On 23-09-2000 at 18:11, Graham kindly wrote:
> Johan Svahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JS>> Anyone here who have any suggestion on a "security" for The
JS>> Bat. I am not looking for PGP encryption when sending e-mail, but how
JS>> to make it impossible for an unauthorized person to start the Bat on
JS>> my computer and read my e-mail. I don't have to have a hard-core
JS>> hacker-proof protection, but I want it to be difficult for other
JS>> people to access my mails when I am away from my computer.
Joan, you might want to look into this (copied from TB's
help file):
With The Bat!, you can 'lock' your account with a password
so nobody can read your mail without your permission. This
can be often used when your computer is located in office
where anybody can access your computer while you are away.
Do not confuse the account access password with your mail
server password - these are two different things so make
sure that you use two different passwords for your privacy
sake. In multi-user environment, the account access password
is also used for logging on. To protect your account with a
password, use Set Access Password command of Account menu or
press Ctrl+F12. You will be prompted about the password you
want to use to access your account. If you have a password
set already for your account, you can enter empty string as
your password - the account will be unprotected after doing
this Note that the account�s mail is encrypted if you set a
password. Make sure that you won�t occasionally forget your
password, it is recommended that you write down your access
password somewhere.
> Two things spring to mind. If you have PGPdisk in your version of PGP,
> you can encrypt an area of your HD so that people won't be able to get
> at the mails already on there. But that, of course, wont get round the
> problem of new (unencrypted) mail arriving whilst you're away.
I have all my programs on my C-drive and all my data on
encrypted drives; when I don't unlock them, TB can't even
find its mail folders nor my account information, so nobody
can ever download new mail. Plus, I leave my workstation
locked when I go away...
> Probably the best solution is to go to www.softwareblast.com or
> www.freeware32.com and get a program that gives you password protection
> for your PC.
You can even set a password in your PC's bios, which is
somewhat safer (it takes opening the machine and changing
jumpers in order to clear CMOS). With a BIOS password, the
machine won't start unless to provide the pasword.
- K -
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power to make them happy, while your capacity to hurt
them remains undiminished.
- Julian Barnes: Talking it Over
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