[X4U] Backing up Apple Mail in Leopard

[Ed Gould]

On Sep 28, 2008, at 3:57 AM, David Ledger wrote:

>> From: Ed Gould <edgould1948 at comcast.net>
>> Do you know of anyone that is offering PGP for mail.app ? I tried
>> Google and the only thing that came up was some hack and it was out
>> of europe (IIRC).
>
> What do you mean by being a 'hack'?

I mean that it is the author states it will only work with version  
x.x and it may have issues with newer versions. Sometimes you can say  
who cares but with PGP the data is encrypted and if can't be  
unencrypted because of a version change you are pretty well sunk. ALL  
mail that is encrypted is essentially lost. That is what I am  
concerned about. By buying that product you can only hope that the  
author will forever support the product. There are no guarantees in  
computer world and this is a BIG issue. I cannot afford to loose any  
email.

Ed

>
> Being out of Europe is not a problem. Remember that the only reason  
> PGP could really get going is because it used code from Europe that  
> wasn't restricted by the US 'munitions' rule. For security you need  
> something that is buildable from source so you can be sure there  
> are no back doors. That may be why you regard it as a hack. I  
> wouldn't trust anything bought as a package, although the link into  
> the mailer could be.
>
> David
>
>
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