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Old February 7th 07, 02:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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I'm a new user to outlook and i would like to know how do you log out of
outlook and close your account out without no one being able to get back in?
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Old February 7th 07, 03:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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"Puzzled" wrote in message
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I'm a new user to outlook and i would like to know how do you log out
of
outlook and close your account out without no one being able to get
back in?



Exit Outlook. Then you aren't connected (actually you are only
connected when mail polls occur).

Don't save a password in the account defined in Outlook. Then if, for
some reason, you decide to share a Windows login with someone else (but
obviously giving them their own account would be far more secure,
especially to your private data), they still wouldn't know the password
to connect to your mail server - unless, because you let them share your
account or give them an admin account, they install a keylogger to
capture your keystrokes to enter the password that you will get prompted
to enter each time for the first mail poll in an Outlook session.

The mail server will require your login credentials. Your e-mail client
does not stay continuous connected but instead periodically polls for
new mails or you you perform a manual mail poll, and each time it
connects in a mail poll then it must send the login credentials. If you
are afraid of someone sniffing your network traffic then use a mail
server that provides for SSL connects (securely encrypted). This would
establish an SSL connect between you and the mail server so your login
credentials are encrypted. Otherwise, your login credentials get sent
as plain text.

Even if your mail provider provides SSL connects to their mail server,
that is only used for the login. The mail via the DATA command is still
sent as plain text. If you want to also protect your messages then get
a mail security certificate to encrypt your messages. Well, to be
accurate, you need the recipient's public key for their mail certificate
so you can encrypt your message and only they with their private key can
decrypt it. You encrypt your message using their public key. Only they
have the private key to decrypt it. Likewise, if you want them to send
you encrypted mails, you will need to send them a mail with your
security certificate (just the public key portion) so they can encrypt
using it and only you can decrypt using your private key.

 




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