From: Ellen K. 

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:39:16 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote
in message :

>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:45:17 -0700, Ellen K.
> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is there any security risk in the following:
>>
>>1.  We send batches of email messages intended for delivery to
>>delinquent collection customers to a third-party provider.  Each email
>>message has the cellphone number of the intended recipient in the
"to"
>>field.
>>
>>2.  The third-party provider sends each message to the indicated
>>cellphone number.
>>
>>I guess the third-party provider is OK as far as privacy rules because
>>they are helping us collect,
>
>Big assupmtion.

Not really, they have a legitimate "need to know".
>
>
>> but is there any way OTHER PEOPLE could
>>intercept the messages between the third party and the recipients?
>
>Email is sent plain text unless you use something like TLS.

I'm talking about the second leg.
>
> /m

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