Locking Mail

Is there a way to just lock the Mail. I don't mind if others users get on my computer. I just don't want them snooping into my mail. I really don't want to log out or lock the entire computer.

It's not ideal, but you could probably create password protected DMG file (with Disk Utility), and put Mail in there. Then, if somebody tries to run the program, the DMG will have to open first -- which won't happen without the password...

No, no, no, no, no.

DO NOT let other people use YOUR ACCOUNT. This is *precisely* why Mac OS X is a multi-user account system. You don't have to log out, just turn on "fast user switching" and let them use the Guest account. Once they are done, all their crap is gone like it never happened, and all your stuff is untouched.

Taylor810 said:

...I don't mind if others users get on my computer.

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You're going to mind the first time one of them "accidentally" deletes one of your applications or the document you've spent hours working on or some system file they think you don't need or playing around in terminal with some new thing they just learned and now your system won't even boot into the OS any longer or maybe you've got an auto login on your Facebook, Twitter or some other online account and they decide to play a joke on you.

chas_m said:

No, no, no, no, no.

DO NOT let other people use YOUR ACCOUNT. This is *precisely* why Mac OS X is a multi-user account system. You don't have to log out, just turn on "fast user switching" and let them use the Guest account. Once they are done, all their crap is gone like it never happened, and all your stuff is untouched.

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Ditto - not even my wife is allowed to log in on my computers into my account and I don't do it on hers unless she's requested me to "fix" it (which hasn't really happened since I moved her to a Mac).

Absolutely, fast switching is the way to go if you absolutely must let anyone near your Mac.