This is an important question for people who are using email for business. Sending contracts, social security numbers, phone numbers, driver's license numbers, date of births, and account numbers is dangerous if you are using unencrypted email. If your email is being sent plain text, then it's easy to hack.
For more about encryption, see this link:
http://janetperkins.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/use-encrypted-email-for-your-transactions/
If any of these change, please let me know, but at present here is the list of emails and their security:
Unencrypted Email Systems
- Yahoo
- Hotmail/MSN
- Verizon personal webmail
- Comcast personal webmail
- GMX
- Juno
- Inbox.com
Encrypted Email Systems
- Verizon Small Business Email
- AOL/Aim
- Gmail
- Rackspace
If you are unsure whether your provider encrypts email, give them a call and find out. Ask if they have a SSL login page. If they don't anything you send is plain text. Scarey stuff!
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