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I wouldn't worry about it.

Traffic sniffing is mostly a concern for computers connected to public wireless networks. A linux machine, in a datacenter, connected via an ethernet cable doesn't have much to worry about.

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This is incredibly bad advice. Do you know who has access to your datacenter? Who has access to plug devices into the switch that your server lives on? Does your network provider regularly audit their gear to make sure it hasn't been compromised? How do you know?

If you think traffic sniffing is "just for wifi", you're out of your mind.

Thanks for providing an alternative view, I'm going to be using SSL for sure. The more I think about it, the more I'm amazed that Mailchimp don't make a bigger deal of getting people to use SSL.

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