how do I get thunderbird to shut down? [was: it's troubling]
how do I get thunderbird to shut down my email? I can close tb but if I open it later all of my email is available? It is really unacceptable considering I want to use tb to encrypt my email
Modified by Wayne Mery
Chosen solution
What do you want to happen?
How do you intend to use TB to "encrypt your email"? Is everyone you correspond with on board with this? Have you all decided to use S/MIME or GPG?
If you are concerned about protecting your data, it is assumed you will be using security measures that protect your computer and/or your data store, such as User Accounts, hard disk encryption etc. Do this and your email store is also covered.
Thunderbird, in common with many email clients, does not store your messages in a secure form. Even if Thunderbird is closed, your mailbox files can, by and large, be read using pretty much any text editor.
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Chosen Solution
What do you want to happen?
How do you intend to use TB to "encrypt your email"? Is everyone you correspond with on board with this? Have you all decided to use S/MIME or GPG?
If you are concerned about protecting your data, it is assumed you will be using security measures that protect your computer and/or your data store, such as User Accounts, hard disk encryption etc. Do this and your email store is also covered.
Thunderbird, in common with many email clients, does not store your messages in a secure form. Even if Thunderbird is closed, your mailbox files can, by and large, be read using pretty much any text editor.
Modified by Zenos
If you open Word you can read your documents. Thunderbird is no different. They build security logins into operating systems for a reason. Use that.