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OPS335 Lab 4b

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INVESTIGATION 1: INSTALL THUNDERBIRD (MUA) and SETUP A REFERENCE CLIENT
::[[Image:Seneca-student-thunderbird-email-setup.png|600px]]
::{{Admon/important |Unencrypted Options|Notice that there are <u>unencrypted</u> options available to connect to your SMTP/IMAP servers but those are rarely used these days - the potential for abuse is too great. On a free wifi network, the operator would be able to not only read your email, but also obtain your password without any password/encryption cracking tools. In fact, even on a private wired network, it is not uncommon for an employer to use a packet sniffer utility to monitor all the traffic going over their network (Packet Sniffing applications were actually found to be legally acceptable practices if used by the management of organizations).}}
::The specific security settings depend on how your servers were configured. '''The settings for the seneca servers are displayed below:
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