SSL stands for 'Secure Sockets Layer' - this works by using a public key to
encrypt and protect the confidentiality and security of data being transmitted
between your email program and our servers.
There are a few things to be aware of with SSL connections:
- SSL (encrypted) sessions only encrypt the connection between your
machine and our servers - we then would still have to send the email on to
the recipient unencrypted. If you required a secure end-to-end solution then
digital signatures and full encryption of your emails is recommended.
- If you are mainly concerned with protecting your AuthSMTP username /
password - most email programs will already use methods like CRAM-MD5 to
encode / encrypt the username and password.
- Messages sent using SSL cause much greater load on our servers, may be
slower to send and are not recommended for high volume use (mailing lists
etc.) or from trusted locations.
- Important: Due to the extra load SSL causes - For any messages sent using SSL we will deduct an additional message from your quota, for
example:
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1 message sent using SSL to 1 person will count as 2 messages
- 1 message sent using SSL to 10 people (To, CC, BCC etc) will count as 11
messages
To enable SSL functionality for your AuthSMTP account login to the
Control Panel.
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