Getting e-mail from GMail but without keeping messages

[Paul Smith]

On 2/20/07, Les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > > > I do not want to store messages locally to minimize the risk of them
> > > > being spied by someone else. With the CustomizeGoogle extension of
> > > > Firefox, one can read GMail accounts with the https protocol, which
> > > > encrypts the communications between my machine and GMail servers.
> > >
> > > But are HTTP pages cached in your browser?
> > >
> > > I'd suggest that your mail cannot be casually spied upon on your
> > > computer if you do not share log-ins, and don't leave your computer
> > > without logging out or locking out access.
> >
> > But the traffic containing the messages may be spied between my
> > computer and the GMail server. If the traffic obeys to the https
> > protocol, hence it may be spied but it will be useless for the spier.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> You are chasing the wrong suspect.  GMAIL keeps EVERYTHING!!!  It never
> dies.
> Your mail may remain on their servers and be searchable forever.  If you
> want to secure mail of a specific nature, you must use local encryption
> and you and the receiving party need your own encryption/decryption
> processes, preferably on a system that is never accessable to the
> external (www) network.

I am not chasing GMAIL; I am trying to avoid that someone of the local
system administration team spies my e-mail, although I think none of
them really cares about my messages... :-)

Paul