Email Security in GMail login

Pretty important info in these days of unsecured networks and security/privacy concerns.

A small but very security critical tip : Those using GMail should know that when you login using http://www.gmail.com

, your password and username are sent encrypted - but post that your sessions are in the clear meaning someone from the other building in the same ISP net (like BSNL/MTNL) can eavesdrop on your mails!! To have a total secure mail sessions, use

https://www.gmail.com

instead of http://www.gmail.com (mark the 's' after http).

With this, post your login, even your normal mail session will be encrypted. You can check that out by noticing the closed lock symbol at the lower right status bar of your browser or noticing that all your sessions has https:// in the address bar.