Using SSL encryption with Web-based e-mail services offers enhanced security over snooping, especially when connected over public Wi-Fi networks (think McDonald's, Starbucks, or the public library).

Yahoo will enable encrypted connections for all users of its email service starting in January, reports the Washington Post. The move comes nearly eight years after Google added the same feature for ...

Following a trail cut several years ago by Google and Microsoft, Yahoo has now given users of its webmail service the option of using an SSL connection for their sessions. The HTTPS option is not ...

A few Cox internet service members have been having trouble accessing their e-mail accounts through Apple's Mail program. The connection seems to be fine and log-in works, but while Mail will show ...

The revamped Yahoo Mail sure is pretty, but from a security perspective the popular service has a pretty ugly security flaw: It doesn’t encrypt your email sessions. But that will soon change. (Finally ...

Yahoo will encrypt Web-based email by default for all of its users beginning Jan. 8, the company has told The Washington Post. "Yahoo takes the security of our users very seriously," the company said ...

Yahoo is planning to finally join the 21st century and turn on SSL encryption for its webmail users in January 2014. According to the Washington Post, the internet company will enable encryption for ...

The user-guides for most email-clients state that TLS is preferrable to SSL. But I'm confused because the written explanations are conflicting -- some say SSLv3 has been compromised and should no ...