Safety of https webmail on public wifi?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Kerosene, May 13, 2007.

  1. #1
    Simple questions:
    Does using https mean my email password is encrypted when using an open public wifi connection to check my webmail?

    And if I tick SSL in Thunderbird, does it effectively do the same thing as https?
     
    Kerosene, May 13, 2007 IP