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Hi - I am wondering if it is possible to encrypt individual mailboxes, rather than encrypting my entire Library/Mail folder. The reason is that I really only have a need to encrypt client-related email, and if I could just do that, backing up my mail would be a lot leaner/faster because it wouldn't involve a giant 6GB sparse bundle.

Would I do this by just creating an application association from Mail.app to those individual mailbox files? Is that the intended use of application associations? I just want to double check this question because I am kind of paranoid about getting it wrong and somehow messing up backups...

Thanks!

Thanks for the answer Greg. I realize that Espionage does incremental backups; the problem comes when I back up my Espionage backup files to Time Machine and my online backup service. Every time I do an (admittedly quick) Espionage backup of my email, that's a 6GB file that has to go to Time Machine and my online service. That's what I'm trying to avoid here.

It's not a huge deal but it would really be nice if I could speed things up by targeting that small minority of mailboxes that actually have sensitive data. Sounds like that's not an option though... perhaps it's a feature you guys could consider for future versions if it's not too difficult to add.

Thanks!
Rich

Awesome, thanks Greg... I really appreciate the responsiveness. You have a nice weekend as well...

I exported the individual mailbox folders to my desktop and then was able to drag them into Espionage.

Hello Butterfly0013,
Thanks for your input.
I tested this too, and I'm not sure why it was originally claimed that this is not possible.
As far as I know, it is not even needed to put the folder on the desktop, you can leave it where it is i.e in ~/Library/Mail
Cheers
Zsolt