'Today' considers data retention and IMP

[Igor Mozolevsky]

2009/1/11 Chris Edwards:

> I see an increasing number of mail systems, including those operated by
> various UK Universities, that can now *only* be accessed by their users
> via the TLS versions of IMAP / SMTP / webmail.

But these encrypted channels only go between the end user and the
server. SMTP-to-SMTP transactions are still done mainly in plaintext.
Also, even the encrypted channels could be used to infer enough
information given time.

--
Igor :-)