Thanks All for the replies. I'm already using LUKS (dmcrypt) volumes that are unlocked by PAM when I login, which comes handy; I'll just move ~/.evolution contents to a LUKS volume, and replace the folder with a symlink.
Thanks! Caleb Marcus wrote: > > It doesn't do it with POP messages either... most clients don't. If you > don't have a secure account password to your computer, or you're worried > about someone using a LiveCD to directly access the drive, you should > just stick with the gmail website. You could also use full-disk > encryption, which is available on several Linux distros, but this will > require reinstalling the system. > On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 22:20 -0800, Ari El wrote: > >> Recently I discovered gmail's new IMAP feature. The next minute I was >> setting >> evolution up to access my gmail account. I noticed evo's google/imap >> account >> cached thousand of messages (some headers, some full messages), and also >> found that the cache is made persistent even with me *not* selecting >> "mark >> for offline reading". Meaning that if I close evo, then reopen, at first >> I >> get asked for the imap server password, but even if I dont enter it, I >> can >> see the full local cache of the imap folders and all recent message >> contents. >> >> I don't like this. >> >> Is there a way to force evo to encrypt the local cache (imap account and >> also the exchage account if possible), so that I get asked for a password >> to >> open the local cache (or better, the default gnome keyring could be >> used)? >> any hint on how to do this? >> >> TIA > > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Offline-message-cache-encryption-with-a-Master-Password--tf4756275.html#a13611956 Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
