Re: [Evolution] how many people actually use pgp over gpg, and why?

[Ralph Sanford <rsanford telusplanet net>]

On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 21:15, Michael Leone wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 09:31, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 20:04, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > I have just recently rewritten support for gnupg using the --status-fd
> > > [...]
> > > Evolution 1.1.x. I would also like to know why you won't use gnupg.
> >
> > I don't know anyone who uses PGP anymore. Even people using crypto on
> > Windows are using gpg these days, in my limited experience. Plus, GPG is
> > free, portable, and available, whereas PGP is not free and has been 'end
> > of lifed,' so to speak.
>
> Then you should get out and meet more people. :-)
>
> I use PGP when on Windows, since there are no decent GPG plugins for my
> MUA (Pegasus). And I know of at least 2 others who use PGP on Windows.
> There's also no decent GUI for GPG on Windows, and most Windows users
> wouldn't know a command line if it bit them. :-)

Have to agree with Michael on the use of PGP in windows.  An end-user or
consumer type person using windows may use PGP, but is extremely
unlikely to use GPG or have even heard of GPG.

In order to use evolution to communicate quickly and efficiently with
computer users (still more likely to be windows users), evolution and
GPG needs to be compatible with people who use email clients ranging
from outlook express, outlook, through to eudora, pegasus and pmmail. 
Communicating with persons using evolution/GPG on linux is an extremely
small percentage of the world of computer users.

Rather than any effort being made to rationalize any reduction in
compatibility between linux/evolution/GPG and the rest of world using
PGP, I would far prefer that ability of evolution users to communicate
with windows email clients be enhanced.  Such as the ability to
seamlessly send encrypted attachments to the above named email clients. 
BTW, we are not actually communicating with them if they can not open
the encrypted attachments seamlessly as well.  

I do not really want to get into a debate about the benefits of GPG vs
PGP or PGP in line quoting vs RFC compliance.  I just want to be able to
use evolution to communicate seamlessly with the greatest number of
other email users.


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