On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:50:34 -0500, Jerry <gnupg.u...@seibercom.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:07:26 +0100 >Bo Berglund <bo.bergl...@gmail.com> articulated: > >> Unfortunately the Gpg4Win 2.0.4 installer lets me choose if I want to >> install *all* of the extras by having a checkbox for each. But the >> GnuPG itself is *not* optional! And it installs the less stable 2.0.14 >> version... > >Maybe I missed it somewhere, but exactly why do you feel "2.0.14" is >unstable? I have been using gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.16 on my FreeBSD box >without a single problem. Prior to that, at one point in time, I did >have the older 1.x version installed. Updating to the newer 2.x versions >never caused a single problem. I realize that you are referring to a >different OS; however, I have not seen any definitive postings >regarding the "2.0.14" version's unsuitability to task in that OS. > Warning - Long answer: I tested GPG4Win 2.0.0 in Feb 2008 and found that: - The GpgOL plug-in made my Outlook 2003 crash - I read about the switch from GPG1 to GPG2 that there were many issues, so I assumed that the crashes were caused by GPG2 or/and GpgOL in that distribution. In previous versions of Gpg4Win using the GPG1 tree the GpgOL plug-in did not work all that well, it seemed to only work for me but not for my co-workers who were located on the corporate LAN. So we stopped using the Outlook plug-in. But to stop the crasches of Outlook we had to uninstall Gpg4Win 2.0.0 altogether and instead install Gpg4Win 1.1.4 (still not using the plug-in). I have been following (infrequently) the Gpg4Win development since then but all the time there have been disclaimers about the Outlook plug-in making me believe that it is not a worthwhile thing to use. But now that GPGee has disappeared from the Windows Explorer context menu on Windows 7 X64 I need to find some other solution to use for file encryption on Windows and with a GUI interface. This is the reason for this and a couple of other of my threads. Today I tested the version 2.0.4 on a virtual machine running XP-Pro SP3. Had to uninstall the previous 1.1.4 version first. It seemed to work for file encryption in my environment (actually my existing keyrings were carried over, which was one of my concerns regarding uninstalling). Then I connected a VPN channel to the company and started Outlook 2003, which is set up on this virtual machine to use Exchange mode. Then I made an email (simple one using the HTML editor) to my private address and set it to be encrypted. A new dialog popped up requesting me to select certificates for the recipient and twice for myself. Then it started sending the message, which took a while and then seemed to succeed. However, after a short time I received back an error message claiming that the recipient address could not be reached. So I made another email to the same recipient but without encryption. This succeeded without error messages. Only the last one actually reached my external account.... So my conclusion is that GpgOL is still not usable, but now at least it does not crash Outlook 2003. Question is if it does crash OL 2007 or 2010? For your information the system setup is as follows: My normal (non-virtual) system: - Windows XP Pro SP3 attached to the company domain - (The XP PC soon to be replaced with a Win7X64 one) - Outlook 2003 in POP3 mode, because I work 10000 km from the company - Internet connection by way of ADSL and a POP3 gateway in the firewall at the company Co-worker systems: - PC:s located on the company LAN - Windows XP and 7 in different combinations - Outlook 2003, 2007 and possibly 2010 - Email via Exchange server on company LAN - Internet connection via company firewall My best bet would probably be to test installing Gpg4Win 2.0.4 but making sure to unselect the GpgOL plug-in, I guess.... -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
