User Self Help

# Enabling SSL in your email client.

To ensure your password is not exposed to hackers when logging into your mail system you should turn on SSL/TLS for IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols.

Open your email client and find the settings for IMAP (or POP) and SMTP. Change the encryption setting to STARTTLS or SSL/TLS depending on the port you are using (THE STARTTLS versions in green are best. Just be sure it doesn't say NONE under encryption basically!

Protocol | Port | Encrypt Setting
IMAP | 143 | STARTTLS
POP | 110 | STARTTLS
SMTP | 25 OR 587 | STARTTLS
IMAP | 993 | SSL/TLS
POP | 995 | SSL/TLS
SMTP | 465 | SSL/TLS