On 10 Mar 2017, at 8:44, Rob Willett wrote:
I'm trying to securely delete mails and attachments sent to me. These
are personal information, such as peoples home addresses. I've deleted
them from the mail server but am trying to work out how to delete them
as securely as possible on the Mac. I know the srm command for files
on El Capitan but am trying to work out how to make sure I haven't
left anything lying around in Mailmate.
I have searched but can't see anything beyond simply deleting the
mail.
If using MailMate to delete the message then make sure the message is
not moved to “Deleted Messages” of the related account. You can hold
down ⌥ to do “Message ▸ Delete Now” instead of just “Delete”
(which actually means “Move to Deleted Messages” if it's not already
in that mailbox).
`srm` is no longer part of macOS and it's likely also not very useful.
There's a discussion
[here](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/252098/srm-gone-in-macos-sierra-10-12).
Enabling FileVault might be the best way forward -- and not just for
this particular problem.
I hope this helps.
--
Benny
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