Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Martin
Hi MFPA On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 11:03:27 PM you wrote: > I think the main issue is that most people cannot be bothered to > encrypt or digitally sign their email, irrespective of ease or > difficulty. Being unable to get friends or family members to do so is > almost the default. As long

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread MFPA
Hi On Tuesday 11 April 2017 at 5:18:57 PM, in , Martin wrote:- > If you have it - you can send him encrypted mail. And > if you sent him > your question with your signature he has your public > key and he is > able to send you encrypted mail. I think

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread MFPA
Hi On Tuesday 11 April 2017 at 8:22:25 PM, in , Martin wrote:- > If Windows 10 handles it so complicated - I can't > give you any hint > because I am using Windows 7 and I will never change > to Windows 10. I have no such issues with GnuPG on Windows

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Martin
Hi Goos On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 7:39:07 PM you wrote: > At first the GnuPG program did not install correctly, due to my protection > tools. I had to delete it and clean the registry and then, after a reboot, a > new install succeeded because I then was prepared to make whitelist entries >

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Goos
> Why? On Windows you install gpg4win and probably you have already > installed an email client which supports GnuPG. So you generate your > key and you are done. > What can be complicated with this? This will be a little longer At first the GnuPG program did not install correctly, due to

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Martin
Hi Adrian On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 6:04:35 PM you wrote: > Irrespective of whether it is simple or not, how do you avoid asking > everybody else whether they can receive PGP mails and of course > communicating the keys? I am not sure if I understand your question correctly. But you

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Adrian Godfrey
Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 4:16:32 PM, you wrote: > Email clients TheBat, Thunderbird or ClawsMail on Windows (also with > gpg4win installed) are very simple to use. On Linux it is simple as > well. Irrespective of whether it is simple or not, how do you avoid asking everybody else whether

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Martin
Hi Goos On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:21:39 PM you wrote: > From my own experience and of two friends with whom I tried together to > get it running, I completely disagree. It is NOT simple, it is complicated > and has already cost me too much time. Why? On Windows you install gpg4win and

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Goos
>> My conclusion: PGP is (still) something for interested freaks. > This is now quite old prejudice. > Email clients TheBat, Thunderbird or ClawsMail on Windows (also with > gpg4win installed) are very simple to use. On Linux it is simple as > well. From my own experience and of two friends

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Martin
Hi Goos On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 3:38:43 PM you wrote: > My conclusion: PGP is (still) something for interested freaks. This is now quite old prejudice. Email clients TheBat, Thunderbird or ClawsMail on Windows (also with gpg4win installed) are very simple to use. On Linux it is simple as

Re: Which one?

2017-04-11 Thread Goos
> I have GnuPG installed Well, I had. What a rigmarole! Getting GnuPG working is laborious and quite time-consuming and because I could not find a good beginners help, I gave up and deleted the program. My conclusion: PGP is (still) something for interested freaks. Instead, I am using