Vista - Will there be password protection on Windows Live Mail in the future?

Hello,

I'm currently using Outlook Express and planned to move to WLM under XP.
However, when I discovered that anyone could launch WLM on my computer and
skip password entry (by clicking Cancel at the prompt), I reverted to
Outlook Express where a password can be made compulsery.
I've read many posts regarding this topic and it seems that the only answer
is to create different Windows accounts.

We don't want here to use this method of multiple accounts.
We just want on the same account a security that prevents anyone to launch
WLM and enter the Email without a password.

Any idea whether (and when) the security password would be introduced as in
OE?

Regards

Gilles

On Fri, 9 May 2008 17:48:32 +0200, Gilles wrote:
And just what good does an MSOE password do? All I would need to do is set
up my own MOSE Identity, then execute the MSOE Import function. Point it at
the MSOE Message store folder, and import the .dbx folders for all other
MSOE Identities. Voila! I have now gotten hold of everybody else's email!
It is the only certain way to protect user data from prying eyes.
The security offered by MSOE Identity passwords is bogus; there is no data
security. Anybody logged in to a given Windows user account has access to
*ALL* of the data for that Windows account. If you want to secure your data
against prying eyes, create your own LUA, and put a password on it. When you
are ready to leave the console, log off. There is no other way to secure
your data from other users on the computer. Sorry. It is the nature of the
way that Windows XP works.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

I would expect it to never happen.

The password exists in OE only because of identities, which WLM doesn't
have and likely never will.

The security provided by the OE identity password is almost worthless.
The best it will do is prevent a casual user from accidentally opening
another person's mail. It is easily circumvented.

As long as two people are operating under the same Windows logon, they
have complete access to each others data. The only way to provide any
level or security/privacy is to let the operating system handle it via
separate Windows logons.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Gilles" <gdeloraine@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Gilles" <gdeloraine@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eVwljwesIHA.1240@xxxxxx"Compulsory"
This is recommended for any situation where multiple persons will be using
the same computer. If you don't want other users to see your email, then
there are other things you don't want them to see or mess with. I would
never let my wife or one of my children have my Windows password for fear
that they would move an icon or something. It is bad enough when they move
the stuff on my desk. I am sure they do it on purpose...
Outlook appears to have a similar feature. It allows you to define multiple
"User Profiles". I don't know how it works. I have never tried it. I saw
it in Control Panel, Mail and I am guessing that it provides something
similar to what you want. It is part of Microsoft Office.
Most likely never. If you believe that this feature would be useful, you
might leave feedback here:

https://feedback.live.com/default.aspx

Cheers,

Earle