PGP problems

John Bridges pmmail@rpglink.com
Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:29:14 -0700


On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:17:26 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>    Yes.  Not keeping defaults per account (or per personality if that is how
>they do it), not automatically looking up keys.  Not integrating it into the
>product more.  Not allowing to encrypt by default whenever possible.  It
>/should/ be seamless.  PMMail and TB! are strong in this, just in different
>areas.

Where PMMail excels is in recieving PGP mail, it's nearly painless (except
attachments, which don't really work).

Where PMMail fails is replying or sending new PGP mail, particularly to a new
address (no way to lookup a key or an automated way to request a key from
someone via email). No indication in the address book for which addresses
have keys, no way to tell it to get keys for those that don't have them.

How does TB! handle it all?  In which ways is it better, which ways worse?