Re: what are the email programs that are still compatible with XP and support encrypted connections ?

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/