Jay Garcia wrote: > On 26/08/02 07:46, Victor Probo Replied As Follows: > > --- Original Message --- > > >>Jerry Baker wrote: >> >>>Adam Augustyn says: >>> >>> >>>>Hello! >>>> >>>>Is any tool to archivise old e-mails from Mozilla mailboxes? >>>> >>>>Thanx a lot, >>>>gustaw >>>> >>> >>>What do you mean by archive? Do you just want to back up your mail? If >>>so, just copy all the files with no extension from your mail directory >> >> nope-^ not always... >> Unfortunately this won't work if you used any encrypted email. Why it is >> encrypted in your own sent box (when all you mis-trusted was the other >> guys ISP) is a different issue. Anyway, the only way to read that mail >> is if the cert used to encrypt is still in the browser/mail databases. >> I have found no tool yet to easily *archive* encrypted mail at all. >> Especially when you process through a number of e-mail certs over the >> years. >> >> Victor Probo >> >> >>>in your profile's mail directory. >>> >> > > Have you explored the *Master Password* feature located in prefs -> > Security/Privacy? > Yes; that is really scary!! With a simple click you can wipe out your own access to your encrypted emails (reset password removing all your encrypt certs). But when you forget, all is lost.
But that really doesn't help in archiving old mail. There is simply not a way to save (archive) the plain text of any arbitrary message. This teeters on the edge of the 'proprietary solution' wher once you start to use it, you can't stop with out throwing away everything. This whole thing bothers me, but there is really no forum to discuss the future plans and objectives for S/MIME. While I have a binder full of RFC's, they can become pretty useless based upon a coders view of what they will and won't allow a user to do.
