Password protecting mail

Hi, just wondering if there is a way to password protect mail? Our iPad is shared in our home with my children who keep deleting messages and sending stuff so was wondering how to protect mail so they can't get in. Thanks!

The Mail app can't currently be protected via Settings > General > Restictions, but there is this work-around. Alternatively you could see if there are any third-party email apps have a password option, or you could access your account via Safari (you could create a homescreen shortcut for your account's login page)

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Password protecting mail app and permanent deletion of emails so they don't appear in spotlight search

I realise that there is a temporary way to prevent this happening by unticking the 'mail' option in the spotlight search settings menu, but how do you permanently delete the emails? I assumed that when I hit delete then emptied the trash box, the mails were gone for good. But finding that they remain stored in some hidden place and can be easily accessed is very annoying! In fact, finding that other users can quickly change the settings back and have free access to my email is rather disturbing anyway, especially as there is no way to password protect my email account once i activate the mail app. the apple mail app is linked to my yahoo account, but within yahoo mail there seems to be no problem in regards to deleted mail being stored somewhere else, only within the apple app system.
So i guess id like to know, is there some way to password protect my account or do I just need to keep deleting my account before lending the ipad to someone else and then reinstating it? And is there any way to properly delete emails for good?
I would be happy just to go without the mail app and log in directly through yahoo in Safari, except that I find the notification alert when I receive a new mail very handy!!

[edit] I dragged the email I sent through the MBP Mail app (under MAILBOXES > Sent > Yahoo!) to the highlighted Sent folder (YAHOO! > Sent), and now it shows up on all Yahoo Sent folders (iPad app, web browser, phone app). Not entirely solved the issue but will use web browser to sent future emails to keep everything in sync.

Password protect Mail on iPad

Just got a brand new iPad. Is there a way natively or via another app to password protect the Mail application? I'd love to be able to let others use the iPad for internet browsing or games, but with Mail if you click it you can get right into all my email accounts with all my data. Would love to be able to have extra security on top of the Mail program to even get it to open up.
Many thanks in advance for the help.

Exactly, parental control, but its just not as developed of a feature as I would have hoped for. Seems like there's lot of questions on the boards dating back for years on this where most people just gave up. But that's one heck of a business model, Apple wanting me to buy a $800 device so a little kid can play an educational game for maybe an hour or two a week
Sounds like Kyle might have an idea of something.

Password protecting mail application.

Hello,
I would like to know if i can password protect my mail application, just the way outlook express can be done.I would not like to create a different user
acccount for doing the same.
Thanks in advance

You could make Mail ask for a password before fetching new mail or sending mail by altering your keychain preferences. Either prevent Mail from storing your email password in the keychain or let it do that but make sure that your keychain has a different password than your user account, is not set to automatically unlock on login and locks after a very short idle time.
If you have an imap account and leave your messages on the server, this effectively prevents access to your mail without a password. If you use pop and/or download messages to you local folders, though, anything already downloaded will be accessible without a password.
- cfr

Password protecting Mail.app

Hi all,
I convinced my dad to use Mail for his mail client, but he wants to be able to password protect it so no one can just open Mail and read all his e-mail.
I'm not sure this is doable but I wanted to ask, thanks.

I'm sorry but I'm not following...
I'm trying this on my system so when I connect to his Mac I'll know what to do.
But for example I have three email accounts setup in Mail.app, I believe in Keychain Access there is an entry for both the incoming and outgoing server, totally 6. So I have to do what you said to each of those entries?
And if so how is that going to prompt Mail.app to ask for a password whenever it's opened?
Sorry I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

Anyway to password protect Mail?

I would like to Mail to ask me for a password before opening....that way other users of my system won't be able to read my email....is this possible?

You just may have to log into and out of your computer each time you use Mail, if you are not on a network. But the newer Macs have the capapability of being able to have several users that log into and out of their own Desktops.
Although, this may help from Mail Help:
"About Keychain passwords in Mail
When you set up a user account in Mac OS X using the Accounts preferences pane, a keychain is automatically created with the same password. Your keychain can store all the passwords you use to access different resources, including your passwords for the Mail application and for each email account. When you connect to a network server, open an email account, or access any password-protected item that is keychain-aware, your keychain provides the password so you don't have to type it.
Your keychain is unlocked automatically when you log in to Mac OS X. Use the application Keychain Access to manage keychain passwords.
See also
keychain
passwords
security
Open this for me
Keychain Access"
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Does anyone know how to password protect Mail from the applications folder

I know you can password protect with a screensaver, is that the only way?

That is simply because you have checked an option to remember the password. Open Mail preferences, click on the Accounts icon in the toolbar. In the dialog under your username you should see your password (not displayed.) Remove the password entry. From now on Mail will prompt for a password before attempting to fetch mail. This does not mask the Inbox in any way but it does prevent anyone from getting new mail without a password. There is no direct way to actually password protect the entire Inbox.
I'm still not clear as to why you need to do this or what specifically you want to accomplish. I don't know if simply logging out of your account when you aren't by the computer would not satisfy your security need or requiring a password to wake up the computer via the screensaver. Maybe you could explain things more to us.

Can you password protect your mail so when you want to access any mail you must enter a password?

Can you password protect your email so when you want to access any of your mail accounts you must enter a password? In other words before I can see my mail I must enter a password.

On Oct 10, 2007, Matthew Morgan answered this question (discussion is now archived). I wanted to inquire further to his comment:
    Matthew Morgan Los Angeles, CA
     Re: Password protect "Mail"
     Oct 10, 2007 7:55 AM (in response to Chester Harlan)
     Cherster,
     You could go to Settings>General>Passcode Lock and set a password to secure all your      personal data.
Matthew - in which program are our suggesting going to Settings?
Thaks.

I would like to have an email account that is password-protected that I can access on my Mac, Iphone and Ipad, separate from the Mail application, with an alert button that indicates unread messages

I would like to have an email account that is password-protected that I can access on my Mac, Iphone and Ipad, separate from the Mail application, with an alert button that indicates unread messages

Try a search... I'm sure if you put forth a little effort you can find a solution that will work for you.

Is it possible to password protect a single app like Mail?

Is it possible to password protect a single app like Mail?

Password protect the Mac Mail app is useless,and would not prevent access to your mailboxes.Your email is stored in files under your home folder,so you must password your mail folder.
See How to password protect mac Mail for more details

E Mailed Zip Files showing up as Password Protected

I export photos to a folder, create zip file, and then e mail them as a regular part of my business. Sometimes these show up to the recipient as a "Password Protected" file. Any idea why???

None, but I reckon that's either Mail or an OS X issue for your version of the Operating System. So I would post on one of those forums.
Regards
TD

Send a mail with attachement along with password protected

I will try with UTL_MAIL package its working but i need it with ziping the attachment file and that file along password protected(encrypte)
utl_mail.send_attach_raw(
sender => vSender,
recipients => mrec.per_h_email,
subject => vSubj,
message => vMesg,
attachment => rfile,
att_inline => FALSE,
att_filename => fname);
END LOOP;
please help me ,,
Edited by: 865995 on Jun 21, 2011 2:17 AM

You first need to understand the basic structure of a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) body.
That is what an e-mail is. That is what mail readers create when sending mail. That is what mail readers expects and renders when receiving mail.
A mail attachment cannot be password protected via MIME itself. The MIME specs do not support password protected "boundary pieces" in a MIME body.
A MIME body can however contain multiple attachments and different types of attachment. From text and html to images and video.
It can also include a binary attachment like a zipfile. That zipfile can be protected by a password.
An import point to keep in mind that attaching an binary file to a MIME body (e-mail) means:
a) creating a MIME payload/boundary piece for that file in the mail body
b) reading the contents of that file
c) uu encoding that file (it basically needs to be 7bit ASCII and not 8bit to survive intact across networking infrastructure)
d) writing that encoded text as the attachment piece into the mail body
None of this has however anything to do with SQL or PL/SQL specifically. What is needed is a clear understanding of the mail body (MIME) that your code needs to create.

Is there a way to password-protect the Mail app?

I've looked through the Settings and didn't see anything. I know I can password-protect the entire device, but that seems like overkill.
Is there something I'm missing or even an app that would let me password-protect just the Mail app?

Seriously, if I want to hand someone my Touch, there's no way of keeping them from accessing my email? Why wouldn't there be a setting to secure your mail -- or, to paraphrase the ads, why isn't there "an app for that"?

Is there a way to password protect an I-Mail Message?

Is there a way to password Protect an I-Mail Message

Go to InstantSSL and request a free S/MIME signing certificate. It's valid for a year, only for the address you specify. You'll be prompted to set a revocation password, which you'll need if you ever want to stop the key from being trusted. I suggest you save the password as a secure note item in the keychain.
Click the link in the message you'll receive at that address. A file named "CollectCCC.p7s" will be downloaded in your web browser. Double-click the file. It will open in Keychain Access. Confirm that you want to import the keys it contains.
Two items will be added to the keychain you specify. Both are named "Key from secure.instantssl.com". One is of typeprivate key and one is of type public key. You'll want to delete those items when the key expires or is revoked.
Quit and relaunch Mail. When you next compose a message from the certified address, you'll have the option to sign it.
The first time you sign a message with the new certificate, you'll be prompted to allow Mail to use it in the keychain. Click Always Allow.
Important:
You must quit and relaunch Mail before the certficiate will be recognized.
Mail that is only signed is not encrypted; anyone can read it. The recipient can be reasonably sure that it came unaltered from a person who receives mail at the sender's address. That is not proof of the sender's identity.
To encrypt messages, the recipieint must already have gone through a similar setup process, and you must know his or her public key. The key can be sent to you in the clear, attached to a signed message, but again, you have no proof of the sender's identity. All you know is that he can receive mail at the specified address.

How to set password protection in iphone5 for yahoo mail app

I have password protection for my iPhone5. Is it possible to set a seperate password protection for my Yahoo mail account?

no. but if you protect your iPhone with a password, I don't think you need a separate one just for your email.

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