Hello, MFPA;

Monday, September 14, 2009, 8:08:36 PM, you wrote:

>> which didn't seem to happen (as I recall it). And, TB
>> isn't now encrypted.

> I believe you have to do a completely fresh install and tell it
> to use OTFE during the installation.

<sigh>  I hate to have to uninstall/reinstall all over again...  but
if I have to.  OTOH I do use passwords on both the admin and user
accounts now, so have at least one layer in place already.

> It sounds that way but I'm sure I have seen people suggest on this
> list to back up an encrypted message base, uninstall TB!, install TB!
> a-fresh without opting to use OTFE, then restore from the backup to 
> get back to a non-encrypted messagebase. I cannot currently remember

It's nice to have a way of recovering a message base, but I'm
ambivalent about the security issue.

> [continuing off-topic]

> By the way, I only found your posting by accident because your from
> address begins "postmaster@" and (for the messages I receive) that
> usually means it will be a delivery failure report, often for spam
> that somebody sent spoofing one of my addresses. Maybe it would be
> worth considering whether sending out from that address is causing
> others to miss some of your mail. Just a thought. (-;

This is a good point.  I set it that way before I was as used to TB!,
or even e-mail I suppose.  But again, it's a chore to do over.


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Thanks,
 Robert Bull             mailto:theb...@theluminousvoid.plus.com

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