[Xapian-discuss] Encrypted Database Files

[David Blewett]

Hi all:

I'm considering using Xapian to index email messages in an IMAP server 
I'm writing. Is it possible to encrypt the databases stored on disk, so 
that someone cannot recover their contents?

What I would like to do is when a message is received, send it through 
Xapian to be indexed. Then encrypt the contents and store it. When I 
run a search through Xapian, all I need is some sort of ID so I can 
retrieve the message and decrypt it. I don't want someone to be able to 
use the Xapian database to reconstruct the messages indexed. Is this 
possible?  If not, is there another indexing engine that can? Thanks!

David