SSL Email - use a Secure POP3 Connection

[Bill]

I want to use SSL to connect to my POP3 server. Now, I know that Outlook
2000 supports SSL with the Accounts > Advanced checkbox options of "This
server requires a secure connection (SSL)". However, my Web Host Provider
doesn't support SSL email on shared servers.

My question is this: let's say my pop3 server is:
POP.MYDOMAIN.COM

on the POP3 port 110. Now, what if I enable SSL on my domain, and then edit
my DNS record so that the SSL record

SSLPOP.MYDOMAIN.COM

directs to (non-SSL) POP.MYDOMAIN.COM on port 110?

Sp, my computer has an SSL connection to SSLPOP.MYDOMAIN.COM, which then
has an unsecured connection to POP.MYDOMAIN.COM. My email flying over my ISP
is secure.

Is this doable, or am I missing a step here?

Bill

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I want to use SSL to connect to my POP3 server. Now, I know that
Outlook 2000 supports SSL with the Accounts > Advanced checkbox
options of "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)". However,
my Web Host Provider doesn't support SSL email on shared servers.

Then you can't do this.

My question is this: let's say my pop3 server is:
POP.MYDOMAIN.COM

on the POP3 port 110. Now, what if I enable SSL on my domain,

Not sure what you mean by "on your domain" - you don't have a mail server,
right? Just a registered Internet domain?

then edit my DNS record so that the SSL record

SSLPOP.MYDOMAIN.COM

directs to (non-SSL) POP.MYDOMAIN.COM on port 110?

Sp, my computer has an SSL connection to SSLPOP.MYDOMAIN.COM, which
then has an unsecured connection to POP.MYDOMAIN.COM. My email flying
over my ISP is secure.

If there's no POP/SMTP server located at sslpop.mydomain.com this won't make
any difference. The mail server you're pointing to doesn't support SSL.

Is this doable, or am I missing a step here?

You'll need to find an ISP that supports encrypted connections to their
server.