From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: S/MIME with OpenSSL?
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:42:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnb1ztzc.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r3k0wjqx.fsf@informationelle-selbstbestimmung-im-internet.de>
>>> "Jens" == Jens Lechtenboerger <jens.lechtenboerger@fsfe.org> writes:
> Hi there,
> Currently, openssl is preferred over epg (gpgsm), via
> (defcustom mml-smime-use (if (featurep 'epg) 'epg 'openssl))
> in mml-smime.el. However, epg does not get loaded on its own even if it
> is present. Thus, users need to set mml-smime-use or require epg in
> their ~/.emacs, but the manual does not mention gpgsm at all.
> I plan to change this to prefer epg by default (and to document and
> recommend gpgsm).
> What’s your opinion?
I agree completely.
> Best wishes
> Jens
> P.S. I’d like to clarify that I recommend OpenPGP, not S/MIME.
> Still, S/MIME is better than plaintext.
The problem is that openpgp, in my experience, much more difficult to
install and to use than S/MIME. I can provide a list why this is so.
This list of people with whom I communicate in S/MIME contains 8
individuals, for opengpg there is just 1.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-10 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-08 16:15 Jens Lechtenboerger
2015-11-10 16:42 ` Uwe Brauer [this message]
2015-11-10 21:41 ` Adam Sjøgren
2015-11-11 9:38 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-11-11 16:12 ` Adam Sjøgren
2015-11-12 9:31 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-11-12 15:31 ` Adam Sjøgren
2015-11-13 18:55 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-11-14 15:37 ` Trust and public keys (was: S/MIME with OpenSSL?) Jens Lechtenboerger
2015-11-15 21:07 ` Trust and public keys Uwe Brauer
2015-11-16 21:15 ` Jens Lechtenboerger
2015-11-18 15:04 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-11-19 17:05 ` Jens Lechtenboerger
2015-11-22 18:09 ` [smime and gpg] (was: Trust and public keys) Uwe Brauer
2015-11-16 11:32 ` Trust and public keys Uwe Brauer
2015-11-12 19:20 ` S/MIME with OpenSSL? Peter Münster
2015-11-13 18:21 ` Uwe Brauer
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