Naming of GnuPG

Sven Radde email at sven-radde.de
Sun Apr 20 13:26:15 CEST 2008


Hi!

Am Sonntag, den 20.04.2008, 05:54 -0400 schrieb Faramir:

> Does it means Enigmail adds to 1.4.x most of the features of 2.0.x?

Absolutely not. Enigmail is a Frontend/GUI for some of GnuPG's
functions.
In fact, Enigmail does not use any of the added functions that GnuPG 2.x
offers, as Enigmail is only for OpenPGP-based email encryption.
So, what John meant is, if you use Enigmail, using GnuPG 2.x won't give
you any benefits (apart from gpg-agent, which is not too useful in this
scenario, as Enigmail can cache passphrases on its own, too).

cu, Sven




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