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To send and receive messages, your email client transmits your username and password over the Internet to your mail server. By default, this information is sent unencrypted, which opens you up to the ...

It's hardly a surprise that people want secure email communications, but the truth is that some email messages might not be secure. That's not very reassuring, and the reason you can't be certain ...