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Stephen O'Neill wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:47D917BB.8000407@thefloatingfrog.co.uk"
type="cite">David Knight wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">should I be worrying about the lack of
encryption in emails staff are sending to each other?
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Full on encryption may be overkill. However simply signing may be
useful as it would allow you to verify that the sender is who they say
they are and that the message wasn't tampered with along the way
(including viruses being attached).
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Sending signed to customers should be done with caution if they might
be using Outlook Express as they may grumble about the presentation of
the emails.
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I'm using the Thunderbird Profile Manager with IMAP gmail accounts, the
password to which the user can alter to his/her preference. I'm not
sure if this is a particularly secure solution but it was easy to setup
and allows multiple users to access their messages from within and
without the three buildings.<br>
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Of course the majority of the traffic is boring irrelevant pap as is
the way with company email. I'm
just a little concerned about the possibility of unencrypted
confidential client data
being intercepted which I believe is covered by the data protection
act. Signing relevant messages sounds like the way to go. That way the
majority of the messages can be unencrypted, only the sensitive
information encrypted. Time to search for plugins...<br>
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