Re: gpg/Mailcrypt & emacs

[Hadron Quark]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 12 2006, Hadron Quark wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> What's wrong with PGG?  (IIRC mailcrypt is obsolete.)
>>>
>> Nothing I know of : but google bought up mailcrypt and it seems to work
>> fine and there are lots of online manuals etc. Can you comment on the
>> advantages of pgg? I'll google it up in the morning.
>
> What's wrong with the manuals included in the Gnus distribution? ;-)
>
> ,----[ (info "(gnus)Top") ]
> | Other related manuals
> | 
> | * Message:(message).         Composing messages.
> | * Emacs-MIME:(emacs-mime).   Composing messages; MIME-specific parts.
> | * Sieve:(sieve).             Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
> | * PGG:(pgg).                 PGP/MIME with Gnus.
> | * SASL:(sasl).               SASL authentication in Emacs.
> `----
>
> ,----[ (info "(pgg)Overview") ]
> | PGG is an interface library between Emacs and various tools for secure
> | communication.  Even though Mailcrypt has similar feature, it does not
> | deal with detached PGP messages, normally used in PGP/MIME
> | infrastructure.  This was the main reason why I wrote the new library.
> `----
>

Gah. Didnt know about it : there were no pgg man pages and a search of
pgg in synaptic gave nothign except gpg.


> Bye, Reiner.
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