Lívio Cipriano wrote:
-------- Original Message on 2 October 2006 21:30 --------
Granted, this is a low tech solution--but it works!! ;-) :-D
Well ... I agree with you ... But you are oversight two or three issues (or are just not important for you):
1. Confidentially, you let your messages in a server that you not control;
2. Safety, if a disaster happens on the servers, and there are no backups, you loose your messages;
3. There must be a space limit on your server so, although far fetched, you might loose messages sent to you, if the limit is reached.
1. When you 'sync-up' you're messages are passing thru a server, and if I'm on the wire running tcpdump, I'd capturing all your messages, so how much more secure are you? As for the server I'm going thru, it's my personal ISP, so I either have to trust them, get another ISP, or completely encrypt every msg. If it was sensitive data, I probably wouldn't even be using email at all. 2. Been on the net since 1982 and have never had that happen yet. But you're right, the possibility is always there. 3. The space limit is handling thousands of emails for me on various accounts, so that's not an issue or concern. I appreciate you pointing all that out, just in case I wasn't aware of those issues. I was offering a quick, simple solution, even if only good for short-term use. You never know--someone on this list may find that low tech solution useful. You know that old saying, "The only truly secure computer is one that's turned off and unplugged." LOL :-D