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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] TB and Enigmail
On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:44:37 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message
<91d8f15b-eec8-9a76-0aaa-b987fec03c59@???>:

> On 10/23/20 3:04 AM, Simon Walter wrote:
>
> > From what I understand, I now have to maintain two copies of my key
> > rings: the regular one and the one *inside* TB.
> >
>
> Hm.. I was already a little nervous about keeping one copy of the
> keyring on the hard drive.
>
> >
> > Has any of you TB users (assuming there are any here} done this
> > migration? How is the new shiny? Is it fine? Shall I forget about
> > TB? Any suggestions of what could replace it?
>
> Nope. This is the first I've heard of it. This is not the first I've
> heard of problems with enigmail. Over the past 5 years or so, it
> seems like it only works about half the time. And I mean it goes
> months without being available for installation.
>
> I do still use Thunderbird for my mail, but a few months ago I
> installed claws mail on my laptop just so I could send an encrypted
> email. It works fine there. I might eventually switch over to using
> claws full-time.


..heh, I've used Claws for over 18 years now, ever since it was known
as Sylpheed version 0.7.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu), never
really looked back, it's email the way email was meant to be. :o)

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