Why isn't Windows Mail Password Protected?

[Guest]

Sometimes I'd be using my computer and someone else would like to use it
quickly and I don't want them to be able to hit the email button on my
keyboard and be able to retrieve all my personal email and forum passwords.
Why is there not a built in email password system just like XP had in Outlook
Express?

This is a major downgrade as email is a very personal thing these days.

I know about WinKey+L to lock it up but what if that just wasn't convenient
at that time?

Patch it up to use a password system even if it's behind the user log on
screen.

Anyone else agree?

 

[DGuess]

There is a password, it's on your Windows account. Thats why there is a
Switch Users option. If you allow them to operate in your account, you are
the flaw in the system. Don't take it personally but facts are facts. If
locking it isn't convient at the time from a couple of simple key strokes,
something is wrong.

And BTW, OE wasn't secure either. If I wanted to read your e-mail, all I had
to do was set up a new Identity, switch to it, then import the mail. Never
had to turn off OE. With WinMail, all they have to do is open the store
folder and double click on the .eml files.. Even less security.

Also, Protected Storage wasn't secure either. I use software to check for
passwords which also shows other things as well such as the AutoComplete
data. Vista no longer uses Protected Storage which also may be why older
versions of Outlook fail.

But, if security is a must have feature, Outlook Express and Windows Mail
were not the mail clients to use.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't agree. Most home users don't have the security issue
that you have. Why inconvenience most users unnecessarily
for the few that want extra security? The folks wanting
extra security should be the ones jumping through the
extra hoop, such as Winkey+L or Switching User when
leaving the computer unattended.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[MICHAEL]

Well, Gary, we could say that about almost anything.

How about WPA, WGA, DRM, or even UAC?

Most people don't steal, and yet, Microsoft doesn't mind
having folks jump through extra hoops and some even being
inconvenienced by falsely being accused of having pirated
software.

While I don't particularly agree with the OP, there are many
examples of the majority being inconvenienced because of a few.
Whether it's about software and computers, or every day life.


-Michael

 

[Steve Cochran]

You cannot protect your messages unless you lock your entire user space.

steve

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Well, Gary, we could say that about almost anything.

How about WPA, WGA, DRM, or even UAC?

Most home users need UAC.
I can't figure out what good the others do for the home user.
Theoretically, they should lower prices.