[12136] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: PGPfreeware 8.0: Not so good news for crypto newcomers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Meyer)
Mon Dec 9 22:04:28 2002
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:24:50 +0100
From: Jan Meyer <jan@synflood.in-berlin.de>
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Nicko van Someren wrote:
> I can also vouch for GPG on OSX and the GPGMail plug-in for the Apple
> Mail application works fairly well for GPG use, though not for key
> generation or administrative activities. I moved over to PGP 8.0 when
> the beta came out and while I'm no novice with these things I greatly
> appreciate the slick user interface (and the disc encryption that's a
> few times faster than Apple's) so I am now running the PGP 8.0 Personal
> edition rather than GPGmail.
>
> I think this comes down to a classic time/money tradeoff. PGP 8.0
> Personal edition is currently priced at $39. Even as an experienced
> Unix and PGP user I think that the GUI on PGP 8.0 will save me an hour
> of effort over the lifetime of the product, which means it saves me
> money in the long run.
enigmail does a good job as well...
http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
Enigmail is a "plugin" for Mozilla/Netscape7 Mail which allows users to access
the authentication and encryption features provided by the popular GPG and PGP
software (see screenshots). Enigmail is open source and dually-licensed under
the GNU General Public License and the Mozilla Public License .
greets
jan
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