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