[MlMt] Secure deletions of emails

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 10 Mar 2017, at 8:44, Rob Willett wrote:

> I'm trying to securely delete mails and attachments sent to me. These 
> are personal information, such as peoples home addresses. I've deleted 
> them from the mail server but am trying to work out how to delete them 
> as securely as possible on the Mac. I know the srm command for files 
> on El Capitan but am trying to work out how to make sure I haven't 
> left anything lying around in Mailmate.
>
> I have searched but can't see anything beyond simply deleting the 
> mail.

If using MailMate to delete the message then make sure the message is 
not moved to “Deleted Messages” of the related account. You can hold 
down ⌥ to do “Message ▸ Delete Now” instead of just “Delete” 
(which actually means “Move to Deleted Messages” if it's not already 
in that mailbox).

`srm` is no longer part of macOS and it's likely also not very useful. 
There's a discussion 
[here](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/252098/srm-gone-in-macos-sierra-10-12). 
Enabling FileVault might be the best way forward -- and not just for 
this particular problem.

I hope this helps.

-- 
Benny
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