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If you wish to password-protect your profile, so that others will not be able to use your profile unless they know the password, you can do so using an extension listed below. Note that this will '''not''' provide a high level of security, especially from advanced users, but it should be sufficient to keep casual users from accessing your profile.
You can password-protect your profile to prevent somebody else from using your profile unless they know the password, using an extension listed below. This is easy to bypass by running the application in [[Safe_mode | safe mode]] to temporarily disable all extensions. Somebody could also read your stored messages using Notepad since the messages for each folder are stored in text files ("inbox." is your inbox folder).  However, this should be sufficient to keep casual users from using your [[Profile | profile]].


==Thunderbird==
==Thunderbird==
For Thunderbird there are two different extensions you can use.
For Thunderbird there are two different extensions you can use.
* [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=1801 ProfilePassword] puts a simple lock on your profile. See the extension author's [https://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/profilepassword-en.html homepage] for further information on security limitations when using this extension.
* [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=1801 ProfilePassword] password protects the whole profile.
* [http://www.supportware.net/mozilla/#ext14 DiddlyDo] will let you password-protect the whole profile and/or selected folders. The extension author has left the user interface deliberately vague, but see this [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1506958#1506958 forum thread] for a few usage hints.
* [http://www.supportware.net/mozilla/#ext14 DiddlyDo] password protects either the whole profile or just selected folders. The extension author has left the user interface deliberately vague, but see this [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1506958#1506958 forum thread] for a few usage hints.


If you do not know how to install an extension in Thunderbird, [[Extensions (Thunderbird) | read this]].
If you do not know how to install an extension in Thunderbird, [[Extensions (Thunderbird) | read this]].


==Firefox==
==Firefox==
To password-protect your Firefox profile, you can use the [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=2179 ProfilePassword] extension. See the extension author's [https://nic-nac-project.de/~kaosmos/profilepassword-en.html homepage] for further information on security limitations when using this extension.
To password-protect your Firefox profile, you can use the [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=2179 ProfilePassword] extension.  


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:09, 16 April 2006

You can password-protect your profile to prevent somebody else from using your profile unless they know the password, using an extension listed below. This is easy to bypass by running the application in safe mode to temporarily disable all extensions. Somebody could also read your stored messages using Notepad since the messages for each folder are stored in text files ("inbox." is your inbox folder). However, this should be sufficient to keep casual users from using your profile.

Thunderbird

For Thunderbird there are two different extensions you can use.

  • ProfilePassword password protects the whole profile.
  • DiddlyDo password protects either the whole profile or just selected folders. The extension author has left the user interface deliberately vague, but see this forum thread for a few usage hints.

If you do not know how to install an extension in Thunderbird, read this.

Firefox

To password-protect your Firefox profile, you can use the ProfilePassword extension.

See also