Re: Email expiration?

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-06-14 Thiago Lima @ WF wrote:
>       There's any way to 'auto-destroy' na email sent after N days? 
>
>       I'd like to send an email to someone and after N days the email
> became unreadeble. Is that possible? I thougth about a certificate that
> expires. Will that work?

No.

> Does something like that exists?

There are some services that try to provide this by avoiding the medium
e-mail. Basically they provide a web-interface where the recipient can
read the message you sent, and after N days the message is deleted (or
access to it is denied or something). However, anyone who is able to
read the message will be able to copy its content or make a screenshot
while he is able to read it, so the whole attempt at making the message
unreadable after a given time-period is utterly futile.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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