After reading about the new Gmail hacking tool I thought I'd take advantage of the new Gmail setting which allows your traffic to always be sent over encrypted SSL connections.
I spent a good long time hunting through Gmail's settings trying to find the mysterious "Always use https" setting. Eventually I figured out that the issue is that this new setting hasn't yet made it to Google Apps.
I don't see this advertised anywhere, and I hope I'm just missing something. However logging into my standard Gmail account I see the setting exactly where it should be.
I've informed Google and hopefully it's coming soon. In the mean time ... suck.
Update 11 Dec 2008: Josh writes to say that there is now an "Always use https" option. Hooray, thanks Google!
Update 12 Feb 2009: I just noticed that underneath the "Domain Settings" section of Google Apps there is now a setting called "SSL' which says "Automatically enforce Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections when your users access Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Sites.". Interestingly the Google help doc which it links to says that this is a premium or educational feature only.