335116 - Password protection for mail folders in folder pane (non IMAP)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 35308

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, enhancement)

Description

[Chett Salzman]

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Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.6

Password protection for mail folders in folder pane (non IMAP)
Would like if possible password protection feature for email folders in the folder pane to keep folders private. This is for local pop3 usage non-MAPI
just something that would be nice espcially if you are sharing your computer with someone else.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

tools | options | advanced | config editor

set mail.password_protect_local_cache to true

then, we'll prompt for your pop3 password before allowing you to open a local folder. This is mostly for imap, but it should work for pop3/local folders.

Comment 2

[Chett Salzman]

(In reply to comment #1)
> tools | options | advanced | config editor
> 
> set mail.password_protect_local_cache to true
> 
> then, we'll prompt for your pop3 password before allowing you to open a local
> folder. This is mostly for imap, but it should work for pop3/local folders.

This will not be practical, best to set your own password for each of the folders, as sometimes paople share pop3 email accounts. This should be very simple to do?