SiteGround.com, a web hosting provider, announced the upgrade of their IMAP, POP3 and SMTP services. The company articulates that as part of its main goal to ensure a secure and reliable web hosting environment, it has dedicated time and resources into upgrading its email service by implementing an encrypted connection (via SSL) for sending (SMTPs), receiving (POP3s) and reading emails (IMAPs).

It explains that with the rapid growth of security risks during data transmission, especially on mobile and wireless networks, email security is getting more and more important for everyone. That is why, it now provides for its customers SSL-encrypted connection for checking and sending emails. The company states that this means that all the information sent or received by email is converted into a form called Ciphertext and as a result cannot be intercepted or hacked by third parties. This significantly reduces the risk of password thefts and data sniffing, it adds.

”Security and reliability of service is an ever-increasing concern for everyone. Here at SiteGround we are well aware of this and are constantly working for upgrading the security of our hosting service.” says Anatoly Dimitrov, Senior Support Team member and leader of the project. ”We believe that the introduction of IMAPs, POP3s, and SMTPs is a great benefit for our customers that guarantees secure and safe email environment”, added Anatoly.