{"id":2842,"date":"2023-08-18T15:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2842"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:10:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T14:10:53","slug":"what-does-ssl-mean-in-the-context-of-mail","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/what-does-ssl-mean-in-the-context-of-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"What does SSL mean in the context of mail?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">SSL is used to secure internet traffic between a website and a visitor. With an SSL certificate, you have an encrypted HTTPS connection. That &#8216;S&#8217; is important because it stands for Security. Hackers have no chance of intercepting sensitive data. You can also use SSL to secure your mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-ssl-mail\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">What is &#8216;SSL mail&#8217;?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What does SSL mean in mail? There&#8217;s actually a pretty simple answer to that. You can also use a secure connection via SSL for your mailbox. This way, you ensure that cyber criminals cannot intercept your e-mails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To establish such a secure SSL mail connection, you need to choose the right ports for your incoming and outgoing e-mails.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Do you have a basic mailbox with us? Then these are the details you need to activate &#8216;SSL connection mail&#8217;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Incoming mail server:\nimap.mailprotect.be (port 993) = IMAP4 SSL\n\nOutgoing <meta charset=\"utf-8\">mail server:\nsmtp-auth.mailprotect.be (port 465)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\"><strong>Apple uses alternative to SSL on mailboxes<\/strong>. They have choosen TLS. We will spare you the technical explanation, but just like SSL, TLS ensures a secure connection. The difference is in the port for your outgoing e-mails. It is no longer 465 but 587.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need help setting up your mailbox with a secure SSL connection? Use our manuals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/set-up-a-basic-mailbox-on-your-devices\/\">Set up your Basic mailbox on your devices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/set-up-exchange-mailbox-on-your-devices\/\">Set up your Exchange mailbox on your devices<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/setting-up-your-microsoft-365-mailbox-in-the-mail-app-for-windows-10\/\">Set up your Microsoft 365 (Office 365) <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/how-to-set-up-microsoft-365-mail-on-all-your-devices\/\">mailbox<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/setting-up-your-microsoft-365-mailbox-in-the-mail-app-for-windows-10\/\"> on your devices<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSL is used to secure internet traffic between a website and a visitor. With an SSL certificate, you have an encrypted HTTPS connection. That &#8216;S&#8217; is important because it stands for Security. Hackers have no chance of intercepting sensitive data. You can also use SSL to secure your mailbox. What&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[50],"ht-kb-tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2850,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2842\/revisions\/2850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}