PIRX  Not bad at all, basing on the old concept of webmail on a secure server PLUS an e-mail client that seems to go through an encrypted connection and seems to be using IMAP.

Messages that you send to others are tag-lined "Send me a secure VaultletMail message anytime, anywhere!

https://production.vaultletsoft.com/dropbox?to=". If the recipient does use the webmail interface to reply to the message, there seems to be complete end-to-end encryption.

If you have got something secret to communicate - say, you sit in China negotiating this important deal, well knowing that all and any communication is being in intercepted by state security organs and forwarded to the Chinese business partner (that still is standard practise) - having VaultletSuite handle the e-mails would certainly increase the degree of difficulty of spying on your communication and putting you checkmate by preempting your negotiation strategy.

For the standard SOHO the server solution is much too expensive, but on a corporate level it may be interesting to have the client/server solution with your own domain, say in areas where compliance is an issue (law firms, pharmaceutical research labs, patent conulstancies, security firms, government, NGO).

VaultLetmail does what it says, it says what it does.

For convenient, secure end-to-end encryption and daily e-mail communication, however, the solution is still GNUPG/PGP, especially in case of small organisations.  
(Version 2.7.2)

RAMPANCY  This was echoed earlier, but if you use their "Standard" account (quite limited but good enough for typical usage by most people) for personal use, the app and the accompanying service are free - otherwise, the service itself is for-pay.   
(Version 2.7)

PETER DA SILVA  This appears to be a commercial for-pay product.  
(Version 2.6.2)

GARBANCITO  Pros: Version 2.6 is quite nice - it's secure, easy to use, and looks pretty good (especially so considering that it's a Java app running on OS X) Kudos to VaultletSoft!

The amount of new features, usability improvements and GUI polishing that this version has compared to v2.3 (which I last reviewed here) is phenomenal.

Watching this software mature over the last few major releases has been a pleasure (if not a bit more clicking that I would have liked) and should now be even easier to follow since they've finally given OS X the same level of integration that their Linux and Windows versions already had.

They've included everything I really needed and more, so now it's a matter of picking nits and talking about what I'd like to see in future releases.

Cons: The VaultletFiler app is still pretty minimalist. I'd like to see VaultletSoft implement the ability to manage multiple files within a nested directtory structure. Still, this is something I'd like to have, not something I need.  
(Version 2.6)

BEFF  I like to furter use your serveces. Fore now my PowerBook is offline, - i'm in the mountens of Norway, and will be til end of Nowember. Will contact you then. Tanks for your reminder. With regards, Terje Christiansen  
(Version 2.3.5)

BUGUGLY  A noble effort. Well thought out in terms of it actually providing security instead of just a bunch more security hype. A welcome relief from the continuous barrage of hype without substance security wares being peddled these days.

The interface is not the prettiest, but I think that goes to the hype v substance. Give some of us who desire it substance now, pretty it up later.

I am no fan of auto-updates that don't tell me exactly what they are doing to my machine and why. At least give me a link to click or something so I can see what you say should happen, check it to what actually happens to my machine.

The most recent update from them just updated, no mention of details of what it did or why. Did it change file permissions, did it install new files? Give me details over user-friendly every time. This was a surprise considering the careful attention to security details on the initial install.

VaultletSuite would serve me better if they always lean toward careful attention to security details and letting me decide vs user friendly.

As long as we can trust them to always do the right thing, it is great stuff. But blind trust is counter to secure systems. Full and open disclosure should always be the top priority. Judging by the efforts to date, I think they will get this right, if there is such a thing as getting it right. Likely it is always going to be a balancing act, danger in going to far one way or the other. It is an incredibly easy to use product given the complexity of what it does.

Overall, vaultletsuite appears to be the best/only product to address email security issues in a substantive manner. Most email users don't know or care about these types of concerns enough to even understand the problem that is being addressed. It is nice to see somebody working on solutions for those of us who do care.

Congratulations to vaultletsoft for their efforts so far. My only request is that they try to always make sure first and foremost the concerns of the security paranoid are FULLY addressed.  
(Version 2.3)

SACHI  Pros:

Industrial Strength Open Source 2048 bit RSA public key and 256 AES encryption, I looked for this but not to many company ofer this with such price, at list I did not find. Tried Hushmail but it offer only web interface and quickly expire.

Its nice to have all in one: mail, file, passwords protections.

Good to be able to install it on USB drive.

Cons:

Interface is to much MS Windows like, GUI can be inmprooved in next relizes. Maybe it will be more user frandly if will be in one window for all stuff with tabs not separate windows for everything: pass, mail, files

It confusing that after instalations you have looking a bit for app you need, in a mane derectory is a lot of apps and all of them just connect you to developer site, it could be done from menu.

Lack of Bcc option when sending messages.

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It will be nice to se ability to send secure emails to extarnal mailboxes

with secure word to be able open message

2balanced

Oleksandr Tymchenko  
(Version 2.3)

IGONE  In the last few years, I’ve had the privilege to use VaultletSuite 2 Go, and I am very pleased with its performance. I especially like the spam free e-mail and the capability of sending and receiving encrypted e-mail messages. I highly support Rick’s work and applaud his commitment to making secured technology available to non-profit organizations.  
(Version 2.3)

GARBANCITO  Pros: I really like the control features that VaultletMail offers: you can flag your messages as "HalfLife'd". That's VaultletSoft's way of saying that your messages can actually be set to disappear after 30 seconds, by the end of the week, etc. Very Mission Impossible! The "ScopeControlled" part allows you to set limits on whether its recipients can archive, print, copy and or forward your messages too. Not that I think that I'm going to need either of these features very often, but they're definitely neat and could in handy for those "just be tween you and me and the wall" type of conversations where unusual candor could come back to bite you on the arse.

Supposedly you can create a portable version of the VaultletSuite 2 Go and carry both your data and the application on your USB thumb drive; I just installed it on my computer, so I can't say how that works. I don't know how many of you need this feature (since I don't), but I imagine that those of you who can't install the VS2Go on your computer at work should find this to be quite nice.

Almost forgot: apparently the VS2Go automatically updates itself. After I installed version 2.2.0.0, it automatically updated itself to v2.2.2 in about 15 seconds. Very nice!

Cons: Here's where I think it's lacking:

The "SpecialDelivery" feature is still in Beta, and while it is true that you can send anybody a secure message, regardless of what email system and client they use, the SpecialDelivery viewer is a bit cumbersome: it takes 2 keystrokes and 2 mouse clicks to load a secure Applet to view your message. Perhaps the SpecialDelivery plugin they're developing for Firefox will make life easier for those who use Firefox to view their webmail accounts.

While the VaultletMail client is easy to use, and nice to look at, I'd really like to be able to delete and archive multiple messages with one click. As it stands, the current version requires that you have to perform each operation individually, so sometimes you may end up deleting messages in your "SpamChallenged" fold by going "click, click, click...". It's a bit repetitive, but it's still nice to know that your spam is segregated from the messages that you want to see; it also has a pretty funny way of deciding what's spam and what's not. Try it yourself to find out...

What about the other pieces, PasswordValet and the VaultletFiler? While they're quite simple and indeed handy, you can tell that this suite's star is the VaultletMail system.

Overall, I think it's a good start, and I look forward to future releases.

This just in: the automatic medium sized update to v2.3 runs nicely on windows, but requires a bit of manual intervention on my Mac (a few more 'okay, okay, okay' clicks than on windows). Let's hope VaultletSoft makes that as automagic as they've done with the crypto pieces  
(Version 2.3)