MS Exchange lies about encryption

[Udhay Shankar N]

If you needed another reason NOT to use Microsoft products, here it is...

>http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/data/anw-26.02.02-007/
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>Encryption in Company Networks Foiled
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>The encrypting of e-mails in company networks is foiled if it is done
>in a Microsoft Exchange/Outlook 9x/200x environment. In a POP3/IMAP4
>environment this is not the case. In answer to a question by heise
>online Microsoft confirmed that appended files encrypted with crypto
>plug-ins are transmitted in an unencrypted form from client to server
>even when the encryption function of the plug-in has been activated.
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