On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:08:38PM +0000, Michael wrote > If your ISP *only* offers access from their own block of IPs, do > they refuse access to their SMTP server for legitimate subscribers > who move around and want to send messages from a different network?
I don't know the answer to that one. > Anyway, if you disable TLS encryption then your communication with > the server is sent in the clear. It would be prudent to consider it > as a form of public communication, rather than private. I thought > email comms encryption and server authentication was ubiquitous for > decades now, but obviously I am wrong! :-) The message from my ISP about port 587 said... >> It has to be set with SSL, without any authentication. Does SSL help privacy at all? BTW, if mutt does *ANY* external ccommunication it seems to require the "ssl" USE flag. Trying... USE="-ssl" emerge -pv mutt ...on my system dies with... The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied: imap? ( ssl ) pop? ( ssl ) smtp? ( ssl ) This message coming to you via port 587 -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you