On 2/1/12 5:53 PM, Hauke Laging wrote: > I apologize if anyone had the impression that I used your quote > wrongly (but why should I?). The point is that you said nothing about > Windows which due to its market share cannot be ignored. And that has > no relation to the context of your quote.
Yes, I'm ignoring Windows, mostly because I have absolutely no idea where to begin estimating GnuPG users on Windows. All I can do is mutter something about "wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen" and quickly change the subject. :) That said, yes, on Linux Enigmail is a niche player. The major distros ship either KDE or GNOME desktops. KDE's default mail application is KMail, and GNOME's is Evolution. Both have strong OpenPGP support. You don't need to install Thunderbird+Enigmail on those platforms to get OpenPGP support for email, so most people who want OpenPGP email don't. > The reason why most people do not use Enigmail (or something similar) > is *not* the installation of GnuPG. Having fielded questions from people stymied by Enigmail installation for a few years now, I disagree. I've encountered a lot of people who find it to be a significant obstacle. It was much worse in the past, but since the introduction of Windows installers for GnuPG the problems have diminished significantly. We still get a fair number of them, though. > But you don't send email to this list *because* you sign your email. > You don't even sign your email to this list. No, but I do sign emails. There are a fair number of people who can attest to that. I just don't sign emails to mailing lists except in unusual cases (e.g., I'm making a post to the Enigmail list in my role as a list moderator) or when I've enabled signing by accident. > Right. But for nearly none of those cryptography is the reason for > contaction others. In other words: If email cryptography becomes more > common there is no reason to expect more email from unknown people > (due to this effect). I don't understand what you're saying. If cryptography is the reason to contact someone, then I think we all need to get out more. :) I contact people to *communicate*. Cryptography is just a tool to facilitate that. > OK but if someone considers his opinion about something he is not > familiar with superior to the uniform opinion of some who are > familiar then I would consider him an idiot. World's full of 'em. God knows I've asserted my right to be a damnfool idiot from time to time, so I'm inclined to judge them a bit more leniently. > That's the sense of non-signing. What's the sense of using your name? > Creating problems for yourself? Accepting those problems in order to > make the offense more interesting to the public? Ask Charlie Sheen, or for that matter anyone who's ever wrestled with bipolar disorder, drug addiction, or any of a whole host of illnesses and/or conditions that can cause erratic behavior. Sometimes the software running on the gray matter just breaks and people act in weird ways. It's part of the human condition. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users