Add the meta tags to a view or a node and set the path of the node or view as the frontpage in the site information configuration

keywords and description for front-page of drupal 7 site
If I connect to my e-mail server via SSL (SMTP/SSL) and the recipient also only checks his e-mail via SSL (web/https or IMAP/SSL), does this - generally speaking - increase the security for the message content in any way? 

That is, will the communication between my providers e-mail server and the recipients e-mail server be "secure"(*), or will the e-mail be delivered plain text between the servers? 

(*) Secure in the context of: encrypted throughout it's transit. Not secure in the sense that I'd put any really sensitive info in there.
