Getting e-mail from GMail but without keeping messages

[Les]

On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 14:33 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 2/18/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> 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.

Regards,
Les H