Sidney Markowitz wrote:
IanG wrote, On 7/9/08 2:06 AM:
Then, when a new Thunderbird comes out, you load that up and the other
packages cease to work
As far as I recall, the last time Thunderbird had an upgrade it told me
that one was available, I clicked to upgrade, and the addons, including
Enigmail, continue to work. When there was an upgrade available to
Enigmail, same thing. And the upgrade to GNUgpg also installed cleanly
with no reconfiguration necessary. It has all been as transparent as can
be.
...
My experience was the same, although I needed some initial help with
GPG. Since then, updates have been trouble-free.
My only problem with the security model is that Thunderbird/Enigmail
stores encrypted messages in encrypted form, and there is no option to
store the plaintext. This use of a communications key for stored data
is potentially a nuisance - a key corruption or other compromise, or
just a wish to delete an old key for forward security, would cause much
trouble. (I keep my mail in an encrypted container anyway, so don't
need this feature.)
This apart, the system runs with remarkable simplicity.
Nicholas Bohm
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