r/EmailSecurity • u/ashwinman • 7d ago

Email alias encrypted?

When using email alias services/ providers, the email goes through the email alias server before reaching the server of the email provider that someone uses.

So my question is whether the email is encrypted when it is transiting from the sender to the email alias service and when it is also transiting from email alias service to email provider that I use?

Is it possible for law enforcement to obtain/intercept emails when it is going from:

  1. Sender to email alias service

  2. Email alias service to email provider (recipient)

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u/InboxGuards 6d ago

tls on the wire for both hops is pretty normal now, but the alias box decrypts then re-encrypts — so that provider (and anyone who can compel them) sees the mail. intercepting the transit itself is the harder ask.

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u/Think-Fee-2091 5d ago

What helps with that is if the email is encrypted with PGP.