email snooping

Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted en route
and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the email recipient's
computers . Just in between.

Kerry
Tue Feb 07 15:28:31 CST 2006

taxdon wrote:
> Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted
> en route and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the
> email recipient's computers . Just in between.

Yes. There is a good chance your ISP even has backup copies. If you look at
the headers of an email you will see all the servers it has passed through.
All of them could have read the message. This doesn't include routers. While
travelling between all these servers the individual packets could be
intercepted at any of the many routers along the way. Should you be worried
about it? I'm not but my data is not sensitive so I don't care who reads it.
It is unlikely that anyone is reading your email but it is possible. If you
have sensitive data make sure it is encrypted. Always assume your email is
being read and you won't go wrong.

Kerry

taxdon
Tue Feb 07 16:11:28 CST 2006

I was told that Outlook Express encrypted the outgoing message and that it
could only decrypted by the recipient. Any truth to this?

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> taxdon wrote:
> > Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted
> > en route and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the
> > email recipient's computers . Just in between.
>
> Yes. There is a good chance your ISP even has backup copies. If you look at
> the headers of an email you will see all the servers it has passed through.
> All of them could have read the message. This doesn't include routers. While
> travelling between all these servers the individual packets could be
> intercepted at any of the many routers along the way. Should you be worried
> about it? I'm not but my data is not sensitive so I don't care who reads it.
> It is unlikely that anyone is reading your email but it is possible. If you
> have sensitive data make sure it is encrypted. Always assume your email is
> being read and you won't go wrong.
>
> Kerry
>
>
>

PA
Tue Feb 07 16:42:50 CST 2006

No.
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

taxdon wrote:
> I was told that Outlook Express encrypted the outgoing message and that it
> could only decrypted by the recipient. Any truth to this?
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
> > taxdon wrote:
> > > Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted
> > > en route and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the
> > > email recipient's computers . Just in between.
> >
> > Yes. There is a good chance your ISP even has backup copies. If you
> > look at the headers of an email you will see all the servers it has
> > passed through. All of them could have read the message. This doesn't
> > include routers. While travelling between all these servers the
> > individual packets could be intercepted at any of the many routers
> > along the way. Should you be worried about it? I'm not but my data is
> > not sensitive so I don't care who reads it. It is unlikely that anyone
> > is reading your email but it is possible. If you have sensitive data
> > make sure it is encrypted. Always assume your email is being read and
> > you won't go wrong.
> >
> > Kerry

Jupiter
Tue Feb 07 18:48:06 CST 2006

Email is very secure...Just as secure as a post card.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"taxdon" <taxdon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2FA5947-ACBE-415E-97E0-546DE12A1AB2@microsoft.com...
> Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted en
> route
> and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the email
> recipient's
> computers . Just in between.

Kerry
Tue Feb 07 19:14:13 CST 2006

taxdon wrote:
> I was told that Outlook Express encrypted the outgoing message and
> that it could only decrypted by the recipient. Any truth to this?
>

Not unless you set it up first. It is complicated and both the sender and
the recipient have to be setup beforehand. Here is a link to explain it.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=168726

Kerry

> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> taxdon wrote:
>>> Can email from my home computer using Outlook Express be intercepted
>>> en route and read? I am not concerned about security on my or the
>>> email recipient's computers . Just in between.
>>
>> Yes. There is a good chance your ISP even has backup copies. If you
>> look at the headers of an email you will see all the servers it has
>> passed through. All of them could have read the message. This
>> doesn't include routers. While travelling between all these servers
>> the individual packets could be intercepted at any of the many
>> routers along the way. Should you be worried about it? I'm not but
>> my data is not sensitive so I don't care who reads it. It is
>> unlikely that anyone is reading your email but it is possible. If
>> you have sensitive data make sure it is encrypted. Always assume
>> your email is being read and you won't go wrong.
>>
>> Kerry