laptop & mails archive security

[Ed White <ed_(_dot_)_white_(_at_)_libero_(_dot_)_it>]

Hi,

I know that some developers work with a laptop and so I hope that someone 
might have a good suggestion to share.

I have a powerfull home computer (amd64) and a modern laptop (centrino).
At the moment I'm using a RAID setup on my amd64, however this means that I 
can checkout mails only at home. I'd like to move all my mail setup (archive, 
config, accounts) to my laptop so that I'll be able to chekout new mails when 
I travel and browse my archive.

Until today I've never done it because I fear these problems:

1 - laptop get stolen
--- mail archive can be read by the thief
--- mail accounts are valid until I change passwords & C

2 - laptop HD fails
--- mail archive can be partially lost (diff from the last backup)

3 - SMTP and POP3 security
--- I don't know the status of the network I'm using (hotel,airport,...)


Is there a good solution ?


	Ed