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aren't all messages encrypted on the server? that would make search difficult because no server process could read them. all your emails would have to be pu
by fnord77 5y ago
aren't all messages encrypted on the server? that would make search difficult because no server process could read them. all your emails would have to be pulled into the client for decryption first.
- navanchauhan 5y agoNot really, it depends on each service provider. You can imagine each user as a folder in the /var/mail directory, it depends on your implementation to encrypt the folder or not. Gmail encrypts all in-transit e-mails but I cannot find a reference for encrypting on their servers
- brundolf 5y agoTheir point is that ProtonMail specifically does encrypt emails on the server. That's their headlining feature. Only clients are supposed to be able to decrypt them.
- navanchauhan 5y agoOh, my bad. I thought when they were referring to the server, it was email servers in general.