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#266876 - 08/10/2005 10:10 Encryption within Outlook
Cybjorg
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Registered: 23/12/2002
Posts: 652
Loc: Winston Salem, NC
I'm looking for something along the lines of a plug-in that will easily allow one to encrypt a specific folder within Outlook (or Outlook Express, Thunderbird, etc). Does anyone have a free, versatile, easy-to-use recommendation?

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#266877 - 08/10/2005 14:05 Re: Encryption within Outlook [Re: Cybjorg]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
To be clear, you want to encrypt the on-disk storage of the email, right? If so, you could use Windows' built-in Encrypting File System support.


Edited by wfaulk (08/10/2005 14:12)
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#266878 - 08/10/2005 14:49 Re: Encryption within Outlook [Re: wfaulk]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
That won't work easily with Outlook if you only want encrypt a single folder, as all mail within an account is stored in a single file. Thunderbird however has a separate file for each folder, so you could encrypt just a single folder using Windows encryption and Thunderbird.

I can't remember whether Outlook Express uses a single file or not.

Be aware that XP Home does not have file encryption built in.
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#266879 - 08/10/2005 16:13 Re: Encryption within Outlook [Re: andy]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
You can tell Outlook to use multiple PST files and also enable some sort of encryption. I've no idea how secure it is however.

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