There is a good chance that your email client application uses Internet Message Access Protocol, and as such it is important for you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of such a protocol. The protocol allows you to connect to an email account on a server, and access folders and mailboxes on that server, but does so in an insecure fashion. In order to address this vulnerability, you can use IMAP over Secure Sockets Layer encryption to secure your email transactions. Writer Bio
