we have end-to-end email encryption by default, which doesn't seem likely very soon, given history and government power. Right now most email travels in the clear at some point, even if your connection to your server is encrypted. Unencrypted incoming SMTP email won't be closed off anytime soon, for practical and economic reasons. StartMail is a start in the right direction (pun intended).
- ScottWhigham 13y agoPlease educate me - what is an "encrypted email port"? This is a term I don't know. I feel a bit silly asking TBH but it happens to us all from time to time, I suppose...