{"id":37,"date":"2007-10-15T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T08:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/2007\/10\/15\/keep-your-e-mail-secure\/"},"modified":"2007-10-15T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T08:04:10","slug":"keep-your-e-mail-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/keep-your-e-mail-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your E-Mail Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/2007\/10\/features\/lockup_mail\/index.php\">Macworld article<\/a> by Joe Kissell looks at how to keep your e-mail secure. It looks at using webmail securely, encrypting e-mail when necessary, using SSL to connect to your mail server, and watching out for phishing attempts. <\/p>\n<p>Phishing is when malevolent people send you e-mails claiming to be from your bank, credit card company, or from on-line merchants such as Amazon or eBay. 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