Also:

http://lifehacker.com/software/gmail/li … 251923.php

Better gmail can automatically send you to https://mail.google.com and pick up all mailto: links

I have been relying on fireGPG for GPG functionality and using

Gmail S/MIME:
http://www.richard.jones.name/google-ha … smime.html

to disable autosave

I am not an expert on these matters, but it seems like a practical interim solution and might give the team an interesting example.

The gmail s/mime project is also looking into encrypting the autosave drafts

Peace
John