> I beg to differ. Having a message base reside on a server is exactly > what needs to be avoided. The message base that resides in encrypted > form on the flash drive in my pocket is under my control. I will need > to be killed for someone to have access to it. I will not be killed > because someone hacked a server to find me or find a "reason" to kill > me.
> IMAP is exactly what I do _not_ want! OK. Let me put it this way. It doesn't matter what are you using POP3 or IMAP4. If your mail server is breached then message base is compromised anyway. Moreover messages can be intercepted before it even reaches your server. So that's why you should be using PGP/SMIME if your life depends on what you send. If you are using PGP or SMIME your messages are safe on a server also independetly what you are using POP3 or IMAP4. And if you don't trust PGP/SMIME encryption and are working for "secret government" and you chose such unsecure collaboration method as email, you should be using your goverments email server which is behind triple firewall with double encrypted internet connection on constantly monitored :) I hope this answers every aspect that you can come up with. -- Best regards, Vilius ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.99.24 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
