Hi tanstaafl,
Thanks a lot for taking the time to elaborate, your post if full of nice info I didn't have.
In the meantime I've found this client, now in release candidate 6 for their version 1.0, my first impression is very good, you might want to share thoughts if you test it:
https://www.mailpile.is/They seem to be considering whether to eventually add the option to store unencrypted copies of messages locally so that they can be searched etc..
That can be done manually at the moment, right mouse button and "decrypt to folder".
You could run manually a script that copies the encrypted messages, decrypts them using gpg and stores them locally outside of the profile. Use a separate search tool [...]
Cool idea.
[...] Some of that is much easier to do under Linux due to better tools being available. [...]
Totally agreed.
[...]the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) [...]
Thanks, I didn't know about that, I've probably booted Windows six-seven times in the last five years (abandoning Windows software I paid
some bucks for, I've become decidedly a Linux lover and Windows hater, more since Windows 10 is out and even more since Gates has started with his delirium about DNA-modifying vaccines and quantum dots).
(So, Microsoft builds a Linux kernel to add support for Linux binaries. Well... most of their servers run on Linux, too.)
Why not just store your profile in a encrypted password protected container [...]
That's probably the simplest thing you mention. And keep decrypting to folder as one receives emails.
It would be already a very nice step, although when the volume is mounted other processes might access it (maybe in Linux it could be mitigated by creating a special group).
[...] copy the encrypted messages to a ProtonMail account [...]
ProtonMail: maybe in that case one would directly use a ProtonMail account into which receive messages, or maybe Tutanota?
[...] Are you just concerned [...]
I'm helping a friend who's in a non profit group, which is why I asked about Linux
and Windows.