You didn't mention what e-mail architecture you are using, but if you get your e-mail via POP3, have a look at POPFile. It is free, it is open source, it is a general classifier that can sort your inbound e-mail into any number of user-specified categories, or "buckets".
OT, but somebody has to correct this oft-stated misconception.
jdreed1024: But, yes, if some guy goes to your house, and recognizes that you have a Yale lock, model $foo, then he could likely get a master key for it.
No. Give the lock industry a little credit. A system that would allow what you describe would be ludicrously insecure.
Even for systems with fewer combinations of pin heights, such as 4-pin pre-1980 american automotive locks, one cannot get a master key - one has to obtain a master key set of about 250 keys, each position of which is specifically cut to a height between two production key heights. The specific technique of such a key set is to try one key at a time, and really wiggle it around so the in-between cut heights actually touch two pin heights.
Even the most entry-level residential lockset sold at any reputable dealer has a 5-pin cylinder made of brass instead of pot metal and is machined to considerably better tolerances that those auto locks. Any commercial lock-set will step up to a 6-pin cylinder. Such locks can and are keyed for master keys, by stacking multiple pins of varying heights into each pin position. Master keys for such locks are part of a "keying design" which considers minimum pin heights for each key among other factors.
My point being, the master keys are part of the design, and are generated at the same time as the occupant keys. You can't walk into a locksmith (legal or otherwise) and just get a master key for model $foo, unless that locksmith happened to be the one who designed the keying system for that facility, or you'd already stolen the blueprints for that keying system.
That said, it is worth noting that it is not uncommon for a bulding contractor to have all the locks for a housing sub-division keyed to a single master that his crew supervisors carry. That's why one of the first things a new home owner should do is to have all the locks re-keyed to a new non-mastered key that only the home owner retains.
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You didn't mention what e-mail architecture you are using, but if you get your e-mail via POP3, have a look at POPFile.
It is free, it is open source, it is a general classifier that can sort your inbound e-mail into any number of user-specified categories, or "buckets".
jdreed1024: But, yes, if some guy goes to your house, and recognizes that you have a Yale lock, model $foo, then he could likely get a master key for it.
No. Give the lock industry a little credit. A system that would allow what you describe would be ludicrously insecure.
Even for systems with fewer combinations of pin heights, such as 4-pin pre-1980 american automotive locks, one cannot get a master key - one has to obtain a master key set of about 250 keys, each position of which is specifically cut to a height between two production key heights. The specific technique of such a key set is to try one key at a time, and really wiggle it around so the in-between cut heights actually touch two pin heights.
Even the most entry-level residential lockset sold at any reputable dealer has a 5-pin cylinder made of brass instead of pot metal and is machined to considerably better tolerances that those auto locks. Any commercial lock-set will step up to a 6-pin cylinder. Such locks can and are keyed for master keys, by stacking multiple pins of varying heights into each pin position. Master keys for such locks are part of a "keying design" which considers minimum pin heights for each key among other factors.
My point being, the master keys are part of the design, and are generated at the same time as the occupant keys. You can't walk into a locksmith (legal or otherwise) and just get a master key for model $foo, unless that locksmith happened to be the one who designed the keying system for that facility, or you'd already stolen the blueprints for that keying system.
That said, it is worth noting that it is not uncommon for a bulding contractor to have all the locks for a housing sub-division keyed to a single master that his crew supervisors carry. That's why one of the first things a new home owner should do is to have all the locks re-keyed to a new non-mastered key that only the home owner retains.
I am a locksmith.
Richard