Author Topic: websheild and hotmail account  (Read 1748 times)

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merris

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websheild and hotmail account
« on: January 19, 2011, 10:39:14 AM »
Hi Guys hope you can help.

In the last month i have been having autmated emails sent from my hotmail account, when i checked my settings my webshield is not configured for hotmail.

i have tried setting it manually but needs the ssl and port number, I use windows live as my mail client and since the upgrade too live i cant get this infomation from settings?

cheers  Merris

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Re: websheild and hotmail account
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2011, 11:19:03 AM »
WebShield scans the http traffic (in version 5.1 even the one generated out of only browsers).
Hotmail can't be scanned by Email Shield but, when checked using the browser (webmail), it will be scanned.
WebShield can't scan encrypted traffic (SSL).
Windows Live uses a MS proprietary protocol that does not allow scanning.
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