Comments for Why is there no Windows Live Hotmail https connection?

Comment from Naomi Paulette Hamm on 2009-03-07

2009-03-07T18:37:29Z

Yes, I am having troubles logging on as always. As for as reading all that stuff, takes too much time, would cost too much to print and I still don't understand it anyway. I have had an on-going troubles with my windows live hotmail, such as even now. As it seems a lot of us have had. Some people seem truly, understandably annoyed. Please I wish you'd fix this problem ASAP thank you Naomi Paulette

You wish I would solve this problem? I can't. I'm not Hotmail. I'm not Microsoft.

Reading this stuff takes too much time? Unfortunately using computers requires education of some sort, and that means that yes, you need to read and understand information about the services you're trying to use. While it would be nice if everything "just worked", it's not going to happen. We all need to understand the tools we're using, there's no escaping it.

- Leo
08-Mar-2009

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Comment from Sandy Smith on 2009-02-25

2009-02-26T03:12:02Z

A further update... I kept screwing around with the Blackberry and got it to run Gmail with "always use https." I just kept trying. I recently upgraded my Blackberry OS from 4.2 to 4.5 so that could be why - that OS is relatively new. So, if anybody having trouble just keep trying - keep signing in - keep loading it... it eventually took.

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Comment from Sandy Smith on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T18:51:48Z

Just an update to my earlier comment... I had to disable "Always use https" for Gmail because I could no longer access Gmail from my Blackberry.

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Comment from John O on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T09:58:25Z

What software do you guys use to encrypt emails?
Leo, do you have any recommendations for email encryption software (preferably free)?

I ended up writing a new article on that: How do I encrypt email?

- Leo
25-Feb-2009

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Comment from Sandy Smith on 2009-02-24

2009-02-25T05:26:35Z

Thanks fot the giving the setting for Gmail - so you access it http - I didn't have that selected (I just did it now.) I looked into encrytion for email and cryptainer wasn't bad but the recipient has to have the program as well making that a difficult solution sometimes. I am hoping there will be software in the future that addresses the need for encryption for email.

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Comment from bill on 2009-02-24

2009-02-24T18:42:15Z

The most unsecure thing for most emails is what the person who receives it does with it. All the security in the world (short of making it unreadable by anyone) is lost if the receiver posts it on many forums.

A lot depends on what you are sending and why somone would want to look at it.

If you are sending bank account information to a trusted receiver, I certainly wouldn't do it from a public computer or via an unencrypted site. If a crook goes to the work to hack into Google's servers he is not likely to find your information among the billions of messages there unless he has some way of knowing what to look for.

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Comment from John O on 2009-02-22

2009-02-23T02:52:16Z

Thanks for the answers. So the SSL thing in Gmail only solves a small part of the problems, my emails are still pretty much not secure. I guess at least having SSL is the first step towards more secure emails. Baby steps...

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Comment from John O on 2009-02-21

2009-02-22T05:22:31Z

SSL only protects sending receiving the emails from my browser, right? My emails are still not encrypted in Gmail or hotmail mail servers. Also are the emails transfer in encrypted form between email servers?

You are very correct. Email is not encrypted when stored on mail servers, and it's also typically not encrypted when transmitted between servers.

More to the point, it may also not be encrypted when your recipient views or downloads it depending on their connection settings.

- Leo
22-Feb-2009

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