SSHKeychain - About. Secure Mail Reading on Mac OS X. Published on MacDevCenter ( See this if you're having trouble printing code examples by Jason McIntosh 03/19/2002 Apple has been evolving Mail.app, OS X's bundled email client, at about the same pace as the rest of the system.
I've always appreciated the program for its solid IMAP support (rather a rare attribute among mail clients in general). But recently I've started to like it even more since it began supporting super-secure mail-reading protocols that help to stop bad guys from nabbing my passwords. In this article I describe a danger inherent in most mail-reading methods, and ways to work around it on OS X, using the Mail program.
Secure wireless email on Mac OS X. After more than a year of implementing my own measures, I think it’s time to help raise awareness of email security.
And in doing so, document the way I use SSH to secure email when I’m on a wireless network. If you’re concerned about strangers having open access to your usernames and passwords, and all the email you send and receive while connected to a public wireless network — whether you use a Mac or not — you’ll want to read this.