Hi Alexander,
Sunday, November 12, 2000, 4:24:59 PM, you wrote:
AT> I am curious if there is an option (planned?) in TB that encrypts the
AT> mailbox files.
AT> The password feature to secure access to a mailbox is well meant, but
AT> it is more or less useless if anyone with access to the .tbb files can
AT> read those using any ASCII editor.
Better to stick to plain text Unix style mail boxes, at least if
things go wrong you have a reasonable chance of recovering your mail,
if an encrypted M$ style mail box gets corrupted you lose the lot.
If someone has access to your PC there is no *real* security with any
system.
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Under Windows NT 5 0 Service Pack 1 2195
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