From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Mon, 20 May 2024 18:49:49 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Adman,   
   >   
   >> How are you still on XP/OE6? I thought that stuff was rendered unusable   
   >> a few years back with new SSL/TLS encryption.   
   >   
   > In regard to newsgroup messages ?    I think that ES has recognised that   
   > there is zero reason to encrypt their connections.   Newsgroup posts are   
   > public by definition, and there is no mechanism in place to make sure that   
   > usernames and/or email adresses cannot be spoofed.   
   >   
   > As for my ISPs email ?   It only switched to a higher encryption at the end   
   > of last year, at which moment I wrote a small wrapper using ssleay/libeay to   
   > encrypt that connection.   
   >   
   > But the same here, there is no mechanism in place to stop someone from   
   > spoofing someone else.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
      
   You could switch to OE Classic. It's almost same as OE but with SSL/TLS   
   support. There's virtually no need to learn new things or change user habit.   
   And most importantly, it supports XP and even 2000.   
      
   https://www.oeclassic.com/   
      
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