BBC 'vague' reporting again!

[Roland Perry]

In article <5007c8032fukcrypto@vigay.com>, Paul Vigay 
<ukcrypto@vigay.com> writes
>The problem with POP3 and IMAP is they send the password as cleartext,
>which means anyone intercepting them could get the password and then they'd
>be able to access your mailbox.

There are some techniques which can be used to mitigate that risk, but I 
agree that few users probably bother, or don't want the additional pain.

>This is why I urge all our customers, and everyone I know, to use PGP for
>all emails. That way, it wouldn't matter if someone had access to your
>mailbox or not, as they still wouldn't be able to see the contents of your
>messages.

The vast majority of my email traffic is with people in the "outside 
word" who have probably never heard of PGP, don't have the skills to use 
it, and would regard it as ludicrous for me to suggest it.
-- 
Roland Perry