#SYMANTEC ENCRYPTION DESKTOP REVIEW MAC OS X#
#SYMANTEC ENCRYPTION DESKTOP REVIEW INSTALL#

This is the only way to enter its webmailer to view and respond to an encrypted message. Like the other products reviewed here, the recipient gets a message with a URL that requests you first authenticate, and then sends another message to your recipient’s email inbox that you can click on to view the contents. David StromĪ recently added feature is being able to send email to a non-Inky user. There is a long list of configuration settings on each client, including showing a warning if you forget to attach a file, only send encrypted mail to other Inky users, customize the text when you send a message to a non-Inky user, and set Inky as your default email client. All data is stored encrypted on the client on your local hard drive. One plus is the ability to quickly search your mailbox, and I found the search feature to be easier to use than the typical Gmail mobile client. There is a separate settings screen where you can add S/MIME digital signing, customize the text sent to indicate an encrypted message, set it as your default mail client, and other features. The Inky client is pretty much bare-bones. This isn’t as convenient as having full access to your contacts and being able to edit this information on the fly, such as to add phone numbers and other data to the contact record as you would an ordinary Outlook or Gmail contact. Inky will extract contacts from your sent folder and order them by frequency of emailing and then try to autocomplete the contact as you type it in. While the email client includes a calendar, it doesn’t have a separate contact manager, and will pull contacts from the linked email account that it is sitting on top of. The Inky client supports using multiple email accounts for one user too. There is a nice feature, which provides feedback on how secure your password and about how long it will take to crack it (whether this is accurate or not, still a nice reminder to set something complex).

#SYMANTEC ENCRYPTION DESKTOP REVIEW INSTALL#

Once you install the client, you set up a special username and password to access your emails. This means that you can’t use its encryption features with Outlook or webmailers.

#SYMANTEC ENCRYPTION DESKTOP REVIEW MAC OS X#

Inky’s email clients support Android 4.0, iOS 8, Mac OS X 10.8 and Windows 7, and up.

Symantec encryption desktop review