[nzlug] encrypted IMAP storage?

[Robert Coup]

On 12/12/2007, Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:
> IMO you are not really wanting gmail for its imap support, but for its
> storage capacity.
>
> GmailFS allows you to use your gmail account like a hard drive (albeit
> slow from NZ). Presumably you could run encryption on top of it like you
> can on any other file system.

If you're going that route you might as well use Amazon S3. It's cheap
(US15c/GB/month storage + US10c/GB traffic) and reliable and isn't a
hack which could be closed at any time. Usual user-space filesystems
are available.

Rob :)