On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 2:47 AM DdB <debianl...@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de> wrote: > > i feel the time has come to find a more up-to-date replacement for my > email-solution, but ... > > Up til now, i am using Thunderbird (52.9.1 (64-Bit) + Enigmail + > ToneQuilla + Virtual Identity and more ...) on stretch from inside a > Virtualbox-VM. > > That allowed to correspond seamlessly with GPG users on more than 20 > addresses (from 6 different providers), while i was acoustically > notified about the different levels of relevance of those mails, since > 20+ years. (makes a huge database) > > While keeping this stuff alive for an extended period of time, i have > been able to prevent the necessity to enter any passphrase manually, to > decrypt/encrypt automatically, and many more convenient solutions to > ease my life. > > Of course, i knew, that this could come to an end, but i have not found > a valid replacement yet. The current Thunderbird fails big time at > solving the GPG part, even worse: They (Mozilla/NSA/???) want to have > control over private keys in their own keystore, built by people > obviously not skilled enough to create a(ny) secure piece of software. > That is why i refused to embark on the path of replacing the isolated, > but integrated solution Enigmail with something less trustworthy, less > flexible, and less stable. > > But i feel, i will have to start building up an alternative, could not > yet make up my mind. > > That is why i am asking for your communities experience and recommendations. > > How are YOU dealing with encryption, with multiple providers, with > addresses created on-the-fly, with a huge email history, and so on? > > Really interested to find a solution, that can last for many years to come.
Claws email with the GPG plugin is popular. It may be a good fit for you, too. https://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=gpg Jeff
