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[nycphp-talk] OT: Pros and cons of PGP Desktop software for email encryption....

Jon Baer jonbaer at jonbaer.net
Thu Jul 8 08:30:36 EDT 2004


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Thunderbird/Enigmail/GPG *was* my approach but I found that
a) thunderbird did crash a few times where i had set plain text display
only + there was a large html based email
b) the junk option was not really working too well

Then (just to learn more) I went to
fetchmail -> procmail -> (clamav -> spamassasin) -> mutt

This option is so high tech that I lost half my vision editing the
config files.

But despite all the stuff that is out there alot of people still dont
sign/encrypt there email, I use it mainly for emailing passwords around.

I do however like the PGPDisk option that does come w/ PGPDesktop
software, this allows you to create + mount a virtual encrypted "drive"
for storage, have not found a decent option like that for Linux without
gpg encrypting entire files but im sure there is an easier way.

However I must say if *I* was a lawyer and my client wanted email
confidentiality Im sure the softwares purpose will pay for itself over
time and will be worth it due to its Windows friendly nature.

My .01.

- - Jon

| Fee, Patrick J (US SSA) wrote:
|
|> Estemmed list memebers,
|>
|> I need your help.  Once again I have been toosed into the deep end of
|> an issue that is new to me.  WHile I enjoy learning new things... and
|> explaining things to others is a great way to understand it yourself
|> ... I need to turn to my professional brethren (and sistern?) to fill
|> in the gaps.
|>
|> A property law firm I support has been approached by one of their
|> professional organizations to buy into PGP's Desktop software to
|> encrypt emails.  Certain lending institutions (e.g.:Wells Fargo)are
|> starting to require encrypted email correspondence.

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