Verify your email security with tcpdump

I confess, I'm an outlaw at heart. I like using packet sniffers like tcpdump because it satisfies my base snooping impulses. Packet-sniffing is wiretapping after all, only it's applied to TCP/IP packets, not voice transmissions. Sure, they're my packets on my systems, but still the idea is appealing.

Even more appealing is knowing I have the ability to monitor incoming and outgoing traffic, and knowing exactly what's going on.