On 13-10-2020 23:26, D. R. Evans wrote: > I see that the latest official updates to debian stable want to remove > enigmail and install a new version of Thunderbird. > > I recall a couple of years ago the same thing happened, and encrypted e-mail > was effectively broken for a couple of months until a version of enigmail > compatible with the updated Thunderbird became available from the official > repository. But I seem to recall reading somewhere a while back that the > enigmail functionality was going to be incorporated into Thunderbird upstream. > So I am wondering if perhaps this has happened and that that is what the > intended removal of enigmail signifies: i.e., that encrypted e-mail is part of > the newer Thunderbird that is now in the official repository. > > So I'd like to know if anyone who uses encrypted e-mail has taken the plunge > and installed the newer version of Thunderbird that the official buster > repository is offering (and also, therefore, removed enigmail); and, if so, > have there been any issues with using encrypted e-mail following the update.
None. There's a transfer agent in the new Thunderbird which transfers the while scenario. But, I took the opportunity to transfer over to Claws-mail, as it broke Lightning, anyway. No negative aspects that I can discern, with the right plug-ins. Cheers! Harry -- `Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful'. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion. Registered Linux User: 554515
