i honestly don’t see the problem with Gmail. All e-mail is scanned anyway. If you have something private you don’t want scanned, hand write it and hand deliver it ;0)

as for google’s desktop search, microsoft have one due out soon

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+fixes+date+for+desktop+search+tool/2100-1024_3-5423080.html

Can’t ever remember searching for anything on my computer, I have everything nicely in their folders, so, doubt i would ever use such a feature